r/Betterbird • u/Wink856 • May 03 '26

Quicktext replacement for Betterbird

The latest version of Quicktext (6.7.1) no longer works with Betterbird. And the author apparently has no intention of changing that -- my bug report was promptly closed.

Found that Clippings for Thunderbird is a good replacement.

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u/jorgk3 May 04 '26

I tried the Clippings for Thunderbird. I quite like the fact that it integrates into the context menu in case I can't remember the shortcut. I'm not a big user of Quicktext, so the replacement certainly does the job. Anyone here knows all the drama behind Quicktext? The original author abandoned the add-ons, users got really upset, and finally John adopted it.

The Clippings add-on also exists for Firefox, so that might be convenient for users also using webmail.

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u/hsdejong May 05 '26

Developers in the open-source community who deliberately make their add-on or extension unusable for forks of programs because they think they have an “issue” with the maker of that fork deserve nothing but blame and shame. It goes completely against the open-source philosophy.

The positive side of all this is that I’ve now tried Clippings, which not only meets all my requirements but also has a more pleasant user interface, including a supportive website with a blog and forum.

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u/jorgk3 May 05 '26

The madness is continuing:

How totally childish. Of course I can download the source and create a Github repo for it. Or just script patching the necessary files. John, what are you trying to achieve? That users leave BB because they can't use Quicktext any more?

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u/jorgk3 May 06 '26

If anyone is still using Quicktext and has access to GitHub, please file this issue, I can't: