Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

On 09/11/2011 15:57, David S. Crampton wrote:
> I wish to comment on this issue. It' more in the nature of how to design
> the UI rather than a defect in the Suite. I used MSO both in corporate
> environments and personally for many years. Rarely did I use M$'s "My
> Documents" as the storage location for any document. In MSO, it is "My
> Documents" that is the default location for any "File Open" or "File Save"
> operation. MSO insistence on having "My Documents" be the default location
> was a universal hindrance. We in IT constantly struggled to thwart it. The
> most we could do was redirect it to a networked share.
>
> It is not clear in Mike's posting what exactly he would like the behavior
> to be. I would hope Mike is not requesting the M$ paradigm.  I prefer the
> existing behavior in LO.

I was under the impression that the behaviour I'm seeing with LO on Win7 
was a bug, as it didn't happen for me at all on WinXP.  So to begin 
with, what you refer to as the MS paradigm is what I'm used to, partly 
through using MSO and partly through OO/LO on <Win7.  I'm not implying 
what I think the behaviour ought to be in this paragraph btw, just 
stating how I'm used to things.

When using the LO dialogs, trying to open a document or save a new one 
opens the default documents folder.

I've previously asked for help when I was using OpenOffice, and it 
seemed to be the case that some people were seeing the same behaviour 
that I was and others weren't:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=104648&highlight=

If the behaviour I'm seeing is the intended behaviour, then an option to 
configure that behaviour between 'default documents folder' and 'last 
used folder' would be much appreciated.

> Mike's suggestion about "an option somewhere to control this behaviour?"
> is very worthy. Some will like the "My Documents" paradigm; me, not so
> much.
>
> I most frequently use the "Recent Documents" list within LO.  The 10
> listed items there are just right historical coverage.
>
> Respectfully blustering,


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