Panic Button 4.3.1

What's New:
• Updated German localization
• Bug fix: Pinned tabs are unpinned after restoring browser session (issue #60)

Panic Button 4.3.1 release candidate 1

What's New:
• Updated German localization
• Bug fix: Pinned tabs are unpinned after restoring browser session (issue #60)

Panic Button 4.3

What's New:
• Panic Button can now restore multiple browser windows that were hidden by the Hide and Replace action (issue #44). Note that browser tabs loaded with special Firefox pages, such as the Firefox options page and Add-ons Manager, cannot be restored
• New action to minimize the current browser window
• The default keyboard shortcut is changed to F8 (previously F9) to avoid a conflict with toggling Reader Mode on Windows 10 (issue #49)
• Improvements to Dark Mode icons

Things You Should Know About:
• Panic Button 4.3 requires Firefox 78 or newer.
• Panic Button won't work if Firefox is set to "Never remember history" in Privacy & Security settings.

Panic Button 4.3 release candidate 2

What's New:
• Panic Button can now restore multiple browser windows that were hidden by the Hide and Replace action (issue #44). Note that browser tabs loaded with special Firefox pages, such as the Firefox options page and Add-ons Manager, cannot be restored
• New action to minimize the current browser window (issue #47)
• The default keyboard shortcut is changed to F8 to avoid a conflict with toggling Reader Mode on Windows 10 (issue #49)
• Improvements to Dark Mode icons

Things You Should Know About:
• Panic Button 4.3 requires Firefox 78 or newer.
• Panic Button won't work if Firefox is set to "Never remember history" in Privacy & Security settings.

Panic Button 4.3 release candidate 1

What's New:
• Panic Button can now restore multiple browser windows that were hidden by the Hide and Replace action (issue #44). Note that browser tabs loaded with special Firefox pages, such as the Firefox options page and Add-ons Manager, cannot be restored
• New action to minimize the current browser window (issue #47)
• The default keyboard shortcut is changed to F8 to avoid a conflict with toggling Reader Mode on Windows 10 (issue #49)
• Improvements to Dark Mode icons

Things You Should Know About:
• Panic Button 4.3 requires Firefox 78 or newer.
• Panic Button won't work if Firefox is set to "Never remember history" in Privacy & Security settings.

Panic Button 4.3 beta 2

What's New:
• Panic Button can now restore multiple browser windows that were hidden by the Hide and Replace action (issue #44). Note that browser tabs loaded with special Firefox pages, such as the Firefox options page and Add-ons Manager, cannot be restored
• New action to minimize the current browser window (issue #47)
• The default keyboard shortcut is changed to F8 to avoid a conflict with toggling Reader Mode on Windows 10 (issue #49)
• Improvements to Dark Mode icons
• [Fixed in 4.3b2] Post-upgrade page doesn't load (issue #55)

Things You Should Know About:
• Panic Button 4.3 requires Firefox 78 or newer.
• Panic Button won't work if Firefox is set to "Never remember history" in Privacy & Security settings.

Panic Button 4.3 beta 1

What's New:
• Panic Button can now handle multiple browser windows when restoring the browser session after triggering the "Hide and Replace" action (issue #44). Note that browser tabs loaded with special Firefox pages, such as the Firefox options page and Add-ons Manager, cannot be restored
• New action to minimize the current browser window (issue #47)
• The default keyboard shortcut is changed to F8 to avoid a conflict with toggling Reader Mode on Windows 10 (issue #49)
• Improvements to Dark Mode icons

Things You Should Know About:
• Panic Button won't work if Firefox is set to "Never remember history" in Privacy & Security settings.

Panic Button 4.3 alpha 3

An alpha release of the next version of Panic Button, tentatively numbered 4.3. Requires Firefox Developer Edition to install.

This alpha release is made available for testing purposes only. It may be unstable and may contain serious bugs. Install and use at your own risk.

What's New:
• Changed default keyboard shortcut to F8 to avoid conflict with toggling Reader Mode on Windows 10 (issue #49)

Panic Button 4.3 alpha 2

An alpha release of the next version of Panic Button, tentatively numbered 4.3. Requires Firefox Developer Edition to install.

This alpha release is made available for testing purposes only. It may be unstable and may contain serious bugs. Install and use at your own risk.

What's New:
• New action to minimize the current browser window (issue #47)

Panic Button 4.2.1

What's New:
• Improvements to Dark Mode colors in the extension preferences and restore session password pages

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.