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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:02:34 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:40:54 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Hey, I just noticed something.

A while back I was complaining about Firefox and the "text size"
setting.
You could increase it for a session, but it automatically defaulted
back
to normal when Firefox was closed and then restarted.

The new version fixed that. Now, it's called "zoom" instead of "text
size", and once set to your liking, it remains set, even after you
close
and then restart Firefox.

Only complaint I have is that apparently there is no way to clear the
URL
location history. That's the box that opens when you click on the
little
arrow on the right side of the URL field and displays several
previously
visited website URL's.
That used to clear when you cleared history, I think, but no more, and
there's no obvious way of clearing it.

Not a big deal, but it's annoying.

Eisboch


Tools Options Privacy Private Data

Once you get there it should be obvious how to make the selections you
are
interested in.


Tried that, but didn't see any pertinent selections. Did the "clear
private
data" using the default checked boxes, but that didn't do it. Went to
"help" and searched for "clear url location" and found a couple of
comments
by other users. Both said it can't be cleared in the new version of
Firefox.

???????


Eisboch

Tools, options, privacy has options for history retention (set to zero)
and
clearing private data when exiting firefox. Do these not work?


Nope. This is Firefox version 3.0.1
I just updated to it yesterday.

The URL location box remains no matter what I do to clear it.

Eisboch


Same version I updated to a couple weeks ago. Are you using Vista? I'm
using XP, although I wouldn't think that would make any difference. Under
'Privacy', I've got options for History, Cookies, and Private Data. Under
Private Data, I've got options for always clearing when closing and ask me
first. I've also got a settings section which allows me to chose from eight
different types of 'Private Data'.

Something screwy here.

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"D.Duck" wrote in message
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Here's one PITA way to do it.

Point the cursor at the top entry in the drop down list, don't click, just
point and the entry will be highlighted. Nest press and hold the DEL key
till they are all deleted. Takes a second or two for a long list.

Something must be broken in this version. Used to work.


Hey, that worked. Thanks.

Eisboch

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"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:02:34 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:40:54 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
Hey, I just noticed something.

A while back I was complaining about Firefox and the "text size"
setting.
You could increase it for a session, but it automatically defaulted
back
to normal when Firefox was closed and then restarted.

The new version fixed that. Now, it's called "zoom" instead of "text
size", and once set to your liking, it remains set, even after you
close
and then restart Firefox.

Only complaint I have is that apparently there is no way to clear the
URL
location history. That's the box that opens when you click on the
little
arrow on the right side of the URL field and displays several
previously
visited website URL's.
That used to clear when you cleared history, I think, but no more,
and
there's no obvious way of clearing it.

Not a big deal, but it's annoying.

Eisboch


Tools Options Privacy Private Data

Once you get there it should be obvious how to make the selections you
are
interested in.


Tried that, but didn't see any pertinent selections. Did the "clear
private
data" using the default checked boxes, but that didn't do it. Went to
"help" and searched for "clear url location" and found a couple of
comments
by other users. Both said it can't be cleared in the new version of
Firefox.

???????


Eisboch

Tools, options, privacy has options for history retention (set to zero)
and
clearing private data when exiting firefox. Do these not work?


Nope. This is Firefox version 3.0.1
I just updated to it yesterday.

The URL location box remains no matter what I do to clear it.

Eisboch


Same version I updated to a couple weeks ago. Are you using Vista? I'm
using XP, although I wouldn't think that would make any difference. Under
'Privacy', I've got options for History, Cookies, and Private Data. Under
Private Data, I've got options for always clearing when closing and ask me
first. I've also got a settings section which allows me to chose from
eight
different types of 'Private Data'.

Something screwy here.

Using XP.
Same deal, but are you *sure* it is clearing your URL field location memory?

Eisboch

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"Bud" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:11:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
Here's one PITA way to do it.

Point the cursor at the top entry in the drop down list, don't click, just
point and the entry will be highlighted. Nest press and hold the DEL key
till they are all deleted. Takes a second or two for a long list.

Something must be broken in this version. Used to work.


It's been my experience that if you go to the FF forum and explain
your problem some one will come along and supply an add-on or it will
be fixed in the next version. There is a plug in for making the
address menu act like the V2 menu, I think it's called "old menu" or
soemthing like that.

HTH.

Thanks.

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:20:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
m...


Here's one PITA way to do it.

Point the cursor at the top entry in the drop down list, don't click, just
point and the entry will be highlighted. Nest press and hold the DEL key
till they are all deleted. Takes a second or two for a long list.

