How many times can you honestly say that you have used the history feature in Firefox? I have gone back and forward a lot, but I don’t really use the history. Am I weird or are you the same? Well, I have found a new Firefox extension that might get me a little more interested in using it again.

WebMemo adds a new view as far as hunting through your history goes. Here is how the developer of the extension describes it.

WebMemo is a new implementation of Firefox browsing history. It tries to make history more useful by adding two features.

Firstly, you can store history entries for a long time - there is no arbitrary limit to last few days. WebMemo is much more efficient than standard history, because it uses SQLite (a database engine). Secondly, you can see how you navigated through pages. WebMemo displays history as a tree, so that you can trace all browsing paths. It also lets you modify history entries and add notes to pages. It’s written mostly in C++.

You can use WebMemo independently from standard history (it has its own database). The interface is accessible through: View -> Sidebar -> WebMemo. Use context menu to open and modify URLs from history.

As you can see, this is a pretty interesting idea as far as reinventing the history feature in Firefox.

This Firefox extension is for versions 1.5 and up of the browser. To pick up your copy all you need to do is download it via the Mozilla Add-ons Web site.

Tags: firefox, extensions, history, navigation, webmemo