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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Add ability to filter issues in Sidekick.

Various performance and UI improvements.

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Updates Touch Targets UI to include AA targets.

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Adds new ARIA Notes feature.

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Adds new Headings feature.

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Bug fixes and enhancements to improve your Sidekick experience.

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Adds the ability to check for text alignment in the Typography menu.

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Adds the ability to check for text alignment in the Typography menu.

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Adds contextual highlighting when typing in bad alt text.

Improves the flow for Focus Order by immediately showing the Focus Items if you only have one sequence.

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Fixes an issue with the color swatch menus sometimes overlapping incorrectly.

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Fixes some contrast issues when viewing the plugin in dark mode.

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Updates the APCA thresholds to match the latest standards.

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Add new vision simulator for bright light.

Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Add new vision simulators for ghosting, yellowing, and loss of contrast.

Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Add a beta preview of the APCA contrast model.

Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Numerous improvements to the contrast checker.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Fixes issue with Focus Order UI margins.

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Adds new color formats (LAB, LCH, and P3) to the Contrast swatches.

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Adds a new Settings screen allow you to change the default tool shown on launch and also the default color format on the Contrast screen.

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Adds new features: Typography, Alt-Text, and Touch Targets.

Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Adds support for dark mode.

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Adds a hotkey to open Stark (cmd shift 8).

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Add support for minimizing the window.

Various UI tweaks and performance improvements.

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Fixes issue with alignment of landmark tags.

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A completely redesigned experience.

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Various bug fixes and improvements

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Updated the colorblind vision simulators.

Added the ability to sign in with Apple.

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The Check Contrast window will now show even if there is an error, so you can get back to checking contrast quicker.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Fixes an issue where the Focus Order dialog sometimes wouldn't load if there were empty groups.

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Adds the Landmarks feature which allows you to annotate your design file with HTML5 landmark elements.

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Updated "Log in to Stark" menu item to "Stark Account".

You can now log in to your Stark account from anywhere within the plugin.

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Updated "Registration" menu item to "Log in to Stark".

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Your account plan and status is now viewable right from the Registration screen.

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Minor bug fixes and improvements.

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Fixes issue with contrast check not working on text layers with fill opacity less than 100%.

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Add support for allowing Vision Generator feature to be tried three times for Free users.

Added the Blurred Vision simulation to the Vision Generator feature.

Removes Refresh Subscription option.

Cleaned up some visual issues with tooltips.

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Ability to reorder sequences in Focus Order.

The focus item list will now scroll to the bottom when you add an item.

Fixed issue with sequences not working if you removed all focus items from them.

Added error message when trying to add a focus item to a sequence that is not on the same artboard.

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Focus Order - establish the sequences and items in which a user accesses elements on your product.

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Live contrast checking - leave the Stark window open while you select other layers to check.

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Minor bug fix.

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Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

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Minor bug fixes for sign in.

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Minor bug fixes for sign in.

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Sign in with your Stark account.

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Adds blurred vision simulator.

Fixes issue with not being able to run a contrast check on a symbol.

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Fixes issue with color suggestions not showing with certain color combinations.

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Fixes issue with contrast checker not working correctly when checking layers with reduced opacity.

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Swapped foreground/background suggestions position.

Improvements to the color suggestions.

A toast now shows up to confirm artboard generation.

The viewport gets centered on the first generated artboard to make it more clear what just happened.

The generator will now do borders/strokes. Even if the design has a gradient!.

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Adds the Colorblind Generator feature.

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Drastically improve how we grab colors from a user's selection for Contrast Checker.

Add help icons for tooltips in Contrast Checker.

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Fixed issue with not being able to scroll entire artboard when zoomed in.

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Renamed Refresh Stark Subscription to Refresh Subscription.

Fixed the window height for contrast checker dialogs.

Fixed empty transparent window look upon load.

Renames "Original" to "Original Artboard" in colorblind type.

Make it so long artboard names don't overlap the arrow in the Artboard dropdown.

Fixed the upgrade link not working in the Upgrade message.

Improve how the color suggestions work.

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Added color suggestions for when your contrast check fails.

General performance improvements and bug fixes.

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Fix issue with black screen when there are apostrophes in artboard names.

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Minor enhancements and improvements.

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Minor enhancements and improvements.

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Minor enhancements.

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Change "Normal" to "Original" in Colorblind Simulator.

Change AA rating for shapes.

Show correct error when running on just images with no artboards present.

Fix issue with Colorblind Simulator not running on component artboards.

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Fix icon not showing in plugins manager.

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Fix issues with subscription not showing correctly.

Fix some windows not being draggable.

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Massive performance improvement when running different colorblind simulations.

Minor bugfixes.

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Fixes issue with the artboards showing in the incorrect order in the Colorblind Simulation.

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Will now show an error if they try to run a contrast check and the background layer is < 100% opacity.

It will now run successfully if you change the fill, text OR layer opacity on the foreground element.

It will show an error if you have < 100% on BOTH the layer and text/fill opacity.

Ability to drag the windows around.

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Bugfixes.

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Bugfixes.

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Bugfixes.

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Added keyboard shortcuts.

Fixed the issue with the contrast checker not staying on top.

Zoom value is now kept when switching colorblind types.

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Completely updated UI to make everything more compact and tidy.

Numerous bugfixes and performance improvements.

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Added name of colorblind simulation to preview export filename.

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Added info for the text sizes in the contrast checker.

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Added info on the different types of colorblindness.

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Add hotkeys for zooming in and out, cycling through the different colorblind options, and cycling through the artobards in the document.

Fixed the treshold for each of the WCAG 2.0 contrast standards.

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Zoom in and zoom out buttons when viewing an artboard.

Problem with contrast checker not working if you closed and reopened the window.

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