pro_grammer@programming.dev to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoFirefox Power User Keeps 7,400+ Browser Tabs Open for 2 Yearswww.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down115cross-posted to: firefox@fedia.io
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minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoI find bookmarks simply useless compared to tabs. Massive cognitive burden to sort and categorize. Also can’t search the content text. I prefer textfiles full of urls more than bookmarks
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoI find bookmarks simply useless compared to tabs. Massive cognitive burden to sort and categorize. Also can’t search the content text. I prefer textfiles full of urls more than bookmarks
minus-squarehackerwacker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoWell, no. Firefox deletes entries older than 6 months from history and there’s no way to change this or to export the data.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThis says its not time limited, but firefox will start purging once it starts effecting performance: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1410679
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAlso history search is terrible
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, if I’m trying history search, I know I’ve already lost.
minus-squaremac@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYou can change how often it deletes history items, I’m sure I’ve done that before
minus-squaredblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMine has history going back to Nov 2022 (though I’m not entirely sure why it stops there).
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Bookmarks
I find bookmarks simply useless compared to tabs. Massive cognitive burden to sort and categorize. Also can’t search the content text.
I prefer textfiles full of urls more than bookmarks
I find bookmarks simply useless compared to tabs. Massive cognitive burden to sort and categorize. Also can’t search the content text.
I prefer textfiles full of urls more than bookmarks
Well, no. Firefox deletes entries older than 6 months from history and there’s no way to change this or to export the data.
This says its not time limited, but firefox will start purging once it starts effecting performance:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1410679
Also history search is terrible
Yeah, if I’m trying history search, I know I’ve already lost.
You can change how often it deletes history items, I’m sure I’ve done that before
Mine has history going back to Nov 2022 (though I’m not entirely sure why it stops there).