This release fixes a potential security issue due to the expiration of xkitcs.com’s registration. You should see this release start to trickle down automatically over the next couple days.
Don’t want to wait for your XKit to automatically update? Check out 7.8.2′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!
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!
Mac users rejoice! Four months ago, your generous donations allowed us to begin development on a version of New XKit for Safari. Today, we are pleased to announce that we have finally passed Apple review and are available on the Safari Extensions Gallery.
This is the first ever release of New XKit supporting Safari. We would like to thank Avi, Cris, Nathan, Jonathan, Miles, and our anonymous donors for making this possible.
tl;dr: Get New XKit on our Safari Extension Gallery page
As always, you can get in touch with us by sending an ask to @new-xkit-support or @new-xkit-discussion or visiting our live support chat. If no one responds in the live chat, it means the developers are currently busy/away/sleeping! Just wait a bit and someone will get back to you!
We raised the $100 needed to put ourselves on the Safari Appstore! We need to load everything up and potentially rewrite some stuff to get it working, but once we do we’ll make the announcement here. A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated!
We just updated XKit to have very minimal functionality on Tumblr’s mobile site. This means that Firefox for Android users (and hopefully Safari for iOS users once we get that funded) can add XKit extensions and use a couple features.
Word of warning: the extension browser is still formatted for desktop and therefore a pain in the ass to use. It should be painful but functional, at least until we redesign it for mobile. Consider this a very early Beta until the dust settles.
Features we know work:
Features we know don’t work:
Everything else you may want to try comes under a common sense disclamer. We haven’t removed the option to install things that don’t work yet, so don’t download Tags on Sidebar and expect things to work on mobile where the sidebar isn’t even a thing. Things that cause horrible breakage should be reported to new-xkit-support.
Thanks to a helpful anon who pointed us towards plumfund, we have a fundraiser for the Safari Addon Store fee! There’s a minimum donation of $5 which I can’t seem to remove, but other than that this should work.
Anonymous asked:
Unfortunately, the Safari Developer Program costs $100 a year, and we’re broke, so we’re not planning on updating the Safari extension. Sorry about that.
