As part of Nautilus’s ongoing revamp – which will see Zeitgesit integration, a beautiful new breadcrumb path-bar & the long-overdue ‘undo’ feature amongst other things – a newly redesigned Places sidebar has been committed as ‘fixed’ in the GNOME master branch.
The sidebar now rocks up with an Nautilus-Elementary-esque layout that neatly arranges items under headings.
Whilst this sidebar won’t be rocking up in time for Maverick (boo!) it will most likely make an appearance in Natty Narwhal come April.