i agree with Miles Lane about the automatic text wrapping for large
files in nautilus.... if this was a bug only in the nautilus file
browser, it would be bearable because one can always switch views... on
the desktop however .... if i have a large file
"ksajdalkjdkslajdkhfjsfjdhfjkshfklhakljslajfsafas" .... it does not get
wrapped to "ksajdalkjdks..." or "ksajda..." depending on my default zoom
level (icon size).... but instead displays something like this...

=========
|| ICON ||
=========
ksajdalkjdk
slajdkhfjsfj
dhfjkshfklha
kljslajfsafas

and as you ca notice... this takes up valuable desktop space.... which
can be used to fit more icons/launchers on the desktop.... of course...
it is possible to rename these large files to have smaller names... but
the entire file name for larger files should not be displayed on the
desktop ... they should appear on a tooltip when hovered on... like in
kde..

we are constrained with a limited screen space in a non-dynamic/non-
flexible desktop environment ... (it is not a 3d desktop yet... where
grid layout would cease to be important due to unlimited screenspace
obtained by panning and zooming the desktop... ) so we should work
within the constraints to maximize usability... (this is one aspect
where gnome can use usability improvements found in windows as well as
kde)

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Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40872
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