![]() ![]() Personally my approach is to use extensively the ‘Other bookmarks’ as a temporary bookmark keeper while questing the Web for a given topic and eventually keep the collected ‘Other bookmarks’ at the end of the session when applicable. Visiting many sites within a fuzzy logic guided quest (or as an adventurer!) will maybe consider history availability as welcomed. I think it all depends of the user’s behavior. Pref(“_tabs_undo”, 25) // Default=10 | WE SET TO 25 ( limitation of the WebExtensions API) On the other hand I use ‘Tabs history’ extensively and have even increased the maximum number of closed tabs stored/restorable for each window : It’s not that I don’t use Firefox’s browsing history regularly, it’s that I don’t use it at all : Now You: Do you use the browsing history of your browser regularly? Anything missing that you would like to see supported? Make use of the sort options to sort the data based on your needs, or use the search to find entries quickly if you do remember page titles or URLs. In short: memorize the keyboard shortcuts to display the history sidebar or dedicated library window directly. You may sort by most or least visited for example, something that you cannot do in the sidebar. The library window offers additional data and sorting options. Tags can be useful, but only if you keep the browsing history indefinitely and don't delete it at all (as tags are deleted with the records). Left-click on it to open it, or right-click and select bookmark to add it to the bookmarks. All you do is press Ctlr-H to display it, and either the search or manual browsing to find the history entry. The sidebar menu may offer the quickest way to find records. to reopen it or add it to the bookmarks of the browser for safe keeping. Most Firefox users access the history when they try to find a site that they opened in the past, e.g. Using the Firefox Library for effective History management You may also right-click to access the same options as the sidebar's context menu. To open a record, double-click on an entry. When you left-click on an entry you see the page name, URL and description. Individual entries provide more information though. The View menu may be used to display more data including the visit count and the most recent visit date/time. ![]() tags only if you have added tags to history records and the same can be said for last modified or location (which means the URL in this context). You get the same sorting options when you activate the View menu on the page, and also some that the sidebar does not list. The history is sorted chronologically just like the sidebar listing. Tip: use Ctrl-Shift-H to display the window right away.įirst thing you may notice is that the library that opens includes downloads, bookmarks and other records and not just the browsing history. Since it launches in a dedicated window, it comes with extra options such as changing the size of the window. The browsing history library window resembles the sidebar listing on first glance. The dedicated browsing history window of Firefox The built-in search displays only matching records one shortcoming of the search is that sorting is ignored in the search results. ![]() These sort options can be very useful in finding history records quickly. The view menu lists several sort options the default sorts the records chronologically, but you may switch that the following sort orders instead: date and site, site, most visited, or last visited. The last option removes all traces of the site in the Firefox browsing history. Delete the page entry in the browsing history.Open the site in a new window or a new private window.You may also right-click to get additional options: Click on an entry with the left mouse button to load it in a new tab in Firefox. The sidebar lists all visits chronologically by default a click displays the list of visited sites, each with its page title and favicon. You may launch it from the Menu but also with the shortcut Ctrl-H (to toggle it on or off). The browsing history sidebar takes up some space in the Firefox interface, but it is visible all the time next to the active site. Both options provide better manageability thanks to the larger interface, built-in search functionality and sorting options. You can either select "show all history" to display the history in a separate window, or use the Show History Sidebar option to display the browsing history in a sidebar in the browser. While that may be sufficient for some, others may prefer to browse the history in an interface that is more comfortable to use. Select Menu > Library > History to display it in the menu. Accessing the browsing history is not really that straightforward, as you first need to know that it is found under Library in Firefox. ![]()
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