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Check Links is a Thunderbird extension from AE Creations that reviews the web addresses of all links in a draft email message. It is aimed at people who write emails containing multiple hyperlinks and want to verify those addresses before the message is sent. The extension works inside Thunderbird, Mozilla's desktop email client, and is listed on the AE Creations site alongside the company's Firefox tools.

What the extension checks

According to the AE Creations site, Check Links "review[s] the web addresses of all links in a draft message." In practical terms, that means the extension looks at the links already present in the email you are composing and surfaces their addresses so you can inspect them.

The site's description does not go beyond that scope. It does not state that Check Links tests whether a link is reachable, scans for malicious destinations, or validates formatting. Treat it as a link-address review tool rather than a security scanner unless the extension's own documentation says otherwise.

When it is useful

Check Links fits situations where a wrong or mismatched URL would be costly or embarrassing. For example, if you are sending a newsletter draft with a dozen product links, or a message to a client that points to a shared document, the extension lets you look over every address in one pass instead of hovering each link individually.

It is less relevant for short replies with no links, or for messages where the only link is one you just pasted and already know.

Where it sits in the AE Creations lineup

AE Creations publishes extensions for both Firefox and Thunderbird. The site lists:

Check Links is the only Thunderbird-only tool in that group, which makes it the one to look at if your work happens mainly in email rather than the browser.

How to evaluate it before installing

The AE Creations homepage gives only a one-line summary and a "Learn More" link, so the details you need for a decision sit on the extension's own page and in Thunderbird's add-on listings. Before installing, check the extension's page for its current version, the Thunderbird versions it supports, and any release notes. The site's blog is also worth a look: recent posts there cover beta releases and bug fixes for other AE Creations products, which shows the developer posts update news publicly. As of the site's latest news items, no Check Links release note appears among the recent posts, so confirm current compatibility directly on the extension page.

If your goal is simply to catch broken or wrong links before sending, start with the extension page and test it on one real draft. If you need link safety scanning or click tracking, look elsewhere, since the published description does not claim those features.

AE Creations' blog, forums, About page, and Donate link are all reachable from the navigation menu on aecreations.io, alongside the product pages for its Firefox and Thunderbird extensions. The site is a single hub: the top navigation lists Home, Firefox, Thunderbird, Forums, Blog, About, and Donate, so you can move between product information and community or site pages without leaving the domain.

Site Navigation at a Glance

Blog: Release Notes and Fixes

The blog is where version news lands. Recent posts shown on the home page include:

• "Clippings 7.2 beta 3 released!" (26 October 2026)
• "Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 2 released!" (22 October 2026)
• "Read Next: Google Drive sync error now fixed" (22 October 2026)
• "Read Next error for users syncing with Google Drive" (22 October 2026)

If you use Read Next with Google Drive sync, the two Read Next posts are the ones to read in order: the error report first, then the fix. For beta testers of Clippings, the beta announcements tell you which build is current on each platform.

Forums: Where to Ask and Report

The Forums link in the main navigation is the community channel the site points to for discussion. The home page does not describe forum categories or response times, so treat the forum as a place to search before posting: check whether someone has already reported the same issue, especially around sync errors like the Read Next/Google Drive case, before starting a new thread.

About and Privacy

The About page is a site-credits page rather than a company history. It states that the site uses the Bootstrap front-end framework, draws some icons from the Glyphicon Halflings font, uses Open Sans for body text with Rokkitt for navigation, sidebars, and headings, and bases its color scheme on the "Icy cold" Adobe Color theme chosen to match the AE Creations logo. The background pattern is "Concrete Wall 3" by Alte Mo.

The privacy policy is linked in the footer, next to the copyright line "© 2004-2026, AE Creations." If you need the privacy terms, scroll to the bottom of any page rather than looking in the top menu.

Product Pages You'll Pass Through

Navigation to the blog and forums usually starts from a product page, so it helps to know what each extension does:

• Clippings (Firefox and Thunderbird): saves frequently entered text for pasting later.
• Panic Button (Firefox): hides all browser windows with one click.
• Read Next (Firefox): a reading list that syncs to the cloud.
• Check Links (Thunderbird): reviews the web addresses of all links in a draft message.

