Have they fixed the save dialog box yet?

If I type <ctrl>-s filename <enter>, then I expect the current file to be saved with filename (perhaps with an extension appended).

The gtk-2 behavior was to start searching the list of files/directories when you type filename, then select whatever is highlighted when you press enter.

Anyway, I’m not going to install gnome to find out.

It’s not surprising the file browser is as bad as described in the article. After all, jwz’s cadt (cascade of attention deficit teenagers) model of software engineering was meant to explain the behavior of the gnome project.