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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