Balthisar Tidy Classic for Mac
Cocoa implementation of HTML Tidy.
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Balthisar Tidy Classic overview
Balthisar Tidy Classic exists because, when editing HTML, it's easy to make mistakes. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a simple way to fix these mistakes automatically and tidy up sloppy editing into nicely layed out markup? Well now there is! This Cocoa implementation of Dave Raggett's HTML TIDY is a free utility for doing just that. It also works great on the atrociously hard-to-read markup generated by specialized HTML editors and conversion tools, and can help you identify where you need to pay further attention on making your pages more accessible to people with disabilities. See http://tidy.sourceforge.net/ for everything you need to know about Tidy. Download this if you want to do it the Mac Way.
What’s new in version 4.3.0
Version 4.3.0:
View older Balthisar Tidy Classic versions Note: Now requires OS X 10.12 or later
- Balthisar Tidy is now Balthisar Tidy Classic
- Apple Silicon support means Balthisar Tidy Classic now runs natively on Apple Silicon
- New icons consistent with Big Sur’s modern design language makes a nice visual upgrade
- Updated to HTML Tidy 5.7.47
- Updated to the W3C Nu Validator 21.5.16
Balthisar Tidy Classic for Mac
Free
In English
Version 4.3.0
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Dec 7 2015
Version: 3.0.0
I have already offered my personal remarks regarding this app in my previous comments on this same page. However, I was surprised to discover that despite how long this app has been available on MacUpdate.com, not one single other person has offered a comment or review for it, or given it a rating. Thus, I decided to leave an official review -- as opposed to just a comment -- so that I can give it a 5-star rating, which it fully deserves.
For those of you who are interested, the commercial version of this app -- called "Balthisar Tidy for Work" -- is available in the Mac App Store for a mere $8.00. If you are a busy website developer who likes to check and automatically correct his or her HTML work -- including batch jobs consisting of dozens, hundreds or even thousands of HTML documents -- you will find Balthisar Tidy for Work to be a very useful app in your arsenal of web development tools.
Go for it!
Keep up the good work Jim.
Nov 8 2014
Version: 1.1.0
I just discovered this gem today, and with the Tidy functionality having been dropped from BBEdit 11.0 -- and thus no more HTML auto-correction -- I am a very happy man.
There is nothing to not like about this app which, by the way, is actually up to version 2.0.1, both on their website, as well as in the Mac App Store:
• It is free.
• It is modern, up-to-date Tidy code with the latest W3C specifications, and not the old 2004 - 2008 Tidy code.
• It has a very simple, straightforward design with a lot of inline help.
• It is Yosemite compatible.
• You can tweak a long list of preferences to your heart's content so that your HTML docs look exactly the way that you want them to.
• If you require batch processing, there is a commercial version in the Mac App Store which only costs like $8.00, and that is cheap for this gem.
If you are a web designer and HTML coder who is picky about your HTML code, and who wants to make Googlebot happy, I recommend that you give this app a try. I don't think that you will be disappointed.
No, I do not work for these folks; I was just so happy to find this today after learning that Tidy has been dropped from BBEdit.