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New XKit 7.8.0

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Welcome to the future! New XKit 7.8.0 is a comprehensive update of our base extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari with a bunch of improvements. New XKit is now fully a WebExtension on both Firefox and Chrome, which allows us to share the browser support code between both platforms. Most importantly, this means that your XKit will continue working on Firefox Quantum.

New XKit 7.8.0 should be automatically downloaded for you through your browser’s normal update process.

Note for Firefox users: You must already have New XKit 7.7.7 or higher for your data to be automatically transferred to 7.8.0. If you have a lower version, download 7.7.7′s xpi first at its release page. If you run into any trouble, follow the steps in this new-xkit-support post.

Also for Firefox users: If you have problems with One-Click Postage after updating, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. Check out this post on new-xkit-support for more information.

Don’t want to wait for your XKit to automatically update? Check out 7.8.0′s release page for the version of XKit suitable for your browser.

As always, if you have any questions, you can stop by our live support chat (on Discord), swing by our always open ask box, or even send us fan mail!

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We made a point release (7.8.1) this afternoon to fix a critical bug in Firefox memory/RAM usage. If you were experiencing high memory usage when browsing individual blog pages (not the dashboard), you should update to this release to fix the problem.

https://new-xkit-extension.tumblr.com/firefox

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Reblogging this again since with the release of Firefox 57 (Quantum) this week, a couple users are finding that they hadn’t updated to the newest version of New XKit and couldn’t access XKit.

Please use this as a reference in case you run into similar issues!

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Oh wow the music player has a volume control, how conve-

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This is our fault, and it’s been fixed in the 0.5.1 version of Audio+

(Which will be rolling out through auto-update in the next 12 hours, and you can also click “update” on the extension itself to get it immediately)

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Find Inactives Now Includes Unfollow Buttons

Hello, all! Brand new feature update coming your way!

We’ve had some requests for the addition of an easy way to unfollow users who are highlighted by Find Inactives as having been inactive for a long period of time. With Find Inactives 0.4.0 this is now made a lot easier; each inactive blog will have an unfollow button next to it for quick clicks to remove them from your following list!

Thanks for reading! As always, if you have any comments or questions, feel free to let us know by stopping by the chat room, sending an ask to @new-xkit-extension​, or opening an issue on Github.

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New XKit 7.8.0

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Welcome to the future! New XKit 7.8.0 is a comprehensive update of our base extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari with a bunch of improvements. New XKit is now fully a WebExtension on both Firefox and Chrome, which allows us to share the browser support code between both platforms. Most importantly, this means that your XKit will continue working on Firefox Quantum.

New XKit 7.8.0 should be automatically downloaded for you through your browser’s normal update process.

Note for Firefox users: You must already have New XKit 7.7.7 or higher for your data to be automatically transferred to 7.8.0. If you have a lower version, download 7.7.7′s xpi first at its release page. If you run into any trouble, follow the steps in this new-xkit-support post.

Also for Firefox users: If you have problems with One-Click Postage after updating, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. Check out this post on new-xkit-support for more information.

Don’t want to wait for your XKit to automatically update? Check out 7.8.0′s release page for the version of XKit suitable for your browser.

As always, if you have any questions, you can stop by our live support chat (on Discord), swing by our always open ask box, or even send us fan mail!

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We made a point release (7.8.1) this afternoon to fix a critical bug in Firefox memory/RAM usage. If you were experiencing high memory usage when browsing individual blog pages (not the dashboard), you should update to this release to fix the problem.

https://new-xkit-extension.tumblr.com/firefox

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New XKit 7.8.0

Welcome to the future! New XKit 7.8.0 is a comprehensive update of our base extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari with a bunch of improvements. New XKit is now fully a WebExtension on both Firefox and Chrome, which allows us to share the browser support code between both platforms. Most importantly, this means that your XKit will continue working on Firefox Quantum.

New XKit 7.8.0 should be automatically downloaded for you through your browser’s normal update process.

Note for Firefox users: You must already have New XKit 7.7.7 or higher for your data to be automatically transferred to 7.8.0. If you have a lower version, download 7.7.7′s xpi first at its release page. If you run into any trouble, follow the steps in this new-xkit-support post.

Also for Firefox users: If you have problems with One-Click Postage after updating, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. Check out this post on new-xkit-support for more information.

Don’t want to wait for your XKit to automatically update? Check out 7.8.0′s release page for the version of XKit suitable for your browser.

As always, if you have any questions, you can stop by our live support chat (on Discord), swing by our always open ask box, or even send us fan mail!

