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Changes made in the last year

You can now ignore issues by id, class or element to provide finer control
Java 7 support is officially deprecated and will be removed with the next release
More WCAG 2.0 validation test adds, updates and deletes
Clarified more HTML validation messages
Replaced -I and -IX command line parameters with simpler -ignoreissues and -includeissues
Simplified when the renewal reminder dialog appears
HTML 5.3 updated to 15 March 2018
ARIA in HTML updated to 14 April 2018
Pointer Events Level 2 updated to 4 April 2018
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 updated to 15 March 2018
CSS Color Module Level 3 updated to 15 March 2018
CSS Intrinsic & Extrinsic Sizing Module Level 3 updated to 4 March 2018
CSS Grid Layout Module Level 2 added
HTML Media Capture updated to 1 February 2018
Selectors Level 3 updated to 30 January 2018
CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 4 updated to 22 December 2017
Bug Fix: P883 nested headings test missed some basic scenarios
Bug Fix: Colour contrast tests were missing for US508
Bug Fix: Quarantine fix on MacOS was not always working
Bug Fix: Local file starting pages weren't being initialised properly with proxy, cookie, and authentication settings

New Overall Issues that apply across all pages tested
More WCAG 2.0 validation tests
Simplified selection of HTML5, to choice between current draft or recommendation
Removed support for (X)HTML5, (X)HTML 5.1, and HTML5 Polyglot
Added support for HTML 5.3, 14 December 2017, which becomes the new default HTML5 validation
HTML 5.2 updated to 14 December 2017, which becomes the new HTML5R validation
HTML5 Preload, 26 October 2017 added
Using ARIA updated to 15 January 2018
HTML Accessibility API Mappings 1.0 updated to 9 January 2018
Bug Fix: False WCAG 2.0 positive due to incorrect calculation of table description
Bug Fix: False WCAG 2.0 positive for certain audio links
Bug Fix: Issue Report display issues for WCAG 2.0 sections

Major refresh of WCAG 2.0 validation tests, with many new and updated tests
Refresh of the existing ARIA validation tests with extra support for ARIA within our WCAG 2.0 tests
Option to allow the new ARIA content rules to be applied
New information level added, which can be controlled using the Do not report options
Simplified the HTML5 content model messages, to make them easier to understand
This page is now displayed when a new version is installed
The Spell check Default language option now defaults to 'en' to avoid confusion
The Change Log is now displayed when a new version is installed
HTML 5.2 updated to 02 November 2017
WAI-ARIA 1.1 updated to 14 December 2017
WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1 updated to 14 December 2017
CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3 updated to 14 December 2017
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1 updated to 14 December 2017
CSS Counter Styles Level 3 updated to 14 December 2017
CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1 updated to 14 December 2017
CSS Writing Modes Level 3 updated to 7 December 2017
CSS Transforms Module Level 1 updated to 30 November 2017
CSS Animations Level 1 updated to 30 November 2017
CSS Transitions updated to 30 November 2017
Using ARIA updated to 23 November 2017
CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1 updated to 19 October 2017
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 updated to 17 October 2017
ARIA in HTML updated to 13 October 2017
CSS Timing Functions Level 1 added

Added support for the Section 508 Refresh, so that it now runs the WCAG 2.0 AA tests. Use 'Section 508 (2001)' to run the old tests.
Added support for Java 9
Verified support for macOS High Sierra
Updated User Agent strings. To get the updated ones use the 'Reset' button on the 'Edit List' dialog
Pro version now displays the current workspace in the title bar
Added link to the licence in the Help menu
Minor improvements to results pages
No longer tries to follow 'dns-prefetch' links
HTML 5.2 updated to 8 August 2017
HTML 5.1 updated to 3 October 2017
CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 1 updated to 5 October 2017
ARIA in HTML updated to 29 September 2017
CSS Box Alignment Module Level 3 updated to 6 September 2017
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1 updated to 24 August 2017
CSS Text Module Level 3 updated to 22 August 2017
Bug Fix: 'Skip navigation' accessibility tests were not always run
Bug Fix: Fixed false positives with some HTML5 comments

DOM validations can now be started directly from the application
New option to ignore duplicate pages when validating
Combined spell check and extension listeners to simplify GUI
Greater integration with our browser extensions:
- Instead of having to manually enter a 'listen mode' the application now listens all the time
- When a validation request is received from the browser it will automatically minimise or shrink to the System Tray
- Can now directly exit the application from the Tray
New menu option to shrink the application to the Tray when you minimise it so it is always ready for validation or spell check requests
When an Accessibility validation is run without a HTML validation, we now detect the HTML version anyway. So HTML-version specific accessibility tests can now be run.
A Welcome page is now displayed when a new version is installed with links to the latest changes
Clearer licensing scheme introduced
HTML 5.2 updated to 18th July 2017
CSS Display Module Level 3 updated to 20 July 2017
CSS Box Alignment Module Level 3 updated to 20 July 2017
CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1 updated to 09 May 2017
HTML Media Capture updated to 04 May 2017
HTML Microdata added
Using ARIA updated to 04 May 2017
CSS Containment Module Level 1 updated to 19 April 2017
Referrer Policy added
Bug Fix: Local pages with spaces in the path and validated from an extension were cancelling themselves
Bug Fix: HTML5 <img> 'alt' attribute tests were only carried out when a WCAG2 validation was selected

For all changes in the last 3 years see the extended change log