Total Validator v5.3 released

More of the Pro Tool options make it into the Advanced Tool with this release. So now the Advanced Tool now has all the options from the Advanced Tab that the Pro Tool does (i.e. Results and Dictionary options).

Also for all versions of the Tool the default folder for results and other files has now been changed from the installation folder to the 'usual place' depending on your O/S. This means that you no longer need admin privileges on Windows to run the Tool.

There is also a Linux version of the Advanced Tool available as well, so support for this OS is no longer restricted to the Pro Tool.

The Firefox Extension has been updated to reflect the changes in the Tool and also for Pro Tool users there's a new option for validating individual protected pages when cookies don't work.

Finally there are a few bug fixes in the HTML validation engine to catch up with the online service.

posted by Total Validator @ 8:32 AM   2 comments

Total Validator v5.2 released

Version 5.2 is all about even more browsers to screenshot your pages with, now up to 32 browsers in total across Windows, Linux and OS/X.

New for this release on Windows is Safari 3.1. On OS/X Firefox 3, Firefox 1.5 and Safari 2.0 are now available. And for Linux Firefox 1.5, Firefox 1.0 and Mozilla 1.7 make a welcome return.

Also in this release the reports have been improved to make it clearer when pages pass. Also the 'Show on success' option is now available for all the tools and the online service, and has also been extended to allow the page layout to be viewed even when there are no problems found. This is particularly useful when validating pages that redirect so you can be sure that the right page has been validated.

posted by Total Validator @ 6:44 PM   0 comments

Total Validator v5.1 released

This new release sees the addition of German spellchecking to all tools and the online site.

Firefox 3 screenshots are now available for both Windows and Linux, and Opera 9 screenshots for Linux has finally made a return. However, Firefox 1.0, Firefox 1.5 and Mozilla 1.7 screenshots on Linux have all been deprecated.

In addition the Firefox Extension is now available in 6 new locales (Japanese, Polish, French, Italian, Brazillian, and Spanish), and the Desktop Tools can all now open files with any extension.

posted by Total Validator @ 7:52 PM   1 comments

Total Validator v5.0 released

Version 5.0 was released earlier this week. This major release sees the launch of the Advanced Desktop Tool allowing all users to validate more than one page locally. This is intended to replace the Pro Desktop Tool, which will continue to be supported for the time being.

With this release the basic parsing and html validation engines have been reworked, providing many more validation tests than ever before, and preparing the way for HTML5 support later this year. The accessibility validation engine has also been heavily refactored ready to support WCAG2 validation later this year.

In addition the Tools and Firefox extension have many UI changes intended to improve ease of use.

posted by Total Validator @ 8:17 AM   0 comments

Firefox Extension 4.5 Released

This lastest release of the extension provides integration with the Total Validator Basic desktop tool.

So now if you have the Basic tool installed then with just one click you can validate pages on your local disk, or intranet/firewalled pages inaccessible to the online validation service.

Using the desktop tool rather than the online service may mean faster validation times, and gives you the ability to validate pages when you're not connected to the Internet.

posted by Total Validator @ 8:01 PM   0 comments