• forked_bytes@lemm.eeEnglish
    38·
    2 months ago

    There’s a more detailed view if you go to History > Manage history, or press Ctrl+Shift+H

      • DarkCloud@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        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.

        • cmnyboEnglish
          47·
          2 months ago

          One of the less polished parts of the browser.

          Probably because most people using Firefox disable browsing history.

          • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            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?

            • cmnyboEnglish
              22·
              2 months ago

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

              • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                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.

          • Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
            1·
            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.

    • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
      143·
      2 months ago

      HOW i would love to not use this watered down nonfunctional piece of shit

      • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        2 months ago

        Control+Shift+H or you can find the link to it in the history menu in the main Firefox menu. Or at the bottom of the history menu from the history button if you add it to your toolbar. Or in the Library section if you use that menu/button.

        The sidebar is a cut down overview.

        Same for bookmarks, the full bookmark screen has more depth and features than the sidebar.

        • hersh@literature.cafeEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Also worth mentioning: you might still need to add the “most recent visit” column under the View menu. And if you dare to actually load any of those pages, they’ll move all the way to the top, and will not remain in their original location. It’s really annoying.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      That just groups them all by month, sorted alphabetically. It should me called “by month”, not “by date”.

      • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
        72·
        2 months ago

        This is the weirdest fucking thing about Firefox. How is its history menu so goddamn horrible and why hasn’t it been fixed.

        • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          There’s a detailed history window? The sidebar isn’t it; just a quick overview. Control+Shift+H for the full history screen. It’s also in the menus under history, at the bottom. Like the full bookmark window is control+shift+B and linked at the bottom of the bookmarks menu.