• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The problem is you have to know the approximate timeframe of your last visit - eg. If it was in the past week it may not be searchable in other categories such as *more than 3 months ago".

    … likewise, if you can still find it by going to a currently open tab and hitting"back" enough times, it may not have been addded to history yet.

    Firefox’s history is a little idiosyncratic. One of the less polished parts of the browser.

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      2 months ago

      One of the less polished parts of the browser.

      Probably because most people using Firefox disable browsing history.

      • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        you can assume most people use the defaults

        why would most people bother to disable the history when most don’t even use ad blockers?

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          2 months ago

          I would imagine most people who aren’t using chrome are doing so for privacy reasons.

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            2 months ago

            Unless one shares a computer user with somebody, the privacy concerns of local history are nothing compared to connected features. There are many reasons people might use a browser other than chrome. Everybody disabling history is a strange assumption.

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        2 months ago

        I don’t think many people disable browsing history. Most people don’t even open the settings they just use whatever is default.