There is no other folder / file structure in the world that treats the sorting of files and folders at the same level. Every other system lists folders first, then files. Create a new sub-folder and it goes to the bottom of the sort order (which includes the files in that folder?!??!?). This has been going on since the beginning of time and clients spend there days making an absolute hash of their media library because folders aren’t listed at the top of the sort order and kept seperate to files!?!?! Considering all of the updates that go on how does stuff like this get missed?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://our.umbraco.com/forum/114284-for-the-love-of-god-can-we-please-sort-out-the-media-library