I also had the same desire as you to keep my firefox history for as long as possible. It's especially great for auto-completion of previously visited websites.
My places.sqlite file is several years old and has moved across several machines, it is 47MB.
I can't say I've experienced the same lag you're describing. At least using the firefox url bar ( where auto-completions show up ) I found it to be pretty quick. The firefox history management window "feels" a little old ( read: 90s ), but is functional for the times I've had to search for a site I visited 5 years ago and vaguely remembered the name.
What specific features would you want to see from firefox's history management window.
My places.sqlite file is several years old and has moved across several machines, it is 47MB.
I can't say I've experienced the same lag you're describing. At least using the firefox url bar ( where auto-completions show up ) I found it to be pretty quick. The firefox history management window "feels" a little old ( read: 90s ), but is functional for the times I've had to search for a site I visited 5 years ago and vaguely remembered the name.
What specific features would you want to see from firefox's history management window.