One of the biggest buzzes right now is Google's Desktop Search. Unfortunately if you are using Firefox as your main browser, then you are SOL when it comes to searching your browser history. Google Desktop Search only supports Internet Explorer history.
There is hope however. Jon Udell mentions that Ken Schutte's Slogger is a Firefox extension that saves your viewed pages. Once the pages are saved, then any indexer can be used -- including Google Desktop Search.
I couldn't wait to try this out. I installed version 0.2.2 from the main Slogger site, because there does not seem to be an update posted over at Mozilla. I have to say that it does work, but according to ClassyDee it will not give you the browsing history metadata.
There is a toolbar button which I suggest that you add in a convenient place. This button has some options that will come in handy, such as auto-logging the web pages that you visit. Alternatively, you can set this up as a one-shot save option that you can use on a page by page basis which would be useful if you are either low on disk space or really do not want to log your complete browsing history. In the case of the later, this might be a wiser choice, especially if you have a tech savvy significant other.
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