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Public bug reported:

The Firefox data source for Zeitgeist causes Firefox history data to be stored in two separate places: Firefox's history database, and the Zeitgeist log. This could cause a few issues:
1. Firefox history takes more disk space on a computer with the Zeitgeist extension
2. Firefox and Zeitgeist will likely have separate behaviors and rules for clearing internet history (deleting after a set number of days, "Forget About This Site", Private Browsing, Clear Recent History)
3. Two different user interfaces for working with history
4. History synced over Firefox Sync not imported when the user may wish it to be imported.
5. History generated before the user installs the Zeitgeist extension is never logged by Zeitgeist.
6. Issues #2, #4, and/or #5 could cause the data in Zeitgeist to be different from the data in Firefox. This could mean a user searches the Zeitgeist history for something that's only found in Firefox history or vice-versa. It could also mean the same query could have largely-different search results in Sezen and the Firefox "Awesomebar" even though the two have very similar functionality (Site A could be near the top on one but Site B almost completely hides Site A results on the other).

The data source could, instead, provide Zeitgeist with an interface to
Firefox history, even telling Zeitgeist where the history database is
found, and recording (in the Zeitgeist log) extra data specific to
Zeitgeist that Firefox doesn't capture.

This probably affects the Chrome data source as well.

** Affects: zeitgeist-dataproviders
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Firefox data source duplicates information from Firefox's own history database
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658833
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Status in Zeitgeist Data-Sources: New

Bug description:
The Firefox data source for Zeitgeist causes Firefox history data to be stored in two separate places: Firefox's history database, and the Zeitgeist log. This could cause a few issues:
1. Firefox history takes more disk space on a computer with the Zeitgeist extension
2. Firefox and Zeitgeist will likely have separate behaviors and rules for clearing internet history (deleting after a set number of days, "Forget About This Site", Private Browsing, Clear Recent History)
3. Two different user interfaces for working with history
4. History synced over Firefox Sync not imported when the user may wish it to be imported.
5. History generated before the user installs the Zeitgeist extension is never logged by Zeitgeist.
6. Issues #2, #4, and/or #5 could cause the data in Zeitgeist to be different from the data in Firefox. This could mean a user searches the Zeitgeist history for something that's only found in Firefox history or vice-versa. It could also mean the same query could have largely-different search results in Sezen and the Firefox "Awesomebar" even though the two have very similar functionality (Site A could be near the top on one but Site B almost completely hides Site A results on the other).

The data source could, instead, provide Zeitgeist with an interface to Firefox history, even telling Zeitgeist where the history database is found, and recording (in the Zeitgeist log) extra data specific to Zeitgeist that Firefox doesn't capture.

This probably affects the Chrome data source as well.