[CentOS-devel] Inconsistency in opening files from networked location e.g. smb/sftp

On 16/07/18 23:17, Sebastiaan Glazenborg wrote:
> I am at a loss as to where to post this question/email.

The CentOS Project "only" recompiles the packages from the sources 
provided by Red Hat, so we're the least likely to be able to help.  Bugs 
are only fixed when Red Hat implements and publishes a fix.

> There is a (growing?) inconsistency between application using open
> file/folder dialog to access "networked" locations, e.g. smb/sftp.
> 
> Firefox ESR 60/Atom editor being the latest in my experience.

Firefox, Chromium, Atom, LibreOffice are all cross-platform 
applications, not Gnome ones.  It's up to them if and to what extent 
they implement Gnome support, obey Gnome settings, etc.  Some distros 
patch such applications in the past to make them better behaved 
citizens; sometimes the upstream authors improve support for Linux 
desktop environments, but it's seldom very high on their priority list. 
I think your best chance is to file bug reports upstream, for each 
affected application.