Something must be broken in this version. Used to work.

Hey, that worked. Thanks.

That's the one thing that annoys me about Mizilla open source products
including Thunderbird and Filezilla - they change things between
versions sometimes and one feature that you like is changed or moved
to a different location and you have to hunt to find out how to do
something that you've always done before.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:20:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
om...


Here's one PITA way to do it.

Point the cursor at the top entry in the drop down list, don't click,
just
point and the entry will be highlighted. Nest press and hold the DEL
key
till they are all deleted. Takes a second or two for a long list.

Something must be broken in this version. Used to work.

Hey, that worked. Thanks.

That's the one thing that annoys me about Mizilla open source products
including Thunderbird and Filezilla - they change things between
versions sometimes and one feature that you like is changed or moved
to a different location and you have to hunt to find out how to do
something that you've always done before.

In this case the feature is broken.

Your point is well taken. With so many people doing the development in so
many different locations the project coordination gets un-coordinated.

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"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:23:30 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Hey, I just noticed something.

A while back I was complaining about Firefox and the "text size" setting.
You could increase it for a session, but it automatically defaulted back
to
normal when Firefox was closed and then restarted.

The new version fixed that. Now, it's called "zoom" instead of "text
size",
and once set to your liking, it remains set, even after you close and then
restart Firefox.

Only complaint I have is that apparently there is no way to clear the URL
location history. That's the box that opens when you click on the little
arrow on the right side of the URL field and displays several previously
visited website URL's.
That used to clear when you cleared history, I think, but no more, and
there's no obvious way of clearing it.

Not a big deal, but it's annoying.

Eisboch


Get this addon

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227

and this

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7429


Thanks.

Eisboch

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:23:09 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:02:34 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:40:54 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
Hey, I just noticed something.

A while back I was complaining about Firefox and the "text size"
setting.
You could increase it for a session, but it automatically defaulted
back
to normal when Firefox was closed and then restarted.

The new version fixed that. Now, it's called "zoom" instead of "text
size", and once set to your liking, it remains set, even after you
close
and then restart Firefox.

Only complaint I have is that apparently there is no way to clear the
URL
location history. That's the box that opens when you click on the
little
arrow on the right side of the URL field and displays several
previously
visited website URL's.
That used to clear when you cleared history, I think, but no more,
and
there's no obvious way of clearing it.

Not a big deal, but it's annoying.

Eisboch


Tools Options Privacy Private Data

Once you get there it should be obvious how to make the selections you
are
interested in.


Tried that, but didn't see any pertinent selections. Did the "clear
private
data" using the default checked boxes, but that didn't do it. Went to
"help" and searched for "clear url location" and found a couple of
comments
by other users. Both said it can't be cleared in the new version of
Firefox.

???????


Eisboch

Tools, options, privacy has options for history retention (set to zero)
and
clearing private data when exiting firefox. Do these not work?


Nope. This is Firefox version 3.0.1
I just updated to it yesterday.

The URL location box remains no matter what I do to clear it.

Eisboch


Same version I updated to a couple weeks ago. Are you using Vista? I'm
using XP, although I wouldn't think that would make any difference. Under
'Privacy', I've got options for History, Cookies, and Private Data. Under
Private Data, I've got options for always clearing when closing and ask me
first. I've also got a settings section which allows me to chose from
eight
different types of 'Private Data'.

Something screwy here.

Using XP.
Same deal, but are you *sure* it is clearing your URL field location memory?

Eisboch


Yup. I just tried it. I selected, "Always clear my private data when I
close Firefox". I then closed it. When I reopened the only thing in History
was the page that had opened, my home page.

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"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:23:09 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


Yup. I just tried it. I selected, "Always clear my private data when I
close Firefox". I then closed it. When I reopened the only thing in
History
was the page that had opened, my home page.


Just to be clear, John, we are not talking about what's displayed in the
"History" tab.
What you do *will* clear that.

We are talking about what's stored in the URL locations field ...... keeps
previously searched URLs...... awww... forget it.

Eisboch

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:09:15 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:23:09 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


Yup. I just tried it. I selected, "Always clear my private data when I
close Firefox". I then closed it. When I reopened the only thing in
History
was the page that had opened, my home page.


Just to be clear, John, we are not talking about what's displayed in the
"History" tab.
What you do *will* clear that.

We are talking about what's stored in the URL locations field ...... keeps
previously searched URLs...... awww... forget it.

Eisboch


OK, now we're on the same sheet. No, what I did didn't clear the drop down
of previously viewed URLs.