Hello, I've been lurking in the group a few weeks. It's interesting reading to be sure!
I'm having a professional replace my front door, and along with that, I'm getting new handle/locks. In the past, I had a special lock that I loved. It was "always" locked. That lock was replaced in the past, but, I still miss it.
If you opened the door from the outside with a key and then closed the door, it was automatically locked (without having to hand-turn the little tab to lock it again). If you opened the door from the inside, it was always unlocked.
So, basically, you never had to remember to lock the door, but, you always had to carry your key. If you wanted to be able to leave the door unlocked (say, if moving furniture in and out or having guests over), you could turn the little tab in the inner handle and the outside would be unlocked as well. As soon as you turned the tab back to 'locked', it would work the way I originally described.
When I asked the hardware guy in home depot, he didn't know of any locks that definately worked this way. Looking at the "Lock functions" at Schlage's web site
Anyone updates on what I'm looking for would be appreciated.
Gwen