22 November 2019

Clippings 6.2 released!

Clippings 6.2 is an update that comes with many improvements and brings back a feature in Clippings Manager that existed before Firefox 57 (Firefox Quantum) was released. 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), click on the entry for Clippings in the list of installed extensions, and then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Check for Updates.

What's New
  • Clippings now supports Dark Mode system themes on macOS and Windows. The dark-colored theme is automatically applied to Clippings windows and dialogs (for example, Clippings Manager and the extension preferences page) when Dark Mode is activated on your system.
  • You can now choose how you want the date or time to be formatted for the $[DATE] and $[TIME] placeholders; for example, the date with the day of the week included, or the time given in the 24-hour clock. To add a formatted date or time placeholder to your clipping, open Clippings Manager, turn on the Placeholder Toolbar (Tools → Show/Hide menu), then from the toolbar, click Presets and select Formatted Date/Time
  • For Sync Clippings users, there's a new option to only show synced clippings and folders on the Clippings menu. To activate it, go to the extension preferences, then under Sync Clippings, click Settings.
  • Brought back the ability to redo an action in Clippings Manager. To redo an action (undo an undo), press F2.
  • New option to add the date to the backup file name
  • Many other fixes and improvements

Things You Should Know About
  • Clippings 6.2 requires Firefox 68 or newer.
  • Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
  • 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.

Help and Support

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

Acknowledgements

A huge thanks to the volunteer translators in Crowdin for updating the localizations for Clippings 6.2!  If you are fluent in English and another world language and would like to help update or add a new translation, consider contributing a translation in Crowdin.

14 November 2019

Clippings 6.2 release candidate 3 released!

This is the third, and hopefully final, release candidate of an upcoming version of Clippings for Firefox. This release candidate fixes a bug affecting error handling in the Sync Clippings settings dialog when Clippings was just enabled to run in the browser's Private Browsing mode. Unless there are any more last-minute showstopper bugs, this may become the official release.

What's New

See the blog post for 6.2 release candidate 1 for a list of all the new features and improvements coming to Clippings 6.2.

Things You Should Know About
  • Clippings 6.2 requires Firefox 68 or newer.
  • Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.

How to Get It

IMPORTANT! If you are already using Clippings and want to try the release candidate, back up your clippings first before upgrading.

To install this release candidate, head over to the Clippings 6.2 release candidate 3 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-6.2rc3.xpi, then click on it to install.

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.

Help and Support

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

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. 

13 November 2019

Clippings 6.2 release candidate 2 released!

This is a second release candidate of Clippings 6.2, an upcoming new version of Clippings for Firefox. It fixes a last-minute bug, but is otherwise the same in functionality as the first release candidate. Unless there are any more last-minute showstopper bugs, this may become the official release.

What's New

See the blog post for 6.2 release candidate 1 for a list of all the new features and improvements coming to Clippings 6.2.

Things You Should Know About
  • Clippings 6.2 requires Firefox 68 or newer.
  • Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.

How to Get It

IMPORTANT! If you are already using Clippings and want to try the release candidate, back up your clippings first before upgrading.

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 6.2 release candidate 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-6.2rc2.xpi, then click on it to install.

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.

Help and Support

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

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. 

12 November 2019

Clippings 6.2 release candidate 1 released!

This is a release candidate of an upcoming new version of Clippings for Firefox. It is being made available to testers and early adopters who want to try it the latest and greatest. Unless there are any last-minute showstopper bugs, this may become the official release.

Read on to learn what's new in Clippings 6.2, and how to get it.

What's New
  • Clippings now supports Dark Mode system themes on macOS and Windows. The dark-colored theme is automatically applied to Clippings windows and dialogs (for example, Clippings Manager and the extension preferences page) when Dark Mode is activated on your system.
  • You can now choose how you want the date or time to be formatted for the $[DATE] and $[TIME] placeholders; for example, the date with the day of the week included, or the time given in the 24-hour clock. To add a formatted date or time placeholder to your clipping, open Clippings Manager, turn on the Placeholder Toolbar (Tools → Show/Hide menu), then from the toolbar, click Presets and select Formatted Date/Time
  • For Sync Clippings users, there's a new option to only show synced clippings and folders on the Clippings menu. To activate it, go to the extension preferences, then under Sync Clippings, click Settings.
  • Brought back the ability to redo an action in Clippings Manager. To redo an action (undo an undo), press F2.
  • New option to add the date to the backup file name
  • Many other fixes and improvements

Things You Should Know About
  • Clippings 6.2 requires Firefox 68 or newer.
  • Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.

How to Get It

IMPORTANT! If you are already using Clippings and want to try the release candidate, back up your clippings first before upgrading.

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 6.2 release candidate 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-6.2rc1.xpi, then click on it to install.

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.

Help and Support

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

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.