Hello world: Meet Stark for Developers Beta.
A jam-packed announcement of the best (and only!) end-to-end accessibility solution for software teams including Stark for GitHub enabling continuous scanning of code repositories in the same Stark project as design files, brand-new browser dev tools, and integration into Figma’s Dev Mode for efficient design-to-code hand-off.
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Expediting handoff with annotations and a smarter Sidekick
All of these new updates were inspired directly by Community feedback — thanks, folks!
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Introducing Stark Web App with Projects, Reports, and Insights
We’re giving you more ways to centralize your design and developer work and streamline how you build with accessibility in mind
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Raising the bar for digital accessibility
Our CEO and Co-Founder Cat Noone on the concept of Continuous Accessibility, how it’s transformative for digital accessibility, and why it’s at the center of Stark’s roadmap.
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Meet Sidekick, your new AI-powered accessibility assistant in Stark
With Sidekick, accessible design just got ten times faster
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All-new Focus Order, Alt-Text, and Typography tools
Check out the big new updates we made to our Focus Order, Alt-Text, and Typography tools in Stark for Figma, Sketch, and Browser Extensions.
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Say hello to Stark for Firefox
With Stark for Firefox we're reaching 100% desktop browser coverage and bringing all Stark tools to this popular browser to make testing for accessibility issues better than ever.
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Introducing more Vision Simulator scenarios
Today, we’re adding five new simulations to Stark’s Vision Simulator to help you design with more intention by giving you a peek at other people’s needs.
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Introducing WCAG Audit and Report in Stark
Run accessibility compliance scans on any website or web app, as often as needed, and generate easy-to-read downloadable reports in an instant with our beta release of Stark’s brand-new WCAG Audit tool.
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Announcing Stark’s APCA beta
Introducing a new way to check contrast with our first beta release of APCA in Stark for Figma, Sketch, and our browser extensions.
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Introducing the Stark for Mac Library
We’ve brought the Stark Library to Stark for Mac, so you can research, browse and learn about all things accessibility and inclusive design without leaving the app.
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Introducing the all-new Color Picker in Stark’s Contrast Checker
We’re rolling out a new, more advanced Contrast Checker to Stark for Figma and Sketch (for Pro, Team, and Enterprise users)—complete with advanced layer detection and the option to check all colors on a page and from your design system.
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Stark for Safari and Stark for Arc are here
Check your websites, web apps, and online shops for accessibility issues with our newest browser extensions for Safari and Arc.
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Stark’s developers share their favorite tips for writing accessible apps with Apple’s SwiftUI
Learn how we used SwiftUI to make sure Stark for Mac was accessible from the start.
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How we updated our Vision Simulator with the help of our community
Vision simulations are never perfect. But here at Stark, we’re always striving to give you the best experience, which is why we’ve updated our Vision Simulator to generate more accurate simulations.
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How your landmarks in design support screen reader users
An overview of the inner workings of Stark’s Landmarks, how to include them in your workflow while designing, and the benefits of implementing them for screen reader users and engineers.
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Introducing Stark’s Landmarks
Remove the guesswork from the designer-developer workflow, while helping end-users navigate your website without the frustration of tabbing through blocks of large or repeated content.
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Stark is officially on Figma!
For many of you coming over to Figma from other design tools and have already used Stark, we’re so happy to have you back <3 And for others that are being introduced to Stark for the first time, hello! We can’t wait to see your accessible designs that so many people will benefit from.
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Announcing Stark’s Paid Plans
Our goal is to deliver a whole toolkit for designers and developers to build best-in-class products with accessible in mind – from educational material and plugins for design software to a whole new product of our own.
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Draggable windows in Sketch (again)
With this latest update of Stark 2.5 you have the ability to drag your window around again! We’re so so happy with this as it was a burden to everyone—including us. Thanks so much to everyone who shared concerns and pain points with us.
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Quicker checks using Stark’s new keyboard shortcuts
According to our sources (aka the video below) and our own experience, total time to check your contrast takes anywhere from 2-4 seconds—from finding and selecting layers, to putting in the shortcut. And colorblind simulation takes about 2 seconds. Holy rapid checking, batman!
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Tidying up the Stark UI so it sparks joy
With the updates, we focused on ease of use, clarity of features, ensuring similar if not identical experiences no matter what design tool you use, refining the details that make the house a home :) and preparation for some new (ridiculously awesome) stuff coming.
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