Comments on: Firefox 3: History

By: rjm

rjm — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:53:30 +0000

i dont want to see bookmarks in my browser history. it is a pita.

i want to be able to clear my browser history and then quickly repopulate it with what ever sites i like.

my current configuration makes me wait for months for the sites i regularly visit to make it up the list onto my latest sites drop down box.

rjm

By: Pontificator

Pontificator — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:43:00 +0000

since installing FF 3 on my recently-purchased Mac, I’ve been able to directly view webpages in history by clicking “show all history”…and that’s it. Now all of a sudden it’s changed. It’s now a two-step process.

show all history>history (at the top of the left pane).

Did I acidentally change the value of a view somehow? I’d like to get “show all history” back to a one-click affair…or was I getting a free ride for the past 6 months?

By: Solution

Solution — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:34:14 +0000

If you dont want that, type in the adress box:
about:config

Then look for the variable:
browser.urlbar.maxRichResults

Change the value to:
-1

And you wont have an embarassing situation anymore

By: Deuce

Deuce — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:47:19 +0000

For real James, just set up another profile and have fun. No stress.

I was not one of the million that new the 3.0 came out. So, I get to read reviews before updating. Must say, I like the changes. I was one not to use History too often, since it was almost impossible to locate the site I saw yesterday in that jumbled mess. But now, with the Awesome Bar, it works great. And, since I have 2 profiles (James :-) I really don’t have to worry about bookmarking.

By: Deuce

Deuce — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:47:19 +0000

For real James, just set up another profile and have fun. No stress.

By: Roberta

Roberta — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:49 +0000

@James
Just setup 2 different profiles….

By: Roberta

Roberta — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:00:49 +0000

@James
Just setup 2 different profiles….

By: James

James — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:37:26 +0000

I love the awesome bar – BUT, and this is a big BUT…

I don’t like it showing my history to anyone that uses my computer, all huge, nicely organized and impossible to miss. Occasionally I use my laptop for presentations projected in front of a group of clients. When I type a URL that starts with “W” I’d rather not have the 10 WoW websites that I visit come up for the world to see. I also don’t want to have to dump my entire history before every presentation (that would mute the point of the bar). Or have to REMEMBER to have to dump my entire history before giving a presentation. If there was a way to blacklist specific URLS from appearing in the bar, it would be flawless.

Visit youPORN.com in FF3, then imagine a co-worker typing in a youTUBE.com or yahoo.com address (or any other domain name that starts with a “y”) and seeing what you’ve been up to lately. I’m just saying, great feature – but a URL blacklisting feature should be in there, no doubt.

Unless there is already such a feature. If so, let me know!

By: Fabio Cevasco

Fabio Cevasco — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:50:23 +0000

Thanks for the recap. Personally, the AwesomeBar truly stands out from competition (namely Opera), as I pointed out myselt (http://www.h3rald.com/blog/thoughts-on-firefox3...).
Overall, Firefox 3 is much, much more usable, fast and “smart” than its predecessor.

Kudos to you, the Dev Team and the whole community!

By: Fabio Cevasco

Fabio Cevasco — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:50:23 +0000

Thanks for the recap. Personally, the AwesomeBar truly stands out from competition (namely Opera), as I pointed out myselt (http://www.h3rald.com/blog/thoughts-on-firefox3-and-opera95).
Overall, Firefox 3 is much, much more usable, fast and “smart” than its predecessor.

Kudos to you, the Dev Team and the whole community!

By: Bruce A

Bruce A — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:34:48 +0000

Hey, thanks!

By: Bruce A

Bruce A — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:34:48 +0000

Hey, thanks!

By: oldbar

oldbar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:54:24 +0000

Here you go Bruce A: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
I *truly* hated that old version and actually had disabled it via userChrome.css because having to parse in my head entire urls and trying to recall if that was indeed the full link to a particular page I was after was more trouble than it was worth.
But within a day of trying out the adaptive learning of the awesome bar I was completely addicted to it :)

By: oldbar

oldbar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:54:24 +0000

Here you go Bruce A: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227
I *truly* hated that old version and actually had disabled it via userChrome.css because having to parse in my head entire urls and trying to recall if that was indeed the full link to a particular page I was after was more trouble than it was worth.
But within a day of trying out the adaptive learning of the awesome bar I was completely addicted to it :)

By: Bruce A

Bruce A — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:28:28 +0000

There’s a lot I love about FF3, but that new “smart” bar isn’t one of them. It doesn’t fit the way I WANT to use Firefox. Is it possible to use the FF2-style location bar?

By: Mishail

Mishail — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:01:32 +0000

I’ve gone so far as to increase my history storage to a full year. It’s absolutely worth it

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