Comment 9 for bug 185986

I tried thunar instead of nautilus - same problem, opening of folders with content is dead slow.

But, folks - try this:
apt-get install gnome-commander
and - if you have the same setup - open the mounted webdav-folder in your locale filesystem and everything works perfectly.
The commander is even the better filebrowser for me, I'd like to make it default on my Ubuntu Netbook Remix Hercules eCafe 900 Netbook - it suits perfectly my needs.

Hope this helps someone to get webdav usable with Ubuntu until nautilus/thunar get fixed.