Browser Question (history dumping)

[BryonD]

So, would anyone have any idea why my browser periodically just completely drops its history?

I'm using Firefox 1.0.7. Every now and then, (today for one) it will suddenly lose the drop down list of recent web sites. I've got my history set at 4 days and I haven't cleared it. This seems to happen at irregular intervals. It has happened like three times this month, which is a lot more than normal.

When the list goes, it is completely gone. For example if I type in www.en it doesn't jump ahead and offer ENworld. It appears to have no clue that I have ever been here before.

It used to happen from time to time with Explorer as well. So I'm thinking some other application is dumping it.

Norton says I'm clean and I haven't seen any significant issues. So I really don't think it is any kind of malware thing. I think it is just a bug in the works somewhere.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Linkless in Atlanta

 

[Steve Jung]

Maybe it has a max number of links it remembers. If you click on a lot of links, it'll purge the older ones.

 

[trancejeremy]

You might check your hard drive for errors...

 

[Zulithe]

This is a bug in Firefox 1.0.x. You should upgrade to the new Firefox 1.5 that came out this month. I'm pretty sure it is fixed becuase it hasn't happened to me in a veyr long time (I've been using the 1.5 "test" or "nightly" versions for months now, and now use the final 1.5 and it hasn't happened yet)

I can't explain the IE one. But I doubt they are related.

www.mozilla.com

 

[BryonD]

Cool, Thanks!

I did not know there was a 1.5. I always just checked for updates and it said there was none.

So I learned two things!

Thanks again

 

[Zulithe]

Cool, Thanks!

I did not know there was a 1.5. I always just checked for updates and it said there was none.

So I learned two things!

Thanks again

Ahh I see! The update system in 1.0.x was fairly primative but still I thought it would at least inform you that 1.5 was out. Strange...

You'll be happier with 1.5. For starters, the update system is vastly improved and should help keep your extensions/themes more up-to-date as well as Firefox itself.