Re: [PCWorks] Firefox - address box down-arrrow list
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:37:38 -0500
The URL's in the address bar *ARE* derived from the History.
The problem with the "0" method is it never will remember any
URL's, which I guess is fine if that's what you want. I had
mine to set to 0, but there came a time when I NEEDED a
previous URL and then I didn't have it. So I have mine set to
remember history in the event I need it, but then I use IE
Privacy Keeper to clean it when I don't need any URL's.
Something interesting about what you said about misspellings,
look at this: http://foxfire.com/ . They created a domain
based on the misspelling, capitalizing on it.
(Please remember to remove our email addresses from
threads.....mine at least ;-).
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold B."
Thank you, gentlemen. I tried Peter's solution and it worked
like a charm. I
even changed the value to 0 (zero) and not one url is showing
on the down
arrow. I'd say that is maximum privacy. I don't know how it
happened but the
value before changing it was 12. Nice to know that I can now
bring it up to
something more reasonable. I would try Clint's suggestion but
note that the
problem is not with the History, but with the URL bar. Right
now moving to
that History folder would be difficulty as I'm having some
trouble with
making all file/folders visible. That will be my next problem
to post.
Notwithstanding all this, the computer is working fine. PS:
Thanks for the
Firefox/Foxfire correction, Clint. There are some pages on the
internet
discussing that common spelling error people make. Just as an
example ...
http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/432841?articleid=432841
... I'll
eventually get it right --- Harold
> .............Original Problem...............From: "Harold B."
> <
> Hello again ... Using Firefox 3 [originally misspelled
> "Foxfire"], I find
> an ongoing problem. The down arrow to the left of the Address
> box (where
> the URL is found) always shows some addresses that I visited
> many moons
> ago, innocent pages where one would never pick up a virus.
> This list of
> pages keep showing up even if I reinstall Firefox. After
> re-installing, as
> soon as I open that down arrow list, a short list of pages
> that appear on
> the default Bookmarks Toolbar show up on that list. But as
> soon as I
> import the bookmarks that I have backed up, this old list
> again shows up
> with the first default list disappearing. I hope the above
> explanation of
> the problem makes sense. Any solution to this problem? ---
> Harold
>
> From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <>
> Until someone else replies that uses FF3, and uses FF
> regularly......I can
> tell you now that program just talked about on the list (IE
> Privacy
> Keeper) will get rid of the History and URL History. (It's
> FireFox, not
> Foxfire ;-). As to why it's remaining, obviously it's staying
> behind in a
> folder that's not getting deleted. I don't have my FF
> History saved, so
> knowing that; FF is in 3 different folders, so check these
> for some kind
> of History:
>
> C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
> C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox
> C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local
> Settings\Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox
>
> Don't just look for the obvious "History", it may be under
> "Profiles" as
> well. -Clint
> From: Peter Kaulback <> Yes this is the smarter
> "auto-complete" location bar feature which as
> you've found automatically grabs recent page visits,
> bookmarks and tagged
> pages too. You can disable this feature by open the
> about:config page and
> set the value of browser.urlbar.maxRichResults to -1. Restart
> Firefox and
> the address bar will behave like it did in Firefox 2. ---
> Peter Kaulback
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