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-Places is a system for storing bookmarks, history, and other information about the Web. It is currently enabled in trunk builds, and debuted in Firefox 3. This document covers the design and user-interface of Places. Extension developers should read the [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Places developer documentation].
+Places is a system for storing bookmarks, history, and other information about the Web. It is currently enabled in trunk builds, and debuted in Firefox 3. This document covers the design and user-interface of Places.
-Status:
+Quick links:
+* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Places Developer documentation] on MDC
+* [http://people.mozilla.org/~dietrich/places/ Doxygen-generated API documentation]
+* [http://people.mozilla.org/~dietrich/places-erd.png Database schema ERD]
+* [news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox mozilla.dev.apps.firefox newsgroup]
+* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/#places #places] on irc.mozilla.org
+= Timeline and History =
+* Initial Places implementation slated for Firefox 2. Landed for early alphas and then backed out and eventually cut from the release. [TODO: proper links and dates needed]
+* Project re-initialized in fall 2007, slated for Firefox 3.
 * History-on-Places was enabled on the trunk in January 2007, first released in Gran Paradiso Alpha 2.
 * Bookmarks-on-Places was enabled in May 2007, first released in Gran Paradiso Alpha 5.
-Discussion and communication:
-* [news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox mozilla.dev.apps.firefox newsgroup]
-* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/#places #places] on irc.mozilla.org
 = Goals & Objectives =
 The primary objectives of this project are to:
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 == Performance ==
-XXXdietrich - point to thunder's page, and the relevant perf bugs.
+See [[Places:Performance]] for more information.
-Bookmarks can have a non-trivial impact on performance, see [[Places:Performance]] for more information.
 = Discussion & Implications =
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 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/browse_frm/thread/173ba1f87d7f88c2 newsgroup thread on sync]
 ** [http://www.foxcloud.com/Places/ ERD (possibly obsolete)]
-= Archived Build Notes (obsolete) =
-Milestone 2 (1/30/2006):
-What's new in this build:
-* Your existing history is now preserved and imported into Places.
-* You can search from the Places view
-* You can construct queries over your history/bookmarks and save them
-* If you are migrating to Firefox from another browser, your history and bookmarks are imported into Places.
-* Stability, performance, and bug fixes
-Known issues:
-* It is recommended that you delete the file "storage.sdb" in your profile directory if you have previously run a Places build.
-* This build is based on the Firefox 2.0 branch.  It still claims to be 1.5, so 1.5-compatible extensions will continue to function.  Extensions that utilize the old bookmarks and history interfaces will not work correctly.
-* If you use the installer, you have to do a custom install and disable Quality Feedback Agent.  Otherwise, the installation will error out.
-* Bookmark keywords do not work yet.
-* If your profile directory is on NFS, you will see slower performance.
-Milestone 1 (12/15/2005):
-This is our first public milestone build.  It has a working Places view, history, and bookmarks (with import).  There are a few known issues:
-* These builds are based on the Firefox trunk.  As a result, any extensions which claim only 1.5.0.* compatibility will be disabled.
-* If you use the installer, you have to do a custom install and disable Quality Feedback Agent.  Otherwise, the installation will error out.
-* Existing bookmarks are imported, but history is not yet imported.
-* Bookmark keywords do not work yet.
-* If your profile directory is on NFS, you will see slower performance.