title: Is there any way to make java file selection dialogs remember the last directory?
body: <p>When using java applications, every time I open a dialog box, the starting directory is always my home directory.  Is there any way to make it remember the last used directory?  Alternately, are there 'improved' java file selection dialogs that allow type-to-search or any of the features that are standard in most other application file selection dialogs?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I think the answers posted address the question for <em>writing</em> java applications, but not for a user.  Perhaps it's not possible for the user to change the file browser interface, but I'd like to know that.  In case it matters, I have a few specific examples in mind (Amazon AWS uploader) but I have observed that behavior in most java applications that use a file browser.</p>