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CSE HTML Validator 8.04 released

Even though semantic markup is gaining popularity and more developers are aware of the need to create correct code, there are still lots of websites that could use a little validation.
One of the best validators has just released a small update, fixing some bugs and adding Vista compatibility: CSE HTML Validator 8.04

Here's a list of changes since version 8.03:

• Editor
  
  
  
  • Dragging and dropping a Batch Wizard target list file (that has an lst file extension) onto the editor in the professional edition will now ask if you want to open it in the Batch Wizard.
  
  


• Batch Wizard
  
  
  
  • Following links should now work when links contain ";jsessionid=".
  
  


• Improved Syntax Checking
  
  
  
  • Now assume that <%...%>, <?...?> and <!--# ...--> will evaluate to a text string when CSE HTML Validator tries to determine if there is text in elements such as "b". This should eliminate messages like this for source like this <b><% =MS.SomeRoutine %></b>: The "b" element contains no text and may be useless. Consider removing this element or placing text in it so that it contains text.
  
  
  • Recognizes more font family names as valid.
  
  


• Bug Fixes
  
  
  
  • Fixed a bug that calculated an incorrect absolute URI in certain rare situations.
  
  
  • New TreeView component to fix access violations when tool tips were on.
  
  
  • The tidyprofiles.xml file is now properly stored and referenced to in the user's application data folder.
  
  
  • Recognizes the CSS "counter-reset" property.
  
  


• Other
  
  
  
  • Many Microsoft Vista improvements to better support the look and feel of Microsoft Vista.
  
  
  • Improvements when adding file associations.
  
  
  • Paths in the old 8.3 format that are passed as a filename argument to the command line processor are now, in most cases, converted to long filenames before processing.
  
  
  • Miscellaneous user interface improvements and fixes, including new tip messages.
  
  
  • Now creates the registry key that HTML-Kit looks for when it looks for CSE HTML Validator. This should cause the menu option Tools->Check Code Using CSE HTML Validator to appear in HTML-Kit when CSE HTML Validator is installed.
  
  
  • Minor updates to the documentation.
  
  

Labels: code, CSS, html, markup, semantic, validation, validator

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  Posted by oVan on Thursday, May 31, 2007 | PermaLink | 1 comments

IE Developer Toolbar 1.0 Final Released

Microsoft has released the final release (v1.0) of the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar.

For those of you who are not familiar with the IE Developer Toolbar, here's a bit of info:

Overview

The Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides several features for exploring and understanding Web pages. These features enable you to:

• Explore and modify the document object model (DOM) of a Web page.


• Locate and select specific elements on a Web page through a variety of techniques.


• Selectively disable Internet Explorer settings.


• View HTML object class names, ID's, and details such as link paths, tab index values, and access keys.


• Outline tables, table cells, images, or selected tags.


• Validate HTML, CSS, WAI, and RSS web feed links.


• Display image dimensions, file sizes, path information, and alternate (ALT) text.


• Immediately resize the browser window to a new resolution.


• Selectively clear the browser cache and saved cookies. Choose from all objects or those associated with a given domain.


• Display a fully featured design ruler to help accurately align and measure objects on your pages.


• Find the style rules used to set specific style values on an element.


• View the formatted and syntax colored source of HTML and CSS.


• The Developer Toolbar can be pinned to the Internet Explorer browser window or floated separately.

Although there aren't any major new features since beta 3, they've added some reliability fixes and polished the whole toolbar a bit.

Release Notes:

• If Internet Explorer is running while you install the Developer Toolbar,
  you must restart Internet Explorer before the Developer Toolbar will work properly.


• The Developer Toolbar icon may not be visible by default.  If you
  do not see it after restarting Internet Explorer, click the right-facing
  arrows at the end of the IE7 command bar to view all available toolbar
  buttons.


• Some menu items are unavailable (grayed out) when running Internet
  Explorer in Protected Mode on Windows Vista.  To use those options,
  temporarily turn off Protected Mode or right-click the Internet Explorer
  icon in the Programs menu and choose 'Run as administrator'.


• In IE6 or in IE7 with tabbed browsing off, using the validation links
  will navigate the current window to the validation page.  To launch the
  validation links in a new window, open the Tools menu, click Internet Options..., and uncheck "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" in the Advanced tab, or use IE7 with tabbed browsing enabled.

» Download Microsoft Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar 1.0

Labels: CSS, developer, DOM, html, IE, IE6, IE7, Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft, toolbar

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, May 11, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments

FIX: Windows Vista has no DHTML Edit Control!

I just noticed this post on MSDN that explains how to proceed in Vista when you want to use the DHTML Edit Control (you know, the buggy wysiwyg html editor that a lot of programs and websites use).
On one hand, I'm very happy about this: it was buggy all along and seriously crippled because of security worries. On the other hand, a lot of these programs/sites will sooner or later need to be updated, because they won't work in Vista.
Luckily, you can download those missing components here: DHTML Editing Control Redistributable

Labels: bug, download, fix, html, Microsoft, MSDN, Vista, Windows

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, November 24, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 comments