# Improved History

> A nice and modern look for browser's history page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/improved-history](https://chrome-stats.com/d/improved-history)

## Overview

- **ID:** `improved-history`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Karl
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,search-tools,appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2,504
- **Weekly downloads:** 18
- **Rating:** 3.91 / 5 (58 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-03-05
- **Size:** 2.99 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/improved-history/)
- **Website:** [http://eccorem.com/apps/improved-history.html](http://eccorem.com/apps/improved-history.html)

## Description

Improved History is a Chrome extension that transforms your browser's history page into a sleek, modern toolbar popup. It features an intuitive activity tab with horizontally listed weekdays and vertically arranged history items, allowing quick navigation to specific days. Each history entry includes options to delete individual items or explore more from the same site.

Additionally, the extension offers a search tab that enables keyword searches across your history for easy access. The settings tab includes a clear-all history option, emphasizing the irreversibility of deletions. With Improved History, managing your browsing history becomes more efficient and visually appealing.

## Rankings

- #1,935 — Overall
- #105 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #158 — Tabs
- #227 — Search Tools
- #311 — Appearance
- #5 — history

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `history`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate that Improved History is fast, simple and reliable and generally love the extension. The most common complaints are lack of dark mode, no assignable shortcut, inability to use 24‑hour time, and an inflexible/resizing‑limited popup with room for a more polished UI.

### Pros

- Fast, simple and intuitive — improves the Firefox history experience
- Works reliably as stated — several users say it does what they need
- Well-liked — multiple users thanked the developer and expressed strong approval

### Cons

- No dark mode / theme option
- No configurable shortcut / hotkey support
- Only AM/PM time format — no 24‑hour option
- Popup UI is inflexible (can’t move or resize) and overall appearance could be more polished

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/improved-history)