Designing for sustainability a guide to building greener digital products and services

Pixels use electricity, and a lot of it. If the Internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest in terms of electricity use. That’s because today’s average web page has surpassed two megabytes in size, leading to slow load times, frustrated users, and a lot of wasted energy. With this practic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Frick, Tim, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Beijing, [China] : O'Reilly 2016.
2016.
Edición:First edition
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630359106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • [ Preface ]; Sustainability and the Internet; What You Will Learn in This Chapter; A Greener Internet; Sustainability Defined; Sustainability in Business; Sustainability and the Internet; Virtual LCAs; Conclusion; Action Items; A Sustainable Web Design Primer; What You Will Learn in This Chapter; Sustainable Web Design; Conclusion; Action Items; Sustainable Components; What You Will Learn in This Chapter; A Greener Apple; Other Sustainable Components; Potential Barriers and Workarounds; Conclusion; Action Items; Content Strategy; What You Will Learn in This Chapter; The Content Conundrum
  • Potential Barriers and WorkaroundsConclusion; Action Items; Design and UX; What You Will Learn in This Chapter; Users Versus Life Cycles; Visual Design; Web Standards; Potential Barriers to Sustainable UX; Conclusion; Action Items; Performance Optimization; What You Will Learn in This Chapter; Performance Counts; A Balancing Act; Speed Is Just One Metric; Performance Rules; Speed, Reliability, and