Clearing browsing history
Michael Iannantuoni
clearing browsing history: running clear Private Data, even with that
option set, doesn't seem to clear things and clearing one by one using
Delete works up to a point but there are stubborn entries that don't
seem to want to clear.
Also, what is the significance of the yellow stars to the right of some
entries in the browsing history drop down?
Michael
Fox on the run
wrote:
The yellow star means that is a bookmark (you could have 10 items in
that drop down list - those with the star means they are in your
bookmarks whereas the others are simply from your browsing history).
That may be your confusion. FF3 will not only display your history in
the address bar when you type, but also anything from your bookmarks
that match. So although you clear your history, when you type you
will still get matches from your bookmarks, giving you the impression
that your history is not cleared.
This new feature takes a bit of getting used to. Once you do, if like
myself you will like it (where others hate it). If you have a site
bookmarked for online banking and you know it has the word "bank" in
part of the URL, simply type bank and that bookmark will be presented
in the drop down along with any others with the word "bank" in it,
including those in your history. Gone are the days of having to type
"http://www.usabank" to get a match of your previous visit in history
for your bank. And in FF2 it did not match bookmarked entries.
The new bookmarks also allows you to set tags for them, and keywords.
Tags: You can set one or multiple tags for each bookmark, same as
labels in Gmail if you are familiar with that. So you can have a
bookmark with the tags "auto, hobby", another with the tags "auto,
travel", another with "travel", etc. So when you type in the address
bar, if any tags exist by that name (i.e. if you type "auto"), then
those bookmarks will be displayed along with any bookmarks or history
entries with the word "auto" in the URL.
Keywords: Keywords are different. Let's say you have a home router
and it's IP is 192.168.0.1. Rather than having to type that all the
time, you can bookmark it and then assign the keyword "router" to it.
When you want to navigate to it you type "router" in the address bar
and hit enter and you are there. Likewise you could create a keyword
"banking" for your online banking site and then only have to type that
to go to it quickly.
The difference between the two - tags will display in the drop down
list along with other matches for you to pick from, and a bookmark can
have multiple tags (separated by a comma). So one bookmark can be
part of more than one category (i.e. autos, hobbies). But you can
only assign a single keyword to a bookmark and when you type it in the
address bar, it will not cause that bookmark to appear in the drop
down list (unless coincidentally that same keyword is in the URL which
that would cause it to populate your drop down list). But by hitting
enter you navigate to the bookmark assigned to that keyword.
I probably gave you more info that you needed. But I threw it out as
it sounds like you are not familiar with these features. And other
newbies to FF3 can benefit from this as well and hopefully learn to
appreciate the functionalities of the new address bar and the new
bookmarking capabilities.
JB
Michael Iannantuoni
like now I know what is going on!
I think, because I waited for the auto update to prompt me to upgrade
from 2.0.0.16 to 3.01, the "what's new" feature on the web site compares
3.01 with 3.0 so I didn't see a what differences there are from
2.0.0.16 to 3 or did I miss that or the web site?
Michael
David McRitchie
Hi Michael,
You will find some more information on History as it may relate to the Location bar Autocomplete also known as the Awesomebar
within
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Viewing_the_browsing_history_-_Firefox#Selecting__history_items
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/awesomebar.htm
and some suggestions in use of Keyword shortcuts, which were almost done in by Fx3 during Beta
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/kws.htm
and I would recommend using a style I put together for use in "Stylish" extension which allows
you to make your own modifications, or to use the "Open Book" Extension.
Stylish | userstyles.org -- http://userstyles.org/stylish
Keyword addition for Add/Change Bookmark (Fx3) | userstyles.org
http://userstyles.org/styles/9029
--
HTH,
David McRitchie, extensions I use are briefly documented on my site
Firefox Custom: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm
Michael Iannantuoni
vip...@dslextreme.com
> On Aug 29, 7:30 am, Michael Iannantuoni <mich...@trunktree.plus.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I updated from Firefox 2.0.0.16 to 3.01 recently and find a problem with
> > option set, doesn't seem to clear things and clearing one by one using
> > Delete works up to a point but there are stubborn entries that don't
> > seem to want to clear.