Each product page has a "Learn More" link, and the home page notes that Clippings was featured in the Firefox Add-ons Blog.

Quick Paths

• For release news: open Blog in the top navigation.
• For community help: open Forums.
• For site credits: open About.
• For the privacy policy: use the footer link on any page.
• To support the project: use Donate in the top navigation.

AE Creations (aecreations.io) is a small software publisher that makes extensions for two Mozilla applications: the Firefox browser and the Thunderbird email client. Its catalog is short and focused — three Firefox extensions and two Thunderbird extensions — built around saving and reusing text, hiding the browser quickly, managing a synced reading list, and checking links in outgoing mail. If you use Firefox or Thunderbird and want lightweight utilities rather than a large suite, this is the kind of site worth a look.

The Firefox extensions

Three extensions are listed for Firefox:

Clippings is the flagship product. The site describes it as a way to "save frequently-entered text for pasting later," which fits repetitive tasks — boilerplate replies, addresses, standard paragraphs, form answers. The same core idea appears on the Thunderbird side, so users who work in both applications can keep a consistent snippet workflow. The site notes that Clippings was featured in the Firefox Add-ons Blog, which is a useful signal of outside attention.

Panic Button is a privacy convenience: one click hides every browser window. The site's own phrasing is "quickly hide all browser windows with a click of a button." It is aimed at the moment someone walks up behind you, not at ongoing privacy management.

Read Next is a cloud-synced reading list. The blog shows this extension has had real operational bumps: two October 2026 posts cover a Google Drive sync error and its fix. That is worth knowing before you commit — cloud sync features depend on third-party services, and problems can appear after release.

The Thunderbird extensions

Two extensions are listed for Thunderbird:

• Clippings — the same save-and-paste text tool, adapted to the mail client.
• Check Links — "review the web addresses of all links in a draft message."

Check Links is the more distinctive of the two. Before sending a message with multiple links, it lets you inspect every URL in the draft. That is useful for newsletters, support replies, or any mail where a wrong or stale link would be embarrassing. The site does not describe how the review is presented, so treat the exact interface as something to confirm after installing.

Beyond the extensions

The site also hosts a blog, a forum, an About page, and a Donate! link. The blog is where release news lands — the visible posts include Clippings 7.2 beta 3 (26 October 2026) and Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 2 (22 October 2026). The presence of beta builds tells you development is active, and also that the newest features may still be settling.

Two practical notes from the site itself: the copyright line reads 2004–2026, so this is a long-running project rather than a new one, and there is a published privacy policy linked in the footer. The site does not state pricing anywhere in the material reviewed, so do not assume the extensions are free or paid — check each extension's own listing before relying on either.

How to decide whether it fits

Use this as a quick filter:

• You want reusable text snippets in Firefox and/or Thunderbird → Clippings is the direct match, and it is the product the site leads with.
• You need a one-click way to blank the screen → Panic Button.
• You want a reading list that follows you across devices → Read Next, but check the current sync status first given the recent Google Drive issue.
• You send mail with many links and want a pre-send check → Check Links for Thunderbird.

If none of those describe a task you actually do, the catalog is small enough that there is little else here to explore. The site is a publisher's home page, not a marketplace — each extension's own page ("Learn More") is where installation details and compatibility live.

A reasonable next step

Start with the extension page for the one tool that matches a recurring task, read its "Learn More" page for supported versions, and check the blog for the latest release note before installing — especially for Read Next, where sync behavior has changed recently. If something misbehaves, the forum is the site's own support channel.

Clippings is an AE Creations extension that saves frequently entered text so you can paste it later instead of retyping it. It ships in two separate builds — one for Firefox and one for Thunderbird — and is aimed at anyone who repeatedly fills in the same form fields, email wording, or short blocks of text. If your repetition happens while browsing, use the Firefox version; if it happens while composing mail, use the Thunderbird version.

What problem it solves

Most repetitive typing is not complex, it is just frequent: a shipping address, a standard reply, a set of reference numbers, a signature block. Clippings is designed to hold that text once and make it available for pasting later, which removes the retyping step rather than automating the surrounding task.

The site describes the extension in exactly those terms — "Save frequently-entered text for pasting later" — for both the Firefox and Thunderbird builds.

