SortSite 6.50 Maintenance Release

Oct 5, 2023

This releases adds new rules for the WCAG 2.2 recommendation, and now detects text contrast issues for text overlaid on background images. It also includes updated browser compatibility rules, plus the latest changes to the W3 HTML validator.

New Features

Added support for WCAG 2.2. This includes longer firing 4.1.1 failures in WCAG 2.0 and 2.1
No longer reports SC 4.1.1 failures due to the removal of 4.1.1 from WCAG 2
Updated relative luminance per WCAG 2.1 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 6.50

Fixes

Ignore meta redirects inside noscript
Various stability fixes and performance improvements

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