ChangeLog for MTBrowser (v2.5) Revision 9 as of 21/12/05 - Build Increase to Version 2.5 Added - New Colour Checker Tool. Checks to see if supplied Foreground and Background Colours comply with WCAG Checkpoint 2.2 Changed - px to em to % conversion tool has been updated slightly, now all dropdown features work properly, whereas previously the % dropdown boxes had no effect. In addition, the Graphical representation of the tool correctly displays the relevent px,em or % in its relevent position on screen. Added - Button Links to relevent WCAG,Juicy Studio,W3C pages. Changed - Some Icons changed and standardized. Added - Links in Drop Down Menus to more checking tools etc. Revision 8 as of 23/11/05 - Build Increase to Version 2.4 Bug Fix - Opera did not run for some people, hopefully cured. Bug Fix - Manually adding a browser did not work any more, cured. Added - Proper Version numbering of Installed Browsers displayed now. Removed - Detection of NeoPlanet Browser.This can be added manually and is not considered popular enough to warrant auto-detection. Changed - Compile options altered to hopefully allow for MTBrowser to be used on more Operating System Versions. New - **** - MTBROWSER TO GO OPEN SOURCE - **** Sites to look out for :- http://sourceforge.net/projects/mtbrowser and http://mtbrowser.sourceforge.net MTBrowser is in need of help, in terms of ideas, bug fixes, code improvements etc... The above sites will contain all the information neccessary , shortly! Revision 7 as of Dec 04 I forgot to add what I did in this revision, but no matter it was minor bug fixes :) Revision 6 as of 04/07/04 - Build Increase to version 2.2 Changed :- Only 1 Major change in this release, that is I have completely redesigned the Browser search engine. All previous versions to this worked on the principle of searching entire hard drives on the computer for recognised Browsers. It did this only once on initial install and used those settings every time. This initial search however took between 3 and 7 minutes on different computer systems. Some users thought that something had gone wrong or just didnt like the time taken, some systems locked up during this process even though the search was running as a thread. Now the new version searches the registry only for installed programs. It takes a second or two and the MTBrowser program is then up and running ready for use. Because of this major change, this search happens every time the program is run, automatically adding newly installed Browsers into the program (as long as they are in the pre-determined list). A couple of minor visual changes have also been made. Revision 5 as of 17/06/04 - Minor Build Increase to version 2.1.1 Minor Build Update -Added- URL entry box now has a drop down menu and displays the last 5 visited URLs. -Changed - The main page now has section group boxes. -Added - Link to MiniTutorials site via Button on main page. -Added - Link to MiniForums section via Button on Additional Info page. As Always, Comments,Ideas,Bug Reports etc etc are welcome at 'boards@minitutorials.serveftp.net' or via the forums on the miniTutorials website. Revision 4 as of 01/05/04 - Version is now updated to BETA Version 2.1 -*Added*- 'Browse to local web page' function for offline testing of locally stored web pages. This feature is accessable via the 'Open' folder dialog or from File -> Open. -*Added*- 'Manually able to add your own web browsers to the list' -*Added*- 'Test selected page for CSS' - This opens up a new web browser window taking you to the testers site and then automatically tests the entered web page for the chosen level of CSS. -*Added*- Test selected page for HTML' taking you to the selected web page of the HTML tester and then automatically tests chosen page in selected type of HTML. -*Added*- A selection of 'Useful Websites' relative to web site testing has been added to the top menu. Find it under 'Resources' -*Added*- Most obvious really, this MTBChangelog.txt file is now accessible from the menu under 'Help' -*Added*- Option to 'Remove Manually added Browser' from the list of user added browsers. -*Changed-* Both the 'IWDP' and 'Independent-Testers' support logos are now clickable and open up a new browser window taking you to their web site. In Addition to the above, a new seperate program, 'MTBRegClean' utility has been added to the MTBrowser downloads page, which cleans the registry after removal of the main program. This is for the 'standalone' version of MTBrowser and is not needed for the full InstallShield (Installer) version. -*Revised*- Other functions as seen in the 'Revision 3 To do' list (below) have been axed from production. 1. The reports screen template and associated reports (email etc) will no longer be persued following a joint decision. 2. The 'Tip of the Day' pop-up has beeb axed following a survey, might be reviewed in the future. To do: Carried forward from revision 3 , these are next on the list. View Source of web page from within MTBrowser window. Hints and Tips on how to produce cross-browser compatible code. Hints and Tips on how to migrate from Tables to CSS positioning. Add a View Site in (640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 - etc ...) There are other things on the 'To Do' list but will mention them when definate in the next revision report. If you have any comments, ideas etc send them to 'boards@minitutorials.serveftp.net' ------------------------------ END OF REVISION 4 ----------------------------------- Revision 3 as of 11/02/04 Added support for newly named Firefox Browser, continued support for its predecessor Firebird. Added support for Lynx Text Only Browser - this does not work properly yet. Added a 'Check for Updates' button, taking you directly to the MTBrowser download page. Version is now displayed on the title bar and on the About page. Minor improvements to the search function. To do : View Source of web page from within MTBrowser window. Browse for local web pages to open for testing (at codeing stage now) Manually be able to browse and add your own web browsers to the list (at codeing stage now) Test selected page for CSS Level 1 and 2 Test selected page for HTML Transitional, Strict & XHTML Transitional & strict. Hints and Tips on how to produce cross-browser compatible code. Hints and Tips on how to migrate from Tables to CSS positioning. Add a Reports Screen Template for Independent Testers. Add choices to :- Reports Screen to open default email handler, paste in ready for sending to Independent Testers. Reports Screen to email results directly from Reports Screen to Independent Testers via email handler. Add a View Site in (640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 - etc ...) Add an optional (turn off/on at any time) 'Tip of the Day' pop-up at start up. Revision 2 as of 03/02/04 Version changed to reflect Minor Build Increase Version is now Beta Release 1.1 Added code to detect Netscape version 4, 6 and 7. As of yet I havent coded for different build versions , so for instance it will only detect one version of Netscape 7 and will detect between 7.0 and 7.1. Whichever it finds first will be used. This goes for all other browser build version also. This is to be solved by the next release. Revision 1 as of 24/01/04 Problem: On computers with other operating systems, it seems the search function falls over if it encounters a foreign operating system on a hard drive, this needs to be fixed to allow skipping of this drive and carry on searching other hard drives (if needed) Proposed Solution: Added extra checks to Search for Browsers function, to allow for other Operating Systems and therefore other file structures (other than FAT16 FAT32 NTFS etc), skipping foreign file systems if it finds any and continues on to check the next drive.