Cleaner reports, a consistent experience everywhere, and smarter checks
This major release delivers a redesigned reporting experience alongside significant updates to our SEO and Usability rule sets — helping you find what matters faster and act on it with confidence.
A fresh, more consistent experience
Reports have been redesigned with clearer, more useful summaries, and the app home page has been refreshed. Scan Options now sit in the same, predictable places across our Windows, Mac, and Web apps — so switching platforms no longer means relearning the interface. Throughout the apps, the user interface has been polished for a smoother workflow.
Smarter, more modern checking
- Modern validation for legacy pages — a new option runs legacy HTML 4 and XHTML through the modern HTML validator.
- Broader ARIA 1.3 support for more accurate accessibility testing.
- Major SEO and Usability updates, including new DuckDuckGo search guidelines, with obsolete rules (Usability.gov, IE11, Yahoo) retired.
New Features
- Redesigned reports with better summaries
- Redesigned app home page
- Scan Options now appear in consistent positions on Windows, Mac and Web apps
- Improvements to app user interface
- New option to validate legacy HTML 4 and XHTML with modern HTML validator
- More support for ARIA 1.3
Rule Changes
- Major updates to SEO and Usability rules
- Added DuckDuckGo search guidelines
- Retired obsolete rules for Usability.gov, IE11, Yahoo
- Updated browser compatibility checks to Chrome/Edge 144, FF 146, Opera 125, Safari 26.3
- Updated to April 2026 CSS Validator
- Updated to April 2026 HTML 5 Validator
- See full list of changed rules in engine 2026.60
Fixes
- Various stability fixes and performance improvements
- Scheduler now runs as logged in user