540559 - Browsing/Download history should be independently selectable when using the "Clear Recent History" option

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 465995

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Andreas Eibach]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091113 Minefield/3.7a1pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091113 Minefield/3.7a1pre

see below

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Select Tools->Clear Recent History;  [ctrl-shift-del]
Time range to clear - Everything

In Details you can only select "Browsing *AND* Download History", but not both separate.
Actual Results:  
Download history is purged together with browsing history.
Why is this awkward?

Well, some people (me) would like the browsing history to be purged in office use, but since they do not download anything illegal, do keep the download history intact: also if I want to redownload something with the handy option "Go To Download Page".

Expected Results:  
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Current (ugly) workaround is:

- Tools->Options->Privacy
- Minefield will ... "Use custom settings for history"
- [x]Clear history when Minefield closes

In 'Settings', ONLY check "Browsing history".
- Restart browser and uncheck "Browsing history" to avoid this to be done each time.

Comment 1

[Andreas Eibach]

FWIW, I've added the qawanted keyword, since I read somewhere that the DUPEME is deemed deprecated...

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Dupeme means that is is possibly a duplicate but I can't find it with a quick search. The question mark means I'm 95% sure but not 100%.

Comment 3

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Bug 505422 is closely related.

Comment 4

[Andreas Eibach]

Thanks Ria. Oh well, so my workaround is currently for the birds anyway??
(Since due to 505422, it seems it purges Download history no matter if I do it via "Privacy" settings or via "Clear Recent History". Great.