The two builds and when to pick each

The choice is not about features but about where the typing happens. If you draft mail in Thunderbird and also fill forms in Firefox, the two builds cover different surfaces; the site presents them as separate products under the same name.

Where it fits among the other AE Creations tools

AE Creations publishes a small set of Firefox and Thunderbird extensions, and knowing the neighbours helps confirm Clippings is the right pick:

• Clippings — saved text for pasting later (Firefox and Thunderbird).
• Check Links — a Thunderbird extension that reviews the web addresses of all links in a draft message. Useful before sending, but it inspects links rather than storing text.
• Panic Button — a Firefox extension that hides all browser windows with one click.
• Read Next — a Firefox reading list that syncs to the cloud.

So Clippings is the only one of the four concerned with reusable text. If your goal is link checking in a draft, that is Check Links; if it is hiding the screen quickly, that is Panic Button.

Practical fit and current status

Clippings suits tasks where the same text is entered many times and accuracy matters — for example, pasting a consistent mailing address into order forms, or inserting a standard closing paragraph into replies. It is less suited to text that changes every time, since the value comes from reuse.

One thing worth checking before you commit: the site's news list shows Clippings 7.2 in beta (beta 3 for Firefox dated 26 October 2026, and Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 2 dated 22 October 2026). If you need a settled release rather than a beta, confirm the current stable version on the product page before installing. The site does not state pricing for these extensions, so treat cost and any account requirements as unconfirmed until you check the individual download pages.

How to evaluate it in a few minutes

1. Identify the repeated text — pick one block you type at least weekly.
2. Choose the build matching where you type it: Firefox for web forms, Thunderbird for mail.
3. Install from the Clippings page for that product and save the block once.
4. Reproduce the original task and paste instead of typing; note whether the saved text needed editing.
5. If you edit it every time, the text is too variable for Clippings and a template elsewhere may serve better.

The verification step is simply whether the paste matches what you would have typed, with no correction pass.

Panic Button and Read Next are two Firefox extensions from AE Creations. Panic Button is for quickly hiding all browser windows with one click; Read Next is a reading list that syncs to the cloud. Both are listed on aecreations.io under the Firefox section, with "Learn More" links to their own pages.

Panic Button: One-Click Hiding of Browser Windows

Panic Button's stated purpose is to "quickly hide all browser windows with a click of a button." The site describes it as a Firefox extension for exactly that scenario: you need the browser off the screen immediately, without closing tabs or losing your session.

The site does not document the exact behavior after hiding (for example, how windows are restored, whether a keyboard shortcut exists, or what settings are available). If those details matter to you, check the extension's own "Learn More" page or its Firefox Add-ons listing before installing.

When it fits: you share a screen, work in an open office, or otherwise want a fast way to take browsing out of view without shutting things down.

Read Next: A Cloud-Synced Reading List

Read Next is described as "the reading list that syncs to the cloud." It is a Firefox extension for saving pages to read later, with sync so the list follows you across devices rather than staying on one machine.

The site's news items give a practical caveat: two October 2026 posts cover a "Read Next error for users syncing with Google Drive" and then note that the "Google Drive sync error now fixed." So Google Drive has been a supported sync route, and it has had at least one syncing problem that was subsequently fixed. If you rely on Google Drive sync, make sure you are on a version released after that fix.

When it fits: you collect articles or pages across devices and want one reading list instead of browser bookmarks scattered per machine.

Side-by-Side

Other AE Creations Extensions Worth Knowing

The same site lists extensions beyond these two, which helps if your actual need is slightly different:

• Clippings (Firefox and Thunderbird): "Save frequently-entered text for pasting later" — for reusable snippets rather than reading lists.
• Check Links (Thunderbird): "Review the web addresses of all links in a draft message" — catches bad or unintended links before you send an email.

How to Decide

• Choose Panic Button if the problem is visibility — you need the browser gone from the screen fast.
• Choose Read Next if the problem is accumulation — you want a synced queue of pages to read.
• Choose Clippings instead of Read Next if what you save is text you retype often, not whole pages.
• Check the individual extension pages for version numbers and current compatibility before installing; the homepage only summarizes each tool and links out for details.