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Highlights in this release are improvements to the accessibility tree. New Features Improvements to accessibility tree Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome/Edge 135, FF 137, Opera 117 Updated to March 2025 HTML 5 Validator Updated to March 2025 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.56 Fixes Various stability fixes and performance improvements

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Added CSS code snippets to reports Cascade support for @layer rules Improved spell checking Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome/Edge 132, FF 133 Updated screen reader compatibility checks to NVDA 2024, JAWS 2024, macOS 14 and iOS 17 Updated to October 2024 HTML 5 Validator Updated to November 2024 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

Code snippets are now shown for issues in HTML code, which makes locating the issue easier. New Features Added HTML code snippets to reports Improved text analysis Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome/Edge 130, FF 131, Safari 18, Opera 114 Updated to September 2024 HTML 5 Validator Updated to September 2024 CSS Validator Updates to ARIA 1.2 rules See full list of changed rules in engine 6.54 Fixes Various stability fixes and performance improvements

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Added support for :state() and :popover-open selectors Added support for CSS Text Module Level 4 properties Improved positioning of issues in source view Added crawl diagnostics to reports Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 127, Edge 127, Firefox 128, Opera 111 Updated to May 2024 HTML 5 Validator Updated to June 2024 CSS Validator Updated to March 2024 URL Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS calc() support Improved ARIA role calculation for table headers Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 124, Edge 124, Firefox 124, Opera 109 Updated to March 2024 HTML 5 Validator Updated to February 2024 URL Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 6.52 Fixes Fixed robots.txt processing of /core/*.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Now checks iframe srcdoc contents Improved background image text contrast detection Improved CSS support Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 120, Edge 120, Firefox 120, Opera 105 Updated screen reader compatibility checks to NVDA 2023, JAWS 2023, macOS 13 and iOS 16 Updated to November 2023 HTML 5 Validator Updated to September 2023 URL Standard Updated user agent stylesheet to match November 2023 HTML Living Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

This releases adds new rules for the WCAG 2.2 recommendation. New Features Added support for WCAG 2.2 Updated relative luminance per WCAG 2.1 Errata https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/errata/ Detect text contrast against background images Updated report appearance Improved CSS support Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 118, Edge 118, Firefox 118, Opera 102 and Safari 17 Updated to September 2023 HTML 5 Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Updated spelling dictionaries Added support for additional CSS properties and at-rules Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 114, Edge 114, Firefox 114, Opera 99 Updated to May 2023 HTML 5 Validator Updated to May 2023 CSS Validator Updated to May 2023 URL Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Added color samples next to rgb() values in reports Further improvements to rule performance Improved accessible name calculation for SVG elements Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 111, Edge 111, Firefox 111, Opera 96 Updated to March 2023 HTML 5 Validator Updated to March 2023 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved detection of event handlers Rules run 2x faster on large pages Further updates for ARIA 1.2 Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 108, Edge 108, Firefox 108, Opera 93, Safari 16 Updated to December 2022 HTML 5 Validator Updated to December 2022 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Handle CSS variable substitutions like rgba( var(--rgb) var(--alpha) ) Handle CSS variable substitutions in shorthand properties Rules run around 10% faster on large pages CSS runs much faster on large pages Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 105, Edge 105, Firefox 104, Opera 90, Safari 15.6 Updated screen reader compatibility checks to NVDA 2022, JAWS 2022, macOS 12.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features IE11 browser compatibility checks turned off by default now that IE11 is end-of-life on Windows 10 Screen reader compatibility checks for IE11 removed CSS validation support for :has() relative selectors, content-visibility: and @media horizontal-viewport-segments and @media vertical-viewport-segments Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 103, Edge 103, Firefox 101, Opera 88, Safari 15.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Added CSS support for @layer rules Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 100, Edge 100, Firefox 99, Opera 85 Updated to March 2022 HTML 5 Validator Updated to March 2022 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.44 Fixes Various stability fixes and performance improvements Aligned robots.txt processing with Googlebot and latest IETF draft

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS support :focus-within, :focus-visible, rex, rcap, rch, ric length units Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 96, Edge 96, Firefox 95, Opera 82 Updated to December 2021 HTML 5 Validator Updated to December 2021 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.43 Fixes Various stability fixes and performance improvements

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS support including hwb(), lab() and lch() colors Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 95, Edge 95, Firefox 93, Opera 80, Safari 15 Updated screen reader compatibility checks to NVDA 2021, JAWS 2021, macOS 11.5 and iOS 14.7 Updated to October 2021 HTML 5 Validator Updated to October 2021 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS performance Updated spelling dictionaries Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 92, Edge 92, Opera 77 and Firefox 90 Updated ARIA checks to ARIA in HTML Candidate Recommendation Updated to July 2021 HTML 5 Validator Updated to June 2021 CSS Validator Updated to July 2021 URL Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 6.

