[dolphin] [Bug 457318] New: Recent files/locations should be sorted chronologically by default

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            Bug ID: 457318
           Summary: Recent files/locations should be sorted
                    chronologically by default
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 22.04.3
          Platform: Neon Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: doncbugs at gmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
I don't think my rationale can be put into words for this, but in general I
think there's an issue with sorting alphabetically.

I believe sorting alphabetically assumes that you already know where the thing
you are looking for is, rather than trying to find a file you have opened
recently (but may have forgotten the specifics of). In the case of
chronological by default, you now also have the context of the order in which
you opened files (e.g. you know you opened file B way back, so there's no way
that anything before that file was opened could be the thing you were looking
for) as well as a sort of breadcrumb trail for what you were doing. I
personally think that if I am searching for a file and I already know its exact
name such that I can parse the alphabetical list of recent files, I probably
already know where the thing is or I could just search for it by name rather
than consult recents.

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