Better History

A history interface inspired by Vivaldi.
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Better History is a Chrome extension that revolutionizes the way you access your browsing history. Inspired by the Vivaldi browser's intuitive design, it provides three distinct views—daily, weekly, and monthly—allowing you to explore your history in a more organized and user-friendly manner. Whether you want to revisit sites from earlier today, the past week, or the entire month, Better History offers an efficient interface that simplifies navigating through your past web activities, enhancing your browsing experience.

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By:
Vincent Parizet
Daily users:
2,868 -18
Rating:
3.46
(85)
Version:
1.1.2 Last updated: 2022-02-15
Version code:
5364902
Creation date:
2019-10-07
Risk:
Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • history
  • storage
Size:
6.52MB
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Browser Add-ons
Data ingested on:
2025-07-17

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# 1,622 ▲ 1
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User reviews

Users appreciated the add-on's clean and visually appealing interface and relied on it heavily before issues emerged. However, the search feature, a critical function, has been broken for a long time, generating errors and reducing utility. The add-on is no longer maintained, which frustrates users seeking updates or fixes. Despite this, the calendar view is comprehensive, and a community-maintained fork, "Better History NG," offers an alternative. The lack of a hotkey and some performance issues also detract from the overall experience.
Pros
  • The add-on has a visually appealing and well-designed graphical user interface (GUI).
  • It was a favorite and useful extension before issues arose.
  • The calendar view offers a complete history display.
  • There is a fork named "Better History NG" that continues the project, appreciated by users.
Cons
  • The search functionality is broken and does not work, resulting in errors such as "Uncaught TypeError: visit.title is null".
  • The add-on is no longer maintained or updated, leading to unresolved bugs and outdated features.
  • Search results lack effective filtering capabilities despite the calendar view showing full history.
  • There is no hotkey to quickly open the history, requiring users to click the toolbar icon every time.
  • The add-on can be buggy and slow in performance.
Recent reviews
by Fi*****, 2025-03-27
by 远离*****, 2025-03-26
It doesn't search properly. When I try to search something, I get `Uncaught TypeError: visit.title is null`. I checked in Reddit an alternative and got Improved History.
by ra*****, 2025-03-05
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Extension safety

Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Better History requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Browser Add-ons, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Better History has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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