great

When editing a page, only the option to save as HTML is available.
When suspending the editing of a page (SUP), the menu disappears, so the print preview can not be accessed

My first experience with the WE version - trying to save its add-on page as a PDF - was very disappointing, to say the least. And that's why I've given it a very "ordinary" 3 star rating.

But before getting the timely warning that the old version of Print Edit ("PE") won't work with the upcoming Firefox version 57.0, and for more than a year since first discovering it, I've used PE every time I've wanted to save a web page, rather than just its URL - so maybe up to a dozen times a day. PE is far and away the best tool I've found for this purpose.

Just as well I haven't uninstalled the old version yet, so I had already used PE to create a "ready reference" PDF of the Print Edit WE add-on page. This page was the first time I've seen a clear explanation of what "Text Pieces" is for (but that might just be my bad, for not looking in the right place sooner).

Now, I can't wait for Firefox 57.0, which may at last fix the horrendous memory leaks we've been experiencing for at least nine months. But please tell us WHY can't Print Edit WE work to document the following special pages for Firefox:
. >>> about:, moz-extension:, addons.vaultpit.io <<< .
(and similar pages for Chrome)?

Still great functionality, but have to agree with the earlier review that the multi-step process is a pain in the neck. I read the developer's response to the post but it adds unneeded (in my view) complexity to what was a seamless edit/preview/print process in the prior version of the add-on.

An addon everyone really needs.
This said, with this new WebExtensions version, the UI of this addons is REALLY confusing. I certainly do not like the two/three step method at all. I rather prefer the 'old' interface of the classic Add-on version instead of this strange and non-intuitive WebExtension version.
Uninstalled, and went back to the classic version.... :(

(going to disable updates on FF56 anyways)


EDIT, after reply from creator:

- I really do not see the need for a (forced) prep-stage... If I want something to prep before printing/editing I would have done that already on the page itself, before activating the print edit, because that is what I would like to print edit. It is a useless step and unfortunatly can't be 'disabled'.

- Duplicating the tab: I could live with that, but I rather want to go directly into the dedicated print preview window from the File menu, like before. Makes much more sense and has less steps to go thru.

- Also, I could Print Edit any previously saved page before with the classic version. So, no benefits there either.

- The only benefit I see with this new approach is that you're able to edit multiple pages at the same time. But that is something I never have the need for and thus never do.

Conclussion: compared to the classic addon, it has far more downsides than improvements for me. Still I appreciate the effort and skills though!
If you would re-introduce the File>Print Edit again, to go directly to the dedicated print preview window, I might reconsider.

das alte AddOn war auch in Deutsch (kommt vlt. noch in der neuen Version)
beim alten AddOn haben sich die Fenster dem Design angepaßt (kommt vlt. noch in der neuen Version)

Firefox 56 Print Edit doesn't work (OK work.... my mistake)

Please, can I know why these permissions are requested?

- Access browser tasks while browsing,
- Files download...

Why?

Thanks.

I'm really counting down when mozilla share drops down from 6% to less than 1. They can shove v57 quantum up their aass.
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This addon worked perfectly earlier (v56 n prev. v). Now not only it is unbearably slow starting up, it saves the webpage as corrputed pdfs.

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REPLY TO DEV.:

I'm using Firefox 57.0b3 (32-bit) on Windows 10 Pro version 1703 build 15063. I've been a long-time user and fan of this addon and I'm doing exactly what you described but the saved page as pdf turns out to be a corrupted file such that Adobe Reader/Firefox/Chrome fails to open/read it.

Thank you for replying. You are a great dev and have been of great help all these years.

With the previous Print Edit i could save data as HTML. Now i can only print what i also can do without this app.

This app works great on windows, but not on ubuntu linux. It only saves a blank txt file on ubuntu linux. Any idea why? The windows version is fine. Will update to 5 stars if the linux version is fixed. However it may be a problem with the browser and not the app.

Update: I am using Firefox Beta on both windows and ubuntu.

Following the update to v19.3 there is a problem with the toolbar button becoming unresponsive after the first click to enter the "preparing" stage, thereafter it is only possible to continue with "editing/suspend editing" by right-clicking on the button and using the context menu.

I LOVE this extension. Still, here are two small bugs, which I noticed:
1) Before the bug: The webpage "begins" below the Print Edit Toolbar (when in edit mode) which is good so that the Print Edit Toolbar dos not cover the top part of the webpage. BUG: However, when I do a "delete except" then Print Edit Toolbar all of a sudden *does* cover the top of the page (the page kind of "slips" up under the toolbar at the top). All other editing actions (afai tried) did not make the toolbar cover the top of the resulting page.
2) When I do a print preview, I also get the print settings dialog, which is not needed at that point and only in the way of having a good look at the preview.

Is is useful! And Great!

And 'Print Edit WE' (e10 compatible) is a life saver!

User friendly, intiuitive addon. I use it to clear the cutter before saving web page as PDF (Adobe Acrobat)

Ability to use selectors, and even select multiple ones at once (using SHIFT) - is extraordinary!

I like this add-on a lot as it helps me to collect and archive information from the web. It would be great if there is an option to have the title and the link of the original webpage as well as the timestamp of saving automatically inserted in the final saving html output. That will help a lot for the archiving purpose. Thank you.

Nice WE version, but lost the ability to save PDFs as in the original.

Very usefull addon! Thank You and keep going on!

Long time use of the printedit functionality i'm glad there is a webextension version to keep using it, great work.

One thing as a user I found odd was the prep phase. So I pressed the printedit button that opened a new tab and it said PREP over the icon. I expected this to automatically change when printedit was done processing. You actually have to press the printedit button again to go to edit.

I would think if possible it would make sense to automatically change from prep to edit without user intervention.

No matter what I do, margins are set very small...

Other than that I like the add-on

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edit 4/2/2017:
I have raised my star rating on my review after using this for a while now. I emailed the developer on a couple of issues and was surprised at how fast he emailed me back. He told me the fix for one of the issues, and I've just sent him back a link like he asked for regarding the other one.

RE: comment below: on some pages, the page setup margins are just not respected. Next time I come across one, I'll send it to you. I do know the correct way to print preview and I'm *not* complaining about an extra step, because it's not a big deal to me. I never print without previewing first.

Webextension version of the original Print Edit add-on I had been using for long.

Thank you developer!

When I edit, I like to preview a lot so this is a deal breaker for me. Going back to Print Edit. Good luck.

In response to the developer's comment:

Thank you for the suggestion, but since the regular "Print Edit" extension has a Preview button that actually works, I don't see the need for this extension.