Introduction
Can you believe we’re more than halfway through 2025? AAArdvark has evolved so much since the beginning of the year, we can hardly believe it! In any case, the team is still hard at work brewing up new updates and creating new, exciting content to share with you guys.
New Updates in AAArdvark
Here’s an overview of what’s new in AAArdvark:
- Activity Logs out now! See who did what and when across issues and their instances.
- Visual mode reports now include full instance details (previously only in Issue list view)
- Can now assign/unassign issues with a cleaner UI and user role labels
- Added support for password-only authentication (for example, commonly used in Shopify sites)
- New menu to open pages in a new tab or visual mode directly
- Page name and URL are both now visible and searchable in the pages screen
- Ongoing improvements to issue documentation, led by Natalie MacLees
AAArdvark Circle: Don’t Miss Out on the Summer Special
Struggling to figure out where to start with accessibility? Tired of patching issues without a clear process—or worse, not knowing what you’re missing?
You’re not alone.
Whether you’re a freelancer, agency owner, or in-house dev, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed trying to keep up with accessibility guidelines, tools, and client expectations.
That’s exactly why we created the AAArdvark Circle: a professional learning community built for people who want to make, sell, and fix websites to be accessible with more confidence and less guesswork.
If any of this sounds like what you need, you’re exactly who we built this for. Join during our Summer Special and lock in early access perks.
What We’ve Been Up To
- Latest Podcast Episode: Protect Your Website: Accessibility Lawsuit Insights
The 29th episode of the AAArdvark Accessibility Podcast discusses the significant rise in ADA lawsuits related to digital properties and examines how these lawsuits affect small business websites and government entities. - New Founder Blog Post: Your Clients Expect Accessibility
“Your clients expect you to build websites that work for everyone. They expect mobile-responsive design, they expect good performance, and increasingly, they expect accessibility. The difference is they might not know how to articulate that last one yet.” - Latest Livestream: A11y Testing in Action: Manual Testing
Watch our recent livestream for a hands-on workshop that transforms manual accessibility testing from intimidating to approachable. - Join the Upcoming Livestream: Make sure to tune in to another round of A11y Testing in Action: Manual Testing
- New Onboarding Video Series: First set of videos is out now, Start Here: AAArdvark Basics
This playlist is perfect for first-time users or teams looking for a refresher on how to use AAArdvark as an accessibility testing tool platform.
Second Half of 2025, Here We Come!
That’s it for now! Thanks for keeping up with everything we’re building. We’ve got plenty more in the works for the rest of the year, and we’re glad to have you along for the ride.
Got questions or feedback? Reach out to us, we’d love to hear from you.
