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No, we shouldn't have to remove our old history to speed up our browser. The UI as it is now, is good (like you said, for porn). The browsers should remove the
by tbassetto 15y ago
No, we shouldn't have to remove our old history to speed up our browser. The UI as it is now, is good (like you said, for porn). The browsers should remove the old history by themselves when needed.
- dchest 15y agoBetter: store all history, but search (from Omnibar) only the recent NNNN items.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoIndeed. The sensible thing is to use caching and avoid doing long-running operations in real-time. When the user presses a key the browser searches through a small cache of recent urls, if there is a delay before pressing the next key (say a second or so) then that triggers a more thorough search through the entire history.
- panic 15y agoIt is incredibly annoying for the suggestion list to change after its first appearance. You may have been about to select a particular URL when it changes unexpectedly, and you end up navigating somewhere you hadn't intended.
- cycojesus 15y agoWait until there's a significant pause in typing before updating. If the user interact with the list (keys or mouse) then the browser should not modify it, until the user type again.
- nodata 15y agoThen why store all history?
- evilswan 15y agoPresumably so you can elect to search history and be prepared to wait for results - unlike omnibar where you want instant typing.