Firstly I know that this may look like a duplicate of 43472,
but that bug has been open since 
2000 and it was actually asking for something different than i am.

What it requested was 
the ability to enable/disable hidden files on a folder by folder basis from the view menu. 
IMHO this is excessive and un-intuitive and as was pointed out would require major 
architectural changes.

What I am suggesting is an option in the View menu that would 
have the same function as the "show hidden files" option in preferences.

This would 
only be a tiny amount of coding because the core code is already there, it just needs to be 
linked to the View menu.

IMO and in the opinion of EVERY nautilus user i've ever 
encountered this 
is the one major feature that is lacking from Nautilus. It's even worse 
to know how easy it would be to add.

I would love to see this in GNOME 2.0.1 - it would be one 
less thing 
for reviews to mark gnome down on.