Panic Button 4.4 release candidate 1 released!

A release candidate of Panic Button 4.4 is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest! This will become the official release unless any last-minute showstopper bugs are found.

Read on to learn more about what's new in version 4.4, and how to get it.

What's New

• New menu options added to the Panic Button toolbar button context menu, allowing you to change the toolbar button in just a few clicks, or go to the extension preferences page. To show the context menu, right-click on the Panic Button toolbar button (issue #61 and #70)
• New option in extension preferences for snoozing inactive browser tabs when restoring the browser session after invoking the Hide and Replace action (issue #64)
• When restoring the browser session after invoking the Hide and Replace action, Panic Button will try to restore Reader Mode on those browser tabs that had it turned on (issue #65)
• The toolbar button icons now blends in better with the Light and Dark themes in Firefox 89 and newer (issue #71 and #73)
• Bug fix: Container tabs converted to normal tabs when restoring the browser session after invoking the Hide and Replace action (issue #74). This affected users who have installed the Firefox Multi-Account Containers add-on.

Things You Should Know About

• Panic Button 4.4 requires Firefox 78 or newer.  
• The Hide and Replace action won't work if Firefox is set to "Never remember history" in Privacy & Security settings.

How to Get It

To install this release candidate, head over to the Panic Button 4.4 release candidate 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to panic_button-4.4rc1-fx.xpi, then click on it to install.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Panic Button should be posted 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.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Crowdin contributor ticao7 for providing the Portuguese (Brazil) 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 Crowdin.