Coming soon: Clippings 7.0

The next version of Clippings, the extension from AE Creations that lets you save frequently-entered text for pasting into web page forms in Firefox and email messages in Thunderbird, is coming soon!

Some of the new features and improvements coming to Clippings 7.0 are:

• Ability to add separators to organize your clippings and folders in the Clippings menu
• Copy clipping text from Clippings Manager or the new Clippings Sidebar (this feature available for Firefox only)
• New option to show the shortcut key of a clipping in the Clippings menu
• New placeholder for embedding a clipping in a clipping
• Compressed sync data, allowing you to sync more of your clippings
• And many more improvements!

Get Ready For Clippings 7.0

Clippings 7.0 will require Firefox 128 or newer, while Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 will require Thunderbird 128 or newer. If you're still on Firefox 115 ESR or Thunderbird 115, upgrade to the newest version to take advantage of all the new features in Clippings 7.0 when it's released.

The Sync Clippings enhancements that's coming to Clippings 7.0 will require an upgrade of the Sync Clippings Helper app. More information will be posted here when Sync Clippings Helper 2.0 is released.

Help Wanted!

Clippings 7.0 is currently in beta, and testers are needed to try out the new features and improvements and look for any bugs. For instructions on how to get the beta releases and things you should know about, see the earlier posts on this blog. If you find a bug, report it using the issue tracker in the GitHub project for Clippings or Clippings for Thunderbird.

Translators are also needed to update the UI strings that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors to Clippings 7.0 will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post.