13 February 2020

Panic Button 4.2 released!

An 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
  • 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, 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.

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 volunteer "AAlexx00001" for contributing the French 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, consider contributing a translation in the Panic Button project on Crowdin.

10 February 2020

Panic Button 4.2 release candidate 1 released!

The next minor release of Panic Button, version 4.2, is planned for release in a few days, and a release candidate is being made available for testers and early adopters who want to get their hands on it sooner. Unless there are any last-minute showstopper bugs, this release may become the official 4.2 release.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Panic Button 4.2, and how to get the release candidate.

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 release candidate 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to panicbutton-4.2rc1.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.