This major release has a new design and looks better on high resolution displays, with improved report exports. New Features User interface updated to match Mac version Improved app appearance on high DPI displays Improved appearance in Windows high contrast mode Added support for Chromium WebView2 (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/) Replaced RTF export with DOCX export Redesigned report inventory page Removed SWF support due to Flash reaching end-of-life on Dec 31, 2020 Updated file format (SortSite 5 cannot read files saved by SortSite 6) Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 88, Edge 88, Opera 73 and Firefox 84 Updated to January 2021 HTML 5 Validator Updated to January 2021 CSS Validator Removed obsolete WCAG 1.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Additional ACT Rules Link extraction from sitemap.xml Improved link extraction from DOM Implement ARIA presentational role conflict resolution Updated text classifier Updated spelling dictionaries Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 81, Edge 81 (Chromium), Firefox 76 and Opera 68 Updated to May 2020 HTML 5 Validator Updated to March 2020 CSS Validator Updated to April 2020 URL Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS engine performance Added Media Queries 4 range syntax: @media screen and (10px < width < 1000px) Added alpha channel support to CSS contrast calculations Improved accessible name calculation Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 77, Firefox 69 and Safari 13 Updated to October 2019 HTML 5 Validator Updated to October 2019 CSS Validator See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS engine error handling Improved CSS engine @charset support Added CSS engine support for :any-link and :lang() selectors Rule Changes Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome 75 and Firefox 68 Updated to July 2019 HTML 5 Validator Updated to July 2019 CSS validator checks See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS engine performance Rule Changes Updated screen reader compatibility checks to NVDA 2018, JAWS 2018 and no longer checks WindowEyes (product discontinued) Updated compatibility checks to Chrome 74, Firefox 66 and Opera 60 Updated to April 2019 HTML 5 Validator (W3 and WHATWG validators are now identical) Updated to April 2019 CSS validator checks See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved message formatting Improved CSS engine performance CSS media query support Updated scheduler in Pro edition with improved Windows 10 support Export form replay data from Developer edition Rule Changes Updated compatibility checks to Chrome 71, Firefox 64, Opera 57 and Edge 18 Updated to January 2019 HTML 5 Validator (W3 and WHATWG validators are now identical) Updated to December 2018 CSS validator checks Updated to December 2018 URL Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Improved CSS engine implements full CSS cascade Improved DOM snapshots New accessibility rules for Word documents Defaults to checking latest version of Safari on macOS Rule Changes Updated compatibility checks to Chrome 70, Firefox 63, iOS 12, Opera 55 and Safari 12 Updated to October 2018 HTML 5 validator checks Updated to October 2018 CSS validator checks See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Better MIME sniffing when Content-Type header missing Rule Changes Updated compatibility checks to Chrome 66, Firefox 60 and Opera 51 Updated to March 2018 HTML 5 validator checks Updated to March 2018 CSS validator checks See full list of changed rules in engine 5.29 Fixes Handle invalid UTF-8 sequences in Chinese PDF documents Missed some text-node only DOM changes Various stability fixes

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Redesigned CSS parser with improved CSS level 3 support Better line numbering for inserted DOM fragments Rule Changes Updated compatibility checks to Chrome 63, Firefox 58, Opera 49 and Edge 16 Updated to December 2017 HTML 5 validator checks Updated to December 2017 version of URL Standard See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Detect animated PNGs and WebP images Various performance enhancements Rule Changes Added screen reader compatibility checks Updated browser compatibility checks to Firefox 54, Chrome 59, Opera 45 Updated to June 2017 version of URL Standard Updated to June 2017 HTML 5 validator checks See full list of changed rules in engine 5.26 Fixes Better detection of duplicate pages Various stability fixes

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Added support for Section 508 Refresh Various performance enhancements Rule Changes Updated compatibility checks to Firefox 53, Chrome 58, Opera 44, Edge 15 Updated to March 2017 version of URL Standard Updated to March 2017 HTML 5 validator checks See full list of changed rules in engine 5.25 Fixes Various stability fixes

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Changed default for Internet Explorer compatibility from IE 7.0 to IE 8.0 Improved appearance of printed reports Reduced memory requirements on large sites Much faster scanning large PDFs Rule Changes Updated compatibility checks to Firefox 47, Chrome 51 and Opera 37 Updated to June 2016 HTML 5 validator checks (VNU 16.6.29) See full list of changed rules in engine 5.

A new maintenance release is now available with updated rules and new browser compatibility checks. New Features Parse external SVG images Minor tweaks to report UI Rule Changes Updated compatibility checks to Firefox 44, Chrome 47, Opera 34 and Edge 13 Updated to January 2016 HTML 5 validator checks (VNU 16.1.1) Further implementation of Matterhorn Protocol See full list of changed rules in engine 5.20 Fixes Stopped bogus DOM changes and CSS warnings appearing inside SVG element Was unable to scan pages that returned '201 Created' HTTP code instead of '200 OK' Display warning if user tries to check Welcome page of application Handle regex literal / division operator ambiguity in JavaScript parser Handle name spaced attributes in HTML 5 Fix issue with CSS cascade in DOM Various stability fixes

PowerMapper Desktop is now available for macOS, providing one-click site mapping for the Mac. The Mac version has the same site map styles as the Windows version, but with an easier to use interface. This release is functionally identical to PowerMapper 5.18 for Windows, with the exception of some map customization options. The Desktop Suite (which bundles PowerMapper and SortSite) is now also available for Macintosh. You can download a free 30 day trial of PowerMapper.

SortSite Developer Edition is now available for Macintosh and Windows. Developer Edition is aimed at agile software teams, and is designed for integration into continuous integration (CI) systems like Jenkins. You can download a free 30 day trial.

SortSite 5 is now generally available with over 700 quality checkpoints. New features in version 5 include: Record and replay form actions (Professional version only) Enhanced browser compatibility checks allowing ability to choose which browsers to check Analyze and check changes made to pages by JavaScript ARIA support HTML5 validation Performance improvements - twice as fast scanning some sites Record form actions SortSite Professional allows you to record form actions and replay them during scans to check the results of the form action.