Icon view vs. list view

In previous versions of Max OS and OS X, when the user sets a preferred view for a folder, the view was "sticky." I didn't change whenever i navigate to the folder. However in Leopard (up to 10.5.3), pressing the back button will change the view of the parent folder.
Example:
I have folder A and within folder A I have folder B.
I set the default for folder A to list view.
I set the default for folder B to icon view.
If I navigate to folder A it is displayed as list view. If within folder A I double-click on folder B it is displayed in icon view (as it should). However if while in folder B I click on the "back" button to go back to folder A, folder A will be displayed in icon view, not the default setting of list view. I then have to go to folder A's view settings and change it back to the default list view.
Prior to Apple Vista (oops Leopard) if the view setting for a folder was set manually, the setting was retained irrespective of how the folder was accessed.
SyB

A work around is not to use the back button. There are two alternatives
1. Enable 'view->show path bar.' It will show the path at the bottom of the window. You can now double click on a folder higher up in the hierarchy, and it will open with the correct view.
2. Or you can add the path to the toolbar, and use that to go backwards.
Until Apple fixes the back button I have gotten the habit of using one of those two workarounds.

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