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New XKit Firefox 7.7.7

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Hey everybody, sorry for the delay in getting this out, but this release should solve the problems people were having with 7.7.6. If you’re using Firefox and you’re currently on 7.7.5 you need to upgrade to this version within the next 6 weeks to avoid possibly losing access to your settings. You can update to 7.7.7 by going to Tools > Addons > click the gear icon > “Check for Updates”

Firefox version 57 (currently on Nightly) removes support for “legacy extensions”, which includes Addon SDK extensions like New XKit. New XKit 7.7.7 is still technically a legacy extension, but it uses what’s called an “embedded WebExtension” to migrate your stored settings to the new version. That means that when we release New XKit 7.8.0, which will be a non-legacy WebExtension, all of your data will still be there.

If you’re currently using Firefox Nightly, then you’ll have to downgrade to an older version like Beta or Release to migrate your settings, if you didn’t have 7.7.6 installed already.

Users with lots of extensions, saved posts, or similar are also highly encouraged to make local XCloud backups of their data for peace-of-mind. As always, if you have any questions, you can stop by our live support chat (on Discord), swing by our always open ask box, or even send us fan mail!

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This update should happen automatically, but if you want to make sure, here’s how to check for updates:

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New XKit Firefox 7.7.7

Hey everybody, sorry for the delay in getting this out, but this release should solve the problems people were having with 7.7.6. If you’re using Firefox and you’re currently on 7.7.5 you need to upgrade to this version within the next 6 weeks to avoid possibly losing access to your settings. You can update to 7.7.7 by going to Tools > Addons > click the gear icon > “Check for Updates”

Firefox version 57 (currently on Nightly) removes support for “legacy extensions”, which includes Addon SDK extensions like New XKit. New XKit 7.7.7 is still technically a legacy extension, but it uses what’s called an “embedded WebExtension” to migrate your stored settings to the new version. That means that when we release New XKit 7.8.0, which will be a non-legacy WebExtension, all of your data will still be there.

If you’re currently using Firefox Nightly, then you’ll have to downgrade to an older version like Beta or Release to migrate your settings, if you didn’t have 7.7.6 installed already.

Users with lots of extensions, saved posts, or similar are also highly encouraged to make local XCloud backups of their data for peace-of-mind. As always, if you have any questions, you can stop by our live support chat (on Discord), swing by our always open ask box, or even send us fan mail!

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New XKit Firefox v7.7.6

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Hello everyone! In today’s New XKit update, we’re laying the groundwork for supporting Firefox 57′s release. This update adds WebExtension support for XKit and includes a migration step to make sure everyone keeps the same config both before and after the change. Because WebExtensions will be the only platform supported for Firefox going forward, it’s important that you install this update so you can continue to access your config in future versions.

Immediately after upgrading you may encounter a brief pause where Tumblr or Firefox ceases to respond to you for a couple seconds before everything runs normally. This is should only happen if you are running Firefox on a toaster made out of wood, but we want to make sure that you know there is nothing to be afraid of.

Your XKit should update automatically within the next few days, but if you want to hurry the process along, you can download it directly from https://github.com/new-xkit/XKit/releases/firefox-v7.7.6/ (XPI file)

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If you have problems using the Tumblr dashboard after this update, or you have lost settings since this update, you can try downloading the old version of XKit from https://github.com/new-xkit/XKit/releases/tag/firefox-v7.7.5 (.xpi file)

We’re sorry for the inconvenience!

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New XKit Firefox v7.7.6

Hello everyone! In today’s New XKit update, we’re laying the groundwork for supporting Firefox 57′s release. This update adds WebExtension support for XKit and includes a migration step to make sure everyone keeps the same config both before and after the change. Because WebExtensions will be the only platform supported for Firefox going forward, it’s important that you install this update so you can continue to access your config in future versions.

Immediately after upgrading you may encounter a brief pause where Tumblr or Firefox ceases to respond to you for a couple seconds before everything runs normally. This is should only happen if you are running Firefox on a toaster made out of wood, but we want to make sure that you know there is nothing to be afraid of.

Your XKit should update automatically within the next few days, but if you want to hurry the process along, you can download it directly from https://github.com/new-xkit/XKit/releases/firefox-v7.7.6/ (XPI file)

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NEW THING: new xkit discord

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Hey everybody! The old support chat room was getting kind of long in the tooth, and it was a pain to try and maintain from a technical perspective—as well as being a less-then-great user experience. Uploading images didn’t even work half the time!

So we took the plunge and have started moving things over to Discord. Just like all the cool kids :D. It’s still a little rough around the edges, but let us know what you think!

You can join our discord server using this link:
https://new-xkit-extension.tumblr.com/discord-support

Thanks for reading! As always, if you have any comments or questions, feel free to let us know by stopping by the chat room, sending an ask to @new-xkit-extension​, or opening an issue on Github.

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We’re moving to a new chat platform! All of your old links should still work, but things should be much better using Discord then the old embedded chat weirdness.