On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:09:25 -0800, "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>On 12/10/11 4:34 PM, JohnW-Mpls wrote: >> >> Where is my browser history kept - what files, and in my profile or >> elsewhere? I used to see URLs from a few weeks back but now I see only >> today's URLs. In Preferences, I have enabled saving browser history and >> selected searching for 180 days. I'm running SM 2.5 under XP. >> >> I'm looking for the browser history file(s) because I don't do SM >> maintenance from within SM, I use batch files. Forex: for many years, a >> batch file I run only on the first boot of any day clears the cache >> directory in my SM profile. Purpose was to manage HD space by removing that >> big bunch of cookies - but could that now be affecting my browser history? >> >> > >History is now part of the database in places.sqlite. There is some >disatisfaction among users about this implementation, primarily >regarding the inability to set an expiration interval beyond which >history entries expire and are removed. See bug #660646 at ><https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660646>. Thanks, I located my places.sqlite and it is quite large (not cleared with the cache. In the browser this morning, I have a historical URL from yesterday, so it's sorta working - I'll have to play around in preferences some more. And I'll check out the bug. >A work-around is provided by the Expire History button that can be >downloaded from ><http://prefbar.tuxfamily.org/buttons.html#expirehistory> and imported >into the PrefBar extension. This allows the user to set an expiration >interval and delete history entries that are older. It requires the >user to select the button manually; it is not automatic. I may look at that. -- JohnW-Mpls _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
