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And one more thing was why doesn't my browser store my history - it just the URLs of where I have been but the html, the images, the text etc. Then let me sea
by lifeisstillgood 7y ago
And one more thing was why doesn't my browser store my history - it just the URLs of where I have been but the html, the images, the text etc. Then let me search that.
Someone raised this on here a few weeks ago and it was a gobsmacking moment - my hand flew to my forehead and I realised yes - that would be so useful but the big tech firms find it more profitable to have that data on their hard drives not mine.
- karlicoss 7y agoThere is some effort into that: https://github.com/WorldBrain/Memex https://github.com/WorldBrain/Memex You might find that (both the page and the project) useful too: https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Comm...
- marcosdumay 7y ago> Then let me search that. Like Firefox's Awesome Bar?
- jlokier 7y agoThe Awesome Bar doesn't search the content of pages you have visited. I believe that's the exciting idea the GP is talking about.
- aasasd 7y agoWell, with ~7000 web pages saved in Evernote, I have the db of ~7000 mb, and the app that barely moves. So this might be one reason why.
- pabs3 7y agoIf you are using Firefox, you can set the history storage period to centuries, search history in the URL bar (or History page) or when Firefox is closed query the places.sqlite database in your profile: sqlite3 ~/.mozilla/firefox/profile/places.sqlite 'SELECT title, url FROM moz_places WHERE url LIKE "%mozilla.com"'