The feature, dubbed “Places,” was to be a rewrite of Firefox’s bookmarking system, and would have allowed users to search through both bookmarks and the browsing history log to locate sites. Places relies on SQLite, an open-source database engine, to store bookmarks and the history data.
Mozilla isn’t the only developer to scale back expectations. Microsoft’s history of backing away from major features in Windows Vista — including a new advanced file system — has been well-documented.
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