Just to give another perspective, this interaction is a bit earlier in the same thread and seems very reasonable:

>@Federico: you are a gtk/gnome developer, is it? Then, can you start to make this enhancement? Thank you in advance.

>I am, but I don't have time to work on this. It's not a simple feature. I'll gladly mentor someone who wants to implement it, though.

He goes on to actually provide tips on how it could be implemented.