MZHistoryView Changelog

What's new in MZHistoryView 1.70

Nov 3, 2021
  • MZHistoryView now reads the history database of Firefox directly without using the SQLite library from the install folder of Firefox. It means that you can now use this tool even if Firefox is not installed on your system, as long as you have the places.sqlite database file.
  • You can now send the data to stdout by specifying empty string as filename, for example: MZHistoryView.exe /scomma "" | more

New in MZHistoryView 1.65 (May 30, 2018)

  • Added 'Quick Filter' feature (View -> Use Quick Filter or Ctrl+Q). When it's turned on, you can type a string in the text-box added under the toolbar and MZHistoryView will instantly filter the browsing history, showing only lines that contain the string you typed.

New in MZHistoryView 1.62 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Added 64-bit version for Firefox 64-bit.

New in MZHistoryView 1.61 (Oct 29, 2017)

  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.

New in MZHistoryView 1.60 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • Added 'Frecency' column.

New in MZHistoryView 1.57 (Dec 11, 2016)

  • Fixed DLL loading problem on Windows XP.

New in MZHistoryView 1.56 (Apr 10, 2015)

  • MozillaHistoryView now detects the portable version of Firefox if it's running in the background.

New in MZHistoryView 1.55 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Added 'URL Length' column.

New in MZHistoryView 1.53 (Jul 30, 2014)

  • Fixed to display local date/time values according to daylight saving time settings.

New in MZHistoryView 1.52 (Sep 21, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug with displaying IDN URLs (URLs containing non-English characters).

New in MZHistoryView 1.51 (Jun 28, 2013)

  • Fixed to work with Firefox 22.

New in MZHistoryView 1.50 (Dec 10, 2012)

  • Added Stop menu, which allows you to stop the loading process of the Firefox history.
  • When the 'Merge multiple items with identical URLs into one item' is turned on - The 'First Visit Date' is displayed even if there is only a single visit (In previous versions it remained empty).

New in MZHistoryView 1.45 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • Added option to choose the correct installation folder of Firefox (In the 'Select History Filename' window), for using when MozillaHistoryView cannot detect the Firefox installation properly.
  • Added /UseFirefoxFolder and /FirefoxFolder command-line options.

New in MZHistoryView 1.44 (Feb 17, 2012)

  • The selected time range is now saved in the .cfg file.

New in MZHistoryView 1.43 (Feb 6, 2012)

  • Increased the size of the time range controls, to allow the user to choose AM or PM more easily, when AM/PM time format is defined in the language settings of Windows.

New in MZHistoryView 1.42 (Sep 21, 2011)

  • Added option to load only URLs with the specified title string

New in MZHistoryView 1.41 (Jul 23, 2011)

  • Added new option in the Select History Filename window: 'Merge multiple items with identical URLs into one item'

New in MZHistoryView 1.40 (Jul 8, 2011)

  • Added option to filter the URLs according to their visit count.

New in MZHistoryView 1.35 (May 19, 2011)

  • Add option to load only the URLs contain the specified strings (comma-delimited list). You can use this feature to view only the history of the desired Web sites.
  • Add option to filter out the URLs contain the specified strings (comma-delimited list).

New in MZHistoryView 1.31 (Feb 16, 2011)

  • Fixed the memory leak problem on every refresh.
  • Added support for Firefox 4 (Beta).

New in MZHistoryView 1.30 (Feb 7, 2011)

  • Added option to specify the date/time range of the browsing history that you want to view.
  • Reduced the memory usage when loading large number of history items.

New in MZHistoryView 1.27 (Dec 18, 2010)

  • Fixed issue: MozillaHistoryView displayed the Advanced Options dialog-box when using -file command-line option.
  • Added /UseVisitTimeFilter and /VisitTimeFilter command-line options.

New in MZHistoryView 1.26 (Oct 2, 2010)

  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file

New in MZHistoryView 1.25 (Mar 1, 2010)

  • Added option to load only the history items in the last xx days. This option can be useful if the loading process of the history file is very slow, and you want to view only the history of the last few days.
  • Added 'Choose History File On Start' option. When this option is turned on, MozillaHistoryView will ask you to choose the history file before loading it.

New in MZHistoryView 1.20 (Dec 29, 2009)

  • Added command-line options for sorting.

New in MZHistoryView 1.18 (Oct 24, 2008)

  • Added AutoComplete to the history filename combo-box.

New in MZHistoryView 1.17 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • MozillaHistoryView now detects any file with .sqlite extension as Firefox 3 filename

New in MZHistoryView 1.16 (Oct 13, 2008)

  • Improved the Firefox 3 detection.
  • Display an error message when MozillaHistoryView failed to find the dll of SQLite database.

New in MZHistoryView 1.15 (Aug 20, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: MozillaHistoryView failed to open the history file of Firefox 3 (places.sqlite) when the browser was opened.
  • The 'Select History Filename' dialog-box is now resizable.

New in MZHistoryView 1.14 (Jul 18, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: MozillaHistoryView failed to work with Firefox 3.0.1

New in MZHistoryView 1.13 (Jul 6, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: Long URL were corrupted

New in MZHistoryView 1.12 (Jul 1, 2008)

  • Decreased exe file size and added links in HTML report

New in MZHistoryView 1.11 (Jun 27, 2008)

  • Added .sqlite filter to select file dialog-box

New in MZHistoryView 1.03 (Apr 21, 2008)

  • Added support for saving as comma-delimited text file

New in MZHistoryView 1.02 (Oct 2, 2007)

  • Fixed bug: MozillaHistoryView failed to read history files that had one or more URLs with '(' character.

New in MZHistoryView 1.01 (Sep 24, 2007)

  • Fixed bug: MozillaHistoryView failed to read some history files.