"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"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

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.