1.8.1

• Added Thai (TH) localization, fixes #85
• Added Vietnamese (VI) localization, thanks Ngoc
• Fixed issue #78. Error/Valid styling applies to all radio buttons of same group for required validation.
• Don't use form.elements as that isn't supported in jQuery 1.6 anymore. Its buggy as hell anyway (IE6-8: form.elements === form).

1.8.0

• Improved NL localization (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/14120)
• Added Georgian (GE) localization, thanks Avtandil Kikabidze
• Added Serbian (SR) localization, thanks Aleksandar Milovac
• Added ipv4 and ipv6 to additional methods, thanks Natal Ngétal
• Added Japanese (JA) localization, thanks Bryan Meyerovich
• Added Catalan (CA) localization, thanks Xavier de Pedro
• Fixed missing var statements within for-in loops
• Fix for remote validation, where a formatted message got messed up (#11)
• Bugfixes for compatibility with jQuery 1.5.1, while maintaining backwards-compatibility

1.8.0pre

Demos: update deprecated methods maxLength to maxlength and minLength…

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1.7.0

• Added Lithuanian (LT) localization
• Added Greek (EL) localization (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12319)
• Added Latvian (LV) localization (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12349)
• Added Hebrew (HE) localization (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12039)
• Fixed Spanish (ES) localization (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12696)
• Added jQuery UI themerolled demo
• Removed cmxform.js
• Fixed four missing semicolons (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12639)
• Renamed phone-method in additional-methods.js to phoneUS
• Added phoneUK and mobileUK methods to additional-methods.js (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12359)
• Deep extend options to avoid modifying multiple forms when using the rules-method on a single element (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12411)
• Bugfixes for compatibility with jQuery 1.4.2, while maintaining backwards-compatibility

1.6.0

• Added Arabic (AR), Portuguese (PTPT), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI) and Bulgarian (BR) localization
• Updated Swedish (SE) localization (some missing html iso characters)
• Fixed $.validator.addMethod to properly handle empty string vs. undefined for the message argument
• Fixed two accidental global variables
• Enhanced min/max/rangeWords (in additional-methods.js) to strip html before counting; good when counting words in a richtext editor
• Added localized methods for DE, NL and PT, removing the dateDE and numberDE methods (use messages_de.js and methods_de.js with date and number methods instead)
• Fixed remote form submit synchronization, kudos to Matas Petrikas
• Improved interactive select validation, now validating also on click (via option or select, inconsistent across browsers); doesn't work in Safari, which doesn't trigger a click event at all on select elements; fixes http://plugins.jquery.com/node/11520
• Updated to latest form plugin (2.36), fixing http://plugins.jquery.com/node/11487
• Bind to blur event for equalTo target to revalidate when that target changes, fixes http://plugins.jquery.com/node/11450
• Simplified select validation, delegating to jQuery's val() method to get the select value; should fix http://plugins.jquery.com/node/11239
• Fixed default message for digits (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/9853)
• Fixed issue with cached remote message (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/11029 and http://plugins.jquery.com/node/9351)
• Fixed a missing semicolon in additional-methods.js (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/9233)
• Added automatic detection of substitution parameters in messages, removing the need to provide format functions (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/11195)
• Fixed an issue with :filled/:blank somewhat caused by Sizzle (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/11144)
• Added an integer method to additional-methods.js (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/9612)
• Fixed errorsFor method where the for-attribute contains characters that need escaping to be valid inside a selector (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/9611)