The sidebar gives you a quick access to the history of the sites you have visited recently, as well as to your bookmarks. To enable the sidebar, access the + sub-menu and then choose between (Ctrl-B) or (Ctrl-H).
Search. Enter the keyword you wish to find results for (i.e. Mandrakelinux) in the field and press Enter. All the items containing your keyword will be displayed under the Search field. This applies for both the Bookmarks and History sidebars.
Bookmarks. In order to conveniently access your bookmarks, it is handy to display them in the sidebar. Clicking on one of your bookmarks will automatically launch a request for that page and it will be shown in the display area. To search for specific bookmarks based on keywords, simply type that keyword in the Search field (Figure 9.3, “Search Fields Using the Bookmarks Sidebar”).
History. Firefox keeps track of the URLs you
have visited in the past N
days, where
N
is a number which can be configured (the
default is set to 9 days). If you want to return to a site you
visited a three days ago, access the 3 days
ago folder in the History sidebar and click on the
+
. All the site's URLs you visited that day will
be displayed. Clicking on one of them will open the site in the
Page Display Area. To look for a specific web site enter either
it's URL or name in the Search
field.