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.