Really non-intuitive way to add network shares to Leopard Finder sidebar
So I do like the sidebar on the Leopard finder, and I really like the implementation of autofs that makes it super simple to map NFS shares. I have an NFS server at home, and tons of NFS servers at work. The main remaining frustration I had was the inability to browse NFS shares via the finder. I was only able to browse shares by using the Goto function and typing in a directory; it was impossible to navigate from the root filesystem into the share. I'd read that it was possible to add shared folders to the sidebar, and so I tried dragging a folder into the Places section of the finder sidebar, to no avail.
Lo and behold in the comments for someone's Leopard comments, someone mentioned that you can add mounted shares to the Places section by dragging the folder over there while holding down the apple & option key together. This makes a significant usability leap forward for me, and I just can't believe that the technique for doing this is so obscure. I'm starting to look forward to going back to work now so that I can add the shared folders I use there to the finder settings on my other account.
I honestly don't know why the UI is build so that you cannot drag a folder onto the word PLACES and have it get added to the places dialog. This seems like a significant usability hole that could be filled relatively easily. If there is an OS-X UI convention that prevents this, I'd love to hear about it.