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Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep

741 points · 202 comments · bookofjoe

jval43 · 1789667302 · focus · HN ↗
Google Chrome did this in 2008. Full-text search over all visited pages, stored offline. It was very useful and I miss it.
Nobody seems to remember it, even though it was a headline feature. Was removed in 2013, I think due to technical constraints.
Will definitely try this.
1. iririririr · 1789677751 · focus · HN ↗
  IE5 only on the mac, did this too.

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