>
> > Also, what is the significance of the yellow stars to the right of some
>
> > Michael
>
> The yellow star means that is a bookmark (you could have 10 items in
> that drop down list - those with the star means they are in your
> bookmarks whereas the others are simply from your browsinghistory).
> That may be your confusion. FF3 will not only display yourhistoryin
> the address bar when you type, but also anything from your bookmarks
> will still get matches from your bookmarks, giving you the impression
>
> This new feature takes a bit of getting used to. Once you do, if like
> myself you will like it (where others hate it). If you have a site
> bookmarked for online banking and you know it has the word "bank" in
> part of the URL, simply type bank and that bookmark will be presented
> in the drop down along with any others with the word "bank" in it,
I am one of those who hates it. So....how do I get rid of the
bookmarks in the drop down menu of the address bar? Please
Chris Ilias
> I am one of those who hates it. So....how do I get rid of the
> bookmarks in the drop down menu of the address bar? Please
See
<http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Clearing+Location+bar+history#I_still_see_items_with_a_star_in_the_Location_bar>.
--
Chris Ilias <http://ilias.ca>
List-owner: support-firefox, support-thunderbird, test-multimedia
David McRitchie
> On 8/31/08 9:23 AM, _vip...@dslextreme.com_ spoke thusly:
>> I am one of those who hates it. So....how do I get rid of the
>> bookmarks in the drop down menu of the address bar? Please
>
> See
> <http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Clearing+Location+bar+history#I_still_see_items_with_a_star_in_the_Location_bar>.
Thanks Chris, that
Hide Unvisited :: Firefox Add-ons
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7429
looks like a good solution for those who don't want to see bookmarked
entries added to Location Bar Autocomplete (AwesomeBar).
The typical suggested preference settings minimize the impact, but did
still include bookmarked items because they were bookmarks.
The "Hide Unvisted" extension still includes bookmarked items and their stars,
but only if they were used, and if you delete the item in the autocomplete it is
removed from history until used again.
The experimental "Old Location Bar" definitely did not work, and if you had
the typical disable items frequently suggested for such removal -- it returned zilch,
and returned values only after restoring those to defaults.
For those wishing to make selective deletions from History based on a search
or based on a just ended browsing session (use sort By Last Visited), make
your multiple selections and delete from history. additional details in
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Viewing_the_browsing_history_-_Firefox
Selections without invoking the page can be made within the History display,
by clicking to the left of the favicon (webpage icon) in the list.
You may then use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+A" (use "Cmd+A" on Mac OS) to
select all that are shown, or you can add more with Ctrl+click again at the left of
another item's favicon, or extend a selection with Shift+click.
vip...@dslextreme.com
> On 8/31/08 9:23 AM, _vips...@dslextreme.com_ spoke thusly:
>
> > I am one of those who hates it. So....how do I get rid of the
> > bookmarks in the drop down menu of the address bar? Please
>
> See
> --
> Chris Ilias <http://ilias.ca>
> List-owner: support-firefox, support-thunderbird, test-multimedia
Thankyou for your help,
the add on works perfectly the way it should.
Also the quick fix shown below (not the add on) just "zeroe'd" out
any drop down at all. Book mark and history alike.
thanks
G. R. Woodring
Enter "about:config" in the address bar, enter "typed" in the filter input area.
You should find the entry "browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped", if not, you can
create it (right-click in an open area of the display area and select "New" >
"Boolean"), set it to "true".
--
G. R. Woodring
David McRitchie
> David.... here is something for you to look at and find out "what is
> this feature ?"
Okay, Reg, I've put the entire message into my To Do list
where I can figure out how everything relates later along with
the addon that would be involved:
message iStorage Inspector :: Firefox Add-ons
"Starting with Firefox 2, Storage Inspector makes it easy to view any
sqlite database files in the current profile. This includes the anti-phishing
and search engine databases. "
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3072
Thought I had an outline ready for a presentation, not doing
so good with actual presentation. Maybe I can catch up
with that now just bought a digital recorder that stops recording
in 3 seconds and picks up voice without losing a consonant when
I speak, so maybe I can work out some details of a presentation
but mainly have to stay away from newsgroups (impossible, I know).
.
Fox on the run
> "squaredancer"
>
> > David.... here is something for you to look at and find out "what is
> > this feature ?"
