Panic Button 4.2 beta 1 released!

This is a beta release of an upcoming new version of Panic Button. It is being made available for testing, and although it is fairly stable, expect to encounter the few inevitable bugs.

What's New

• New option for the Minimize All Windows action to open a new browser window after all browser windows are minimized. If this option is turned on, you can restore the minimized browser windows by clicking the Panic Button again from the new window.
• The extension preferences page now uses the Dark Mode colors on macOS and Windows.

Things You Should Know About

• Panic Button 4.2 requires Firefox 68 or newer.
• Known Issue: On latest versions of Firefox starting with version 71, the Hide and Replace action doesn't work if more than one browser window was open at the time the Panic Button action was triggered. If you normally browse with multiple browser windows, consider changing the Panic Button action to Minimize All Windows. Users on Firefox 68 ESR aren't affected.

How To Get It

To install this beta release, head over to the Panic Button 4.2 beta 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to panicbutton-4.2b1.xpi, then click on it to install.


Help and Support

Questions and comments about Panic Button 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. 

Panic Button issues with restoring browser session

There is an issue with Panic Button not being able to fully restore the Firefox browser session when the Panic Button action is set to "Hide and Replace."

If there was more than one browser window open when the Panic Button action was triggered, only the first browser window will be restored when clicking the Panic Button again, and the window showing the temporary replacement web page isn't closed.

This isn't happening if there was only one browser window open at the time the Panic Button action was triggered.

This issue is confirmed to be happening in Firefox 71. Users on Firefox 68 ESR aren't affected.

If you find yourself having more than one browser window open on a regular basis, you may want to consider changing the Panic Button action to "Minimize All Windows" to work around this bug.

Panic Button 4.1.2 released!

A minor update to Panic Button has just been released, and is now available from Mozilla Add-ons and the AE Creations website.

If you already have an older version of Panic Button 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 Panic Button in the list of installed extensions, and then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Check for Updates.

What's New

•  Added Indonesian localization

Things You Should Know About

• Panic Button 4.1 requires Firefox 60 or newer.
• The Close All Windows action doesn't actually quit the browser, unless there are no other open windows (e.g. bookmark manager)

 
Help and Support

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

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Crowdin user Goro for contributing the Indonesian localization of Panic Button!  If you are fluent in English and another world language and would like to help update or add a new translation for Panic Button, consider contributing a translation in Crowdin.