I'm currently working on another minor update for Clippings that will fix an issue in Clippings Manager and Clippings Sidebar that was caused by the migration to Manifest V3. I want to get this issue resolved before starting work on the next version, which is planned for release at around the same time as the next Firefox ESR release.
While planning the next version of Clippings, I've also taken some time to think about future plans for my other extensions, which I'll share here.
Clippings
Development and support for Clippings, the extension for Firefox and Thunderbird that lets you save frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms and email messages, will continue for the foreseeable future, with new features and improvements released regularly. Depending on the amount of new features and improvements that are lined up for each new version, and the effort needed to make them happen, I may continue with almost-yearly releases as I've been doing over the last few years.
Panic Button
Panic Button, the extension for Firefox that quickly hides your browser windows with a click of a button, is a fairly mature product, with a small but loyal user base.
I've decided that minor updates will continue to be released as needed to fix bugs, add localizations and stay up-to-date with changes to Firefox as it evolves. But other than that, Panic Button is considered done, meaning there are no plans for future major releases with new features and improvements.
Read Next
This reading list extension for Firefox from AE Creations has a very small user base, despite a significant push recently to improve adoption by making much-needed improvements to functionality and usability. But I also suspect that this reflects the changing way we interact with the web -- with most websites nowadays functioning like a web-based app rather than a collection of web pages interconnected by web page addresses and page links.
I've written before about contemplating new features that will evolve this extension from a simple reading list, with greater organizing and customization features. But I feel that these next-level improvements would make Read Next bloated and straying away from the simple reading list extension that it's meant to be, so it makes sense that these new features should belong in a separate extension.
To keep Read Next simple and easy to use as well as control feature creep, I'll be creating a new extension that builds upon it, using Read Next 1.5 as the base. This new extension will start out as an experiment, its main purpose to fulfill a personal need, and is something I'll work on whenever I have the time. Meanwhile, I'm planning for at least one more version of Read Next; more details to come.
