Well, I tried that and it is not possible. There is no way to grip it at all. It is simply unusable with the remote release as is.I emailed along with someone else at DPReview. I also sent the link to a thread about the problem. Finally, I spoke to them on the phone. My GF1 was used as the model for the sample. Not very helpful on any resolution other than only attach the dovetail at the very end. Rationale being it is a small and light camera and even just a small portion of the plate being locked into the bracket would be fine. Bad answer. Not sure what they are thinking.
I guess they figure everyone is using it with the 2 or 10 second timer and not the remote release? It seems that this is a consequence of the design with double sets of dovetails on both the horizontal and vertical dovetails. Since they are squares, there is no extra length to grab onto. The door is longer than the dovetail region.
There is one solution, and I am a bit surprised that they have not implemented this. They should provide a slot in the hole for the mounting bolt. They have done this in the past, My RRS L-bracket for my Canon 1Dsmk2 has this. If you use a remote release you slide the bracket out from the body so the rubber plugs for the remote release connector have space to move asside. If you do not use the remote release, one could set it up so that it was tighter to the camera side. I leave it in the out position and it works fine. The advantage is that the customer can decide. There should be enough material near the mounting bolt, even with the cutouts they have in that region, to make an adequate slot. The slot would only have to be 1/16" to 3/32" long to allow the bracket to slide enough away from the side of the camera to move the dovetail further out than the door. I would make it 1/8" to be sure. This should not cause any issues with the bracket rotating with respect to the camera because that is controlled with the lips on the front and back edges where it attaches to the base of the GF1. I would think they could modify the existing ones. If they won't, I guess I will modify mine. It would be best done with a milling machine.
I will take and post some photos of the bracket for my 1Dsmk2 and the one for the GF1 to show what I mean tomorrow night.