How do i customize firefox 5 to keep visits history for 120 days?

Question

where do i tell firefox 5 to keep visits history for 120 days as we used to do it easily in earlier versions ?

Answer 1

Till Firefox 3, hidden settings like ''browser.history_expire_days'' were supported that allowed you to control how long the history is maintained. But, for various reasons, these settings are no longer supported. Firefox 4 and above use a heuristic algorithm to decide how long to keep the history items. See this article for more information: [http://blog.bonardo.net/2010/01/20/places-got-async-expiration Places Got Async Expiration].<BR><BR>
Nevertheless, you can set the value of these hidden settings for some degree of control:
* ''places.history.expiration.max_pages'': the maximum number of pages that will be retained before expiring.
* ''places.history.expiration.interval_seconds'': number of seconds between each expiration algorithm run.
You can change these hidden settings by following these steps:
# Open a new tab and in the address bar, type '''about:config''' and then press '''Enter'''
# Click the '''I'll be careful, I promise''' button
# In the '''Filter''' text box at the top, type '''places.history.expiration.max_pages'''
# You will be presented with the setting for ''places.history.expiration.max_pages''.
# Right click on it, select '''Modify''' and enter the desired value.
# Click '''OK'''.
# Repeat these steps for ''places.history.expiration.interval_seconds''.
<BR>Maybe there is an add-on that allows you to configure how long you wish to keep history. Search for it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/