How do I get firefox to store duplicate entries in my history?
I want firefox to store the time and date of every website I visit, including repeat visits. So if I visit mozilla.com at noon and then visit it again at 2PM, I want both entries to be in my history. Currently, only one entry will be shown and it will be for 2PM with the noon entry being replaced. I know this is the default behavior, but is there a config tweak or add-on that will change this?
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Hi.
I don't think that's possible but you may want to search the addons library for some extension that does that:
I don't think it exists, however.
Those entries are stored in places.sqlite. You can see that with the SQLite Manager extension, but Firefox will only show the most recent visit.
Using SQLite Manager isn't very easy to get the information I want. I may have to write an extension myself.
Here is why I want this functionality. If I am trying to find a particular link that I visited, I go into my history and click around until I find it, but all of the incorrect links I clicked now have a new time stamp attached to them. So if I want to find a second link that I may have visited, it may be in the original time window, or it may have been moved to the time when I began looking for the first link. It makes more logical sense for the history to just mindlessly record every page I visit.
Thank you for the help!
I haven't tried this, but browsing in private browsing (Tools > Start Private Browsing) while doing will probably keep Firefox from storing which sites you visited. Clearing the last hour's history will probably do the trick too.
I don't know any way to make Firefox show duplicate entries in the "History > Show All History" dialog box. Instead, try some extensions that provide other ways to see your history.
If I recall correctly, the Boomtango extension used to show duplicate entries. But Boomtango hasn't been updated in so long that modern versions of Firefox assume it isn't compatible with them. If I recall right, it really is compatible, but you have to take special steps to make Firefox realize this.
WebReview is a modern alternative to Boomtango, and works on modern versions of Firefox.
Perhaps you want to find out what link you clicked to get to a certain webpage. FromWhereToWhere lets you find this out. It's a bit confusing to use at first but you'll figure it out. For usage instructions, visit https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fromwheretowhere/ and scroll down. There are usage instructions in the "About this Add-on" box.
For more possibilities, see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/history and look carefully through the list.
Why did you want to see duplicate entries in "History > Show All History" anyway?