09 December 2018

Clippings 6.1 released!

Version 6.1 of Clippings, a WebExtension for Mozilla Firefox, adds some much-needed improvements and brings back a few missing features from legacy versions of Clippings. It is now available from Mozilla Add-ons and the AE Creations website.

If you already have Clippings installed, it will be upgraded for you if automatic extension updates are enabled. Otherwise, open Add-ons Manager (Tools → Add-ons), then right-click on the entry for Clippings in the list of installed extensions and choose Find Updates.

What's New
  • The keyboard paste shortcut key prefix (default keys ALT+SHIFT+Y or Command+Shift+Y) can now be changed. On Windows and Linux, it can be set to ALT + SHIFT + (A-Z, 0-9, period or comma). On macOS, it can be set to Command + Shift + (A-Z, 0-9, period or comma).
  • Clippings Manager now saves the ordering of clippings and folders; they can be reordered by drag and drop in the Clippings Manager tree list. The clippings and folders will also appear in the Clippings browser context menu in the same order.
  • Synchronize your clippings between Firefox and Thunderbird, or other Firefox instances, with the new Sync Clippings feature. Sync Clippings lets you synchronize a subset of your clippings so that they appear in both applications. This feature is currently in beta.
  • Backup reminder notifications. When this feature is turned on, a notification will appear, reminding you to back up your clippings. Click on the notification to backup your clippings through Clippings Manager. You can choose to be reminded to back up your clippings every day, or every 2, 3, 5, 7, 14 or 30 days; the default setting is 7 days.
  • You can now export your clippings to CSV format. This can be done from Clippings Manager (click Tools → Export).
Supported languages: English (United States), French, German, Greek, Polish, Spanish.

Things You Should Know About
  • Clippings 6.1 requires Firefox 60 or newer.
  • Clippings won't work in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive. Your clippings will not be accessible, and new clippings cannot be created.
  • If you want to use Sync Clippings, you'll need to download and install the Sync Clippings helper app. More information and download links can be found on the Sync Clippings page on the AE Creations website. The Sync Clippings Helper app is currently available for Windows only.  The current release of the Sync Clippings Helper is 1.0 beta 3; watch this blog for news on an official 1.0 release of the helper app, which is coming soon.

Known Issues
  • The ordering of clippings and folders in the Synced Clippings folder won't be preserved if syncing between Firefox and Thunderbird. This issue doesn't occur if syncing only between multiple instances of Firefox.

Other known issues with Clippings 6 are listed here.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be directed to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, hosted on Google Groups.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to the beta testers for their help in finding bugs, troubleshooting issues and providing feedback!

Also, a big "thank you" to the translators at Crowdin for updating the French and German localization of Clippings.  If you want to help translate Clippings into another world language, go to the Crowdin project page for Clippings.

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