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Places is a new system for storing bookmarks, history, and other information about pagesthe Web. It is currently enabled in trunk builds, and will debut debuted in Firefox 3. This document covers the design and user-interface of Places. Developers Extension developers should read the [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Places developer documentation].

Status: * History-on-Places was enabled on the trunk in January 2007, and is first released in Gran Paradiso Alpha 2. * Bookmarks-on-Places was enabled in May 2007, and is first released in Gran Paradiso Alpha 5.

Places discussion Discussion and communication occurs in the :* [news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox mozilla.dev.apps.firefoxnewsgroup]* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/#places #places] newsgroup and on this wikiirc.mozilla.org

Implement Implemented new back ends for Bookmarks and History using the mozStorage systemwrapper for SQLite. Develop Developed newer, more usable front -end components to display results, emphasizing simple search and categorization.

The original requirements for Places in Firefox 3 are detailed in the [[Firefox3/Product_Requirements_Document#Places|Firefox 3 PRD]]

Places is currently enabled on the "trunk" build of Firefox (aka for Firefox 3 aka Minefield aka Gran Paradiso)and greater, and powers powering History and Bookmarks, as well as providing plumbing for Livemarks, Annotations and Microsummaries. == Builds == Trunk builds are considered unstable and are recommended only for developers and those testers who like to live dangerously. Please [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Places file bugs] in Bugzillathe Awesomebar.

<pre>* Firefox front-end: [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/components/places/ mozilla/browser/components/places/<]* Toolkit backend: [http:/pre> for the front/mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-end, <pre>central/source/toolkit/components/places/ mozilla/toolkit/components/places/</pre> for the back-end.]