Vexing Lightroom 1.1 feature

In Lightroom 1.0, I would typically import a folder, go to the "Develop" mode and then work my way through the editing process with the arrow buttons. If I came across a photo that I wanted to work in an external editor (Photoshop CS3), I would just make certain the "stack with original" box was checked and then, when I had finished editing that image, both the copy and the orginal would be in the same position relative to the other images from the folder and I could just continue working my way through with the right arrow button.
Very convenient.
Now, in LR 1.1, once the editing process is done, both the original and the edited copy image are automatcially moved to the end of the line and to pick up where I left off I must either return to the library or to the slides that pop up at the bottom. As I can have several hundred images in a folder, this is a very inconvenient and aggravating waste of time.
Does anybody have a solution?
I am working with a Mac Pro Intel, btw.
Thanks

Thanks, Jeff: This certainly sounds promising - the only thing is, I can't find a "sort order" setting, not even when I go to Lightroom Help. I do find a "Develop View Options" under window and it does give you a choice between file name and "capture date time" but no edit time.
It doesn't matter which of these options that I select, it still moves the images to the end of the line so that, to continue the editing process, I must get back into the library and scroll around until I get to the point where I left off. If I do not select "stack with original", the original will stay in it's place and only the edited copy will move to the back, but the effect is the same as the develop window winds up on the edited image and not the original.
The problem is not whether or not the two images are together, but rather the fact that once you have done the edit, the final image is now moved to the last spot, whether stacked with the original or not, and I cannot use the arrow button to move to the next image, as I could in Lightroom 1.0, but must go back into the library and find my way back to the takeoff point.
So, where do I find "sort order?"

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