It will be necessary to collect and store much more information than is done in the old history system. To extract information about sequences of page views, we need to know exactly which page generated each navigation. Because the same page could be opened in more than one tab/window at once, the URL is not sufficient for this task.
=== New capabilities ===
The current history system uses the annoying Mork database format. Most people don't use it at all, and when they do, it can be difficult to find what you are looking for.
The new history system will hopefully fulfill the following goals:
* Store much more history than the current default (9 days) and do so with minimal performance penalty.
* Be faster and more efficient.
* Have a better UI that people will want to use, and that allows them to find what they are looking for. The current history sidebar is too cramped and does not offer enough capabilities.
* Store each time you visit a page, rather than just the most recent. This allows us to answer simple questions such as "What did I visit yesterday?" which is currently impossible.
See also [[Browser_History:Redirects]]
=== Database design ===
