Here is my latest feature request. It may only apply to Windows versions (maybe it applies to Mac, too; not sure). If you agree, please submit your own feature request to the link below and let's get this long-overlooked, normal functionality included in the next round of release (it would literally take less than 5 minutes of Adobe's development time; maybe 1 hour if they have a corporate meeting about it, first).
http://www.adobe.com/go/wish/<---submit your feature request here.
*******Enhancement / FMR*********
Brief title for your desired feature:
In all "Adobe file dialogs" (i.e. Media Browser, Project Panel, Footage Re-linking dialog, etc, etc), "Back" navigation should be possible via the back button on a mouse equipped with such a button.
How would you like the feature to work?
When the back button is clicked the user is taken to the previous folder navigated (it is also expected that regardless of the "last folder" navigated, the "[ALT] + [up arrow]" keystroke takes the user up one folder level from the current folder.
Why is this feature important to you?
This is a basic, expected navigation operation in most Windows programs (all major browsers, as well as all file dialogs throughout the Windows OS). As much as 1 second is wasted every time I click the back button on my mouse and nothing happens. It takes a few milliseconds to remember, "Oh yeah, this is Adobe, and it doesn't work like a native Windows app". I spend another 1 or 2 seconds searching (once again!!) for the little tiny back arrow (which doesn't resemble "normal" Windows or browser back arrows—it's just so tiny!) I find the back arrow mixed in with a bunch of other similar-looking icons and I click it. The total loss of time is 3 seconds. If I do this even 30 times during an editing session, I've wasted 1 minute and 30 seconds. 1 minute and 30 seconds!? As a programmer, it occurs to me that's about how long it would take for your engineering team to write the 4 or 5 lines of code it would take to fix this problem.
I adore Adobe Premiere Pro, despite the rocky upgrade path it's been on over the last year (on both Mac and PC). I commend your team's effort and hope to help you make Premiere even better.