Its strange that....

[neruda]

I watch clips through my Firefox browser on a paid site.
I open clips in Windows media player and sometimes on Quicktime.
And all the clips show up in the History log of my Internet Explorer.

How come browsers can read each other?
Please educate me

 

[provenlogic]

Because they're all reading the data from the same source, your history file. It's like if you worked at an accounting office and asked why you and Mrs. Smith both know Mr. X's accounting history, it's because you both read his file in the filing cabinet.

 

[neruda]

Wait ,so how come its only the video clips that are getting recorded.
Not everything else I surf?
Thanks in advance

 

[provenlogic]

because the video clips are probably the only thing that's using a universal flag on the history entry. Meaning If you surf a page in IE, IE will flag the entry saying "only display in IE", while Windows Media might flag the video as "Display In All".

 

[neruda]

Sorry for my persistence
But how are items "flagged" and can I turn off the way its currently flagged?
And wow - you're knowledgable!
Thanks

 

[provenlogic]

i'm afraid thats all done automatically by the computer, theres no way to change how its flagged. but u can turn your browsing history off altogether, in both IE and WMP. those settings will be under settings - internet options for IE, and under options for WMP.

 

[neruda]

Cool
Thanks a bunch!

 

[Corny]

because the video clips are probably the only thing that's using a universal flag on the history entry. Meaning If you surf a page in IE, IE will flag the entry saying "only display in IE", while Windows Media might flag the video as "Display In All".

that would be new to me ..

 

[b_o_n_n_i_e]

Wow, this probably has to be the one of the better threads on this section when it comes to quick and easy responses to questions. Provenlogic, you are logical!

 

[provenlogic]

WMP and IE share the same history folder. The entries can actually be flagged by the program to be read only by the program that created it.

 

[provenlogic]

I understand the WMP and IE crossover (though I didn't know it happened) but Quicktime and Firefox?

Sorry proven I'm not trying to catch you out I'm trying to learn something here myself.

I have no idea about QT and FF. I was speaking only of IE and WMP. But QT integrates itself into every Gawddamn thing on your computer, so it's quite possible it could read from a common history file, i don't know. I guess i wasn't being clear enough . I was talking only about WMP and IE, and you can set FF to read from the same history file too as far as i know.