For some time Firefox users had the option to enable a private browsing mode if they wanted to visit websites without leaving traces of those sites on the computer system. They also had the option to remove individual history information from the web browser.
History Block adds a third option for Firefox users as it enables them to block specific hosts from appearing in the web browser’s history. And history in this case means the standard history, the download manager and the recently opened tabs list.
The Firefox add-on is relatively easy to use with the exception of managing existing blocked hosts. New hosts can be added either from the menu of the add-on, or more comfortably by right-clicking on the page and selecting Block This from the available options.
Once a website has been added to the list it will not appear in the browsing history. Managing those blocked websites is unfortunately not as easy as there is no listing of all hosts that have been blocked, at least not in the web browser itself. This is somewhat understandable as anyone would know which websites the user visited at least once by looking at the blocked websites in that listing.
The only option to unblock websites is to enter their hostname into the options of the add-on. This is not very comfortable. History Block can be downloaded from the official Mozilla Firefox add-on portal.
Update: More recent versions of the extension allow you to enter multiple hosts into the blocked form. You need to separate the domains with a comma to make use of the feature. The extension keeps all blacklisted data hashed according to the developer, so that the Firefox about:config configuration page will not leak the blocked site list to a third party. The extension furthermore blocks the sites from appearing in the cache or in the cookies.
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This add-on gets bad reviews in firefox.
although i could make use of such addon, the comments on the addon page concern me… just wondering, if anyone around here has history block in use and could give personal experience notes.
I use it, and it just works. I’ve never had any problem with it.
The problem in the comments was fixed 3 days later (in version 1.3.4.4).
Give it a go! It’s an awesome add-on!