Can I completely disable "Recently Used" feature in Xfce's file / directory selector?

Sometimes programs default to this but since it's not useful in my work-flow and with the way I organize my files, it only adds confusion:

• I usually just expect to start from my $HOME, so I get surprised by the list of folders

• Also in case of file saving, I'm annoyed by the fact that you can't just type in the name and hit Enter--you have to type a path or select one

This feature was not available in older Xfce.

Is it possible to simply turn this off and default to $HOME?

Can I completely disable "Recently Used" feature in GTK's file / directory selector?

Sometimes programs default to this but since it's not useful in my work-flow and with the way I organize my files, it only adds confusion:

• I usually just expect to start from my $HOME, so I get surprised by the list of folders

• Also in case of file saving, I'm annoyed by the fact that you can't just type in the name and hit Enter--you have to type a path or select one

I'm using Xfce 4.8 on Debian Wheezy and this feature was not available in older Xfce (in Squeeze). I found a post on Xfce-users' mailing list regarding this feature, but without any useful output.

Is it possible to simply turn this off and default to $HOME?