This is the second beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird. It
is being made available for testers and early adopters craving the
latest and greatest, and while this beta is the most stable yet, testers should expect to run into the inevitable bug.
Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1, and how to get it!
What's New
- New placeholders for the subject line, message sender and recipients: $[SUBJECT], $[FROM], $[FROM_NAME], $[FROM_EMAIL], $[TO], $[TO_NAME], $[TO_EMAIL], $[CC], $[CC_NAME] and $[CC_EMAIL].
Add them to your clippings in Clippings Manager by using the Placeholder
Toolbar
- New option to paste an HTML-formatted clipping into an HTML message as plain text
- Brought back the option to show the Paste As dialog when pasting an
HTML-formatted clipping, a feature that existed prior to Clippings 6.0
- The
Paste Options dialog, which lets you choose between normal or quoted
text whenever a clipping is pasted into the message composer, has been
replaced with a new toggle option in the compose toolbar button context
menu, titled "Paste As Quoted Text"
- Improvements to undo in Clippings Manager. Also, you can now reverse the
last undo ("undo undo") by pressing Ctrl+Y on Windows, ⇧⌘Z on macOS,
and Ctrl+Shift+Z on Linux. The F2 keyboard shortcut is still supported
- Eliminated the confirmation dialog that appeared when reloading the Synced Clippings folder in Clippings Manager
- Clippings will now display an error message if the Sync Clippings data size exceeds the limit of 1 megabyte
- Fixed in 7.1b2 The Clippings Manager keyboard shortcut list is missing the new alternative shortcut key for Undo Undo
Compatibility
Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1 is compatible with Thunderbird 140, currently available in the Beta Release channel. It is not compatible with Thunderbird 128.x.
How to Get It
IMPORTANT! If you're already using Clippings and want to try the beta release, back up your clippings first before upgrading.
To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1 beta 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.1b2.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system
(for example, the Downloads folder). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.
If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically
updated to this release if automatic extension updates are
turned on.
Help and Support
Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, hosted on Groups.io.
If you find a bug, you may file a bug report on GitHub. Please search the issues list first to confirm that your issue has not already been reported.
Help Wanted!
Translators
are needed to update the UI strings that have been added for this
release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and
would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!
This
is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings
and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users
around the world. Contributors will have their efforts
recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and
listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.