>
> Okay, Reg, I've put the entire message into my To Do list
> where I can figure out how everything relates later along with
> the addon that would be involved:
> message iStorage Inspector :: Firefox Add-ons
> "Starting with Firefox 2, Storage Inspector makes it easy to view any
> sqlite database files in the current profile. This includes the anti-phishing
> and search engine databases. "
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3072
>
When you say how everything relates, are you talking about how a key
in one table relates to a key in another table within places.sqlite?
JB
David McRitchie
> On Aug 31, 10:53 pm, "David McRitchie" <nospam@nospam> wrote:
>> "squaredancer"
>>
>> > David.... here is something for you to look at and find out "what is
>> > this feature ?"
>>
>> Okay, Reg, I've put the entire message into my To Do list
>> where I can figure out how everything relates later along with
>> the addon that would be involved:
>
> in one table relates to a key in another table within places.sqlite?
Hi JB (fox on the run),
Actually have no idea how Reg's reply relates to thread, but
it is for me to learn more about sqlite and then I presume the
two would tie in together. Anyway have set it aside for another time.
And I've not done anything on what I want to be working on in the meantime
Fox on the run
Knowing sqlite and understanding how history and the other aspects of
FF artifacts are directly related if you are seeking greater depth of
knowledge. I was just asking because I also seek to better understand
the sqlite databases used by FF including the one that deals with
history as per this thread.
Thanks,
JB
greg...@gmail.com
> On Sep 1, 1:18 am, "David McRitchie" <nospam@nospam> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Fox on the run" ...
>
> > > On Aug 31, 10:53 pm, "David McRitchie" <nospam@nospam> wrote:
> > >> "squaredancer"
>
> > >> > David.... here is something for you to look at and find out "what is
> > >> > this feature ?"
>
> > >> Okay, Reg, I've put the entire message into my To Do list
> > >> where I can figure out how everything relates later along with
> > >> the addon that would be involved:
>
> > > When you say how everything relates, are you talking about how a key
> > > in one table relates to a key in another table within places.sqlite?
>
> > Hi JB (fox on the run),
> > Actually have no idea how Reg's reply relates to thread, but
> > it is for me to learn more about sqlite and then I presume the
> > two would tie in together. Anyway have set it aside for another time.
> > And I've not done anything on what I want to be working on in the meantime
>
> FF artifacts are directly related if you are seeking greater depth of
> knowledge. I was just asking because I also seek to better understand
>
> Thanks,
>
> JB
Hello all. This is my very first post on any type of google group.
I've been reading this thread very carefully but I dont think it has
address my problem completely. Let me start out by telling you my
situation. I have many bookmarks that I frequent a lot. They are for
medical reasons that I would not like to discuss. The problem is,
many of my friends like to occasionally use my computer to search
google, or look up guidance on HW problems. I do not want them to
ever see these frequently visited bookmarks if they somehow used a
common keywork, tag or dropdowned the address menu. I specifically
keep these bookmarks in an unmarked folder under bookmarks so they
won't see them. How do I change the dropdown address bar to only show
recently physically typed in websites, as I memorize all addresses non-
medical related that I frequent. To ease this memorization, previous
firefox simply only listed physically typed in websites, the ones I'm
not ashamed of showing. How do I change it back?
John Spence
In the private data box check "Always clear my private data when I close
Firefox" and then click the Settings... button and check the items you
want deleted.
In the privacy area you can configure History or you can delete the
history before you exit FF by clicking on History -> Show All History ->
Organize -> Select All -> Delete
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There are three kinds of people -- those that can count and those that
can't.
Fox on the run
> grego...@gmail.com scribbled the following,on 19-Oct-08 8:48 p.m.:
That won't help if he has them bookmarked. I'd suggest creating a
second Windows XP account and have them log in to that account. Or
set up a second FF profile with bare bones settings. Set that profile
as your default so when someone clicks on FF icon that's the one that
gets used. Create a shortcut for the other FF profile (yours) and
access it in that fashion. Just don't leave your shortcut laying
around your desktop for other users to click on.
If you don't want either, there have been some postings on how to
prevent FF from resolving what you type to your bookmarks.
JB
John Spence
history and bookmarks, and your personal and business files. Just be
sure to not share them.