New in Stark

Stark has released a bunch of new things to improve the accessibility of the products you build. Including a new WCAG Figma widget to keep track of all the WCAG standards while you are designing to make sure you don't forget about any. You can easily check something off if you've integrated it into your design.

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2 screenshots of the Stark WCAG Checklist widget showing all items like "The user experience doesn't rely soly on audio or visual content" or "Always offer more than one path for navigation" where the first item is checked as implemented. The second screenshot shows the a full overview of the checklist where everything is checked as "Done" and a message "Great Job! Well done, completing the checklist" is displayed.
Visual from the Stark blog

Other new features

  • Font size in contrast: When you are using Sidekick (Stark's intelligent accessibility scanner) the size of your text is now automatically taken into account to make sure you see the correct color contrasts.
  • Showing/Hiding annotations: You can now quickly hide, show or delete annotations to focus on your design.
  • Design system support: The browser plugin now included design system colors and CSS variables to give color suggestions based on what is in the design system.
  • iframe scanning: You can now scan iframes for accessibility that are included in your webpages.

Read all about Stark's latest updates

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Preview Playground in Lottielab

Lottielab now includes a preview playground, similar to Figma's prototypes, where you can quickly share an animation with a colleague, client or any other member of your team.

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Steal this deck

Storytelling is an important aspect of a designer's job, but not always everyone's strong suit. Figma's latest "Inside the minds" was about how to tell a good story and create good slides to make your story shine. Presented by Damien Correll. A great watch to improve your next slide deck.

View the deck

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