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O.P. Firefox history is recording too much
I've set Firefox to keep a history of 4 days. However, it keeps saving everything I browse, and then I have to delete it manually, then I lose all the links in the address bar (those I visit often).
How can I solve this?
03-14-2010 07:24 PM
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RE: Firefox history is recording too much
Bookmark them?
03-14-2010 11:39 PM
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RE: Firefox history is recording too much
Yeah, booking marking them keeps them in the address bar. You can bookmark them very quickly by clicking on the star in the URL.
03-15-2010 12:39 AM
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O.P. RE: Firefox history is recording too much
But I have already too many bookmarked, so some stays in the bookmark bar, others I access from the address bar.

Despite of losing these addresses, I don't want to keep all that history. This is the big problem.

Just now I remembered the about:config settings, and there's a key named "browser.history_expire_days", which was set to 180 (coincidently, my history was showing pages up to 6 months ago). I set it to a lower value. Now I have to wait this period and see what happens.
03-15-2010 01:45 AM
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RE: Firefox history is recording too much
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then I lose all the links in the address bar
Don't delete history then? I rarely do.

History is helpful for when you remember about 'that website you visited a few weeks back'.
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03-15-2010 02:11 AM
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RE: Firefox history is recording too much
unless you go on dodgy sites (or giving the pc away), why on earth would you ever want to delete your history? especially with the awesome bar, as it removes the need for lots of bookmarks
03-15-2010 02:19 AM
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O.P. RE: Firefox history is recording too much
I hate the awesome bar. I liked when it used to list only the addresses I typed.
03-15-2010 09:50 PM
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RE: Firefox history is recording too much
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I hate the awesome bar. I liked when it used to list only the addresses I typed.
Type in about:config in the address bar.
Search for browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped, double click it and set it to TRUE.

Or just use oldbar.

Source: 9 tweaks for Firefox 3’s location bar - Mozilla Links

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