LinkByLink - Changes

There were numerous improvements and changes in previous versions of LinkByLink. This list provides a partial overview.

The main changes in version 2.3.0

• LinkByLink requires Java 17 or newer.
• A new option "Accept Self-Signed Certificates" (default setting is true) has been added.

The main changes in version 2.2.0

• LinkByLink requires Java 15 or newer.
• Improved error handling with FTP and FILE URLs.
• Minor graphical user interface improvements.
• The list of predefined browser IDs has been updated.
• The result table can be exported in JSON format.
• Pro Edition only: New option --auto-save-json for automatically saving in JSON format.

The main changes in version 2.0.3

• MariaDB was added to the list of database aliases.
• Under OS X the currently active Java version is now being used.

The main changes in version 2.0.2

• Java 8 is officially supported.
• Fixed a bug in the result statistics display.

The main changes in version 2.0.1

• The separator in front of the timestamp column was missing in CSV export files.
• The list of predefined browser IDs has been updated.

The main changes in version 2.0.0

• LinkByLink requires Java 6 or a newer version.
• Except for OS X the Look&Feel of the user interface can be changed.
• The preferences were merged into a single dialog window.
• The link check can be paused.
• Optionally not only web pages but also other resources are loaded.
• The result table was extended by columns with the page encoding, the number of bytes transferred, the load time and the error category.
• The sorting direction is displayed in the table header.
• Links marked as deleted with the del tag are optionally ignored.
• The correction for wrong URLs which point beyond the document root is now optional.
• Checking of email addresses has been improved and is now optional.
• The HTML export lists the active include and exclude filters.
• The list of predefined browser IDs has been updated.
• Pro Edition Only: The results can automatically be saved in the non-GUI mode in order to be loaded in the GUI later.
• Pro Edition Only: When sending the results by email optionally only the statistics are sent.
• Pro Edition only: The context menu offers a function for analyzing HTTP redirects.

The main changes in version 1.0.19

• The export functions only export the columns visible in the graphical user interface.
• While a test is still running data can be exported and the statistics are available.
• New preferences setting Always Follow Internal Links.
• Improved error handling for unknown protocols and undefined or unknown charsets.
• The list of predefined browser IDs was updated.

The main changes in version 1.0.18

• Java 7 is officially supported.
• Minor graphical user interface improvements for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).
• The list of predefined browser IDs was updated.

The main changes in version 1.0.17

• Minor fixes in the FTP protocol handling.
• The list of predefined browser IDs was updated.

The main changes in version 1.0.16

• Fixed problems on some systems running Java 5.
• Evaluation of codeset information in meta tags.
• The handling of HTML entities in email addresses was corrected.

The main changes in version 1.0.15

• The list of predefined browser IDs was updated.

The main changes in version 1.0.14

• The result table was extended by a column with the last modification date.
• The list of predefined browser IDs was updated.
• Pro Edition only: In addition to XML the test results can automatically be saved as HTML and CSV.

The main changes in version 1.0.13

• The list of predefined browser IDs was updated.
• The integrated SSL certificate list was updated.
• Improved handling of umlauts in links.
• Improved detection of comments in web pages.
• The src attribute of <embed> tags (plugins) is checked.
• The code attribute of <applet> tags (Java applets) is checked.

The main changes in version 1.0.12

• Added page title column to result table.
• Added support for the ftps protocol.
• Pro Edition only: Added sitemap export.

The main changes in version 1.0.11

• Links matching an include filter are now followed even when they also match an exclude filter.
• Escape sequences in URLs are not decoded anymore in order to avoid problems particularly with Asian characters.
• Fixed wrong display of source URLs for pages containing a <base> tag.
• If an FTP server does not support the passive transfer mode the active mode is automatically used.
• Fixed problem with the display of selected result table cells under Mac OS X 10.5.
• Pro Edition only: New startup option --auto-start.

The main changes in version 1.0.10

• Various settings have been combined in the General Setup.
• Added a new option to check the start page only.
• The installer and several libraries have been updated.

The main changes in version 1.0.9

• Improved filtering of script contents.
• Search patterns are always evaluated as regular expressions.
• The include and exclude lists support regular expressions.
• Tooltips are optionally displayed in the cookie window.
• About LinkByLink displays information on the memory usage.
• Improvements with respect to the user interface.
• Pro Edition only: The email, database and validation settings have been simplified.

The main changes in version 1.0.8

• Support for port-sensitive cookies.
• Added the redirect count to the result statistics.
• The request parameters are retained in the case of redirected URLs.
• Improvements with respect to the handling of cascaded redirects.
• Added command line switches to enable the checking of internal/external links.
• Fixed bug related to starting the external browser on Mac OS X.

The main changes in version 1.0.7

• Numerous optimizations to reduce the memory footprint.
• Improvements with respect to the graphical user interface.
• Pro Edition only: Fixed bug related to the logging of HTTP requests.

The main changes in version 1.0.6

• Improved timeout handling.
• Improvements with respect to the graphical user interface under Windows Vista.

The main changes in version 1.0.5

• Added Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7 and LinkByLink to the list of predefined browser IDs.
• The URL to be tested is now entered in the main window.
• Added a new option Refuse Authentication to the Security menu.
• Pro Edition only: In order to speed up the validation the frequently needed DTDs for XHTML 1.0 and XHTML 1.1 were integrated into LinkByLink, so that they are not loaded from the internet anymore.
• Pro Edition only: The mapping of DTDs is now defined with the new item Entity Mapping in the Preferences menu.
• Pro Edition only: Additional database alias hsql for the HSQL database.

The main changes in version 1.0.4

• Added a Copy item to the result table's context menu.
• Removed duplicate menu items on Mac OS X.
• Other HTTP ports than port 80 are now supported.
• Minor fixes regarding the IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) conversion.
• The content type application/xhtml+xml is recognized.
• Empty anchors are not considered an error anymore.

The main changes in version 1.0.3

• The preferences can be exported and imported.
• The command line options override the preferences only temporarily, i.e. only for the subsequent test run.
• Some command line options now expect a boolean, either true, false, on or off.

The main changes in version 1.0.2

• Added a new option List Redirects Only to the View menu.
• Added support for the HTML tag <base>.
• Added additional status messages.
• When saving results as XML only the results displayed in the result table are saved, not the complete results.
• Fixed a potential deadlock when accessing files via FTP.
• Fixed a bug where certain links, which were not enclosed in quotes, were incorrectly reported broken.
• Fixed a bug where missing anchors could be listed more than once.
• Minor GUI improvements.

The main changes in version 1.0.1

• UTF-8 is used as default response code set if no code set was specified by a broken server.
• The installer and several libraries have been updated.