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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Firefox 3 introduced a number of improvements to the [[:Category:Location Bar|Location Bar]]. Among them were changes to how sites are ordered in the dropdown menu. Firefox takes into account how frequently and how recently sites in the browser history were visited, combining them into a statistic called “frecency.” The frecency of sites is calculated when the browser is idle. The way frecency is computed can be tweaked by a number of preferences. | Firefox 3 introduced a number of improvements to the [[:Category:Location Bar|Location Bar]]. Among them were changes to how sites are ordered in the dropdown menu. Firefox takes into account how frequently and how recently sites in the browser history were visited, combining them into a statistic called [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/The_Places_frecency_algorithm “frecency.”] The frecency of sites is calculated when the browser is idle. The way frecency is computed can be tweaked by a number of preferences. | ||
When the browser has been [[places.frecency.updateIdleTime|idle for a time]], a batch of visits is analyzed and the frecency for those URLs is calculated. This preference determines how many visits have their frecency calculated. | When the browser has been [[places.frecency.updateIdleTime|idle for a time]], a batch of visits is analyzed and the frecency for those URLs is calculated. This preference determines how many visits have their frecency calculated. | ||
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* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Mconnor/PlacesFrecency Users:Mconnor/PlacesFrecency (MozillaWiki)] | * [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Mconnor/PlacesFrecency Users:Mconnor/PlacesFrecency (MozillaWiki)] | ||
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Sspitzer/GlobalFrecency Users:Sspitzer/GlobalFrecency (MozillaWiki)] | * [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Sspitzer/GlobalFrecency Users:Sspitzer/GlobalFrecency (MozillaWiki)] | ||
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/The_Places_frecency_algorithm The Places frecency algorithm (Mozilla Developer Center)] | |||
[[Category:Preferences]] | [[Category:Preferences]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:33, 4 May 2008
Background
Firefox 3 introduced a number of improvements to the Location Bar. Among them were changes to how sites are ordered in the dropdown menu. Firefox takes into account how frequently and how recently sites in the browser history were visited, combining them into a statistic called “frecency.” The frecency of sites is calculated when the browser is idle. The way frecency is computed can be tweaked by a number of preferences.
When the browser has been idle for a time, a batch of visits is analyzed and the frecency for those URLs is calculated. This preference determines how many visits have their frecency calculated.
Possible values and their effects
The number of visits for which frecency will be calculated after the user has been idle. Default is 50.
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Firefox (nightly builds since 2008-01-29)
Related bugs
Related preferences
- places.frecency.numCalcOnMigrate
- places.frecency.numVisits
- places.frecency.updateIdleTime
- places.frecency.*BucketCutoff
- places.frecency.*BucketWeight
- places.frecency.(visit type)VisitBonus
- places.frecency.unvisited(place type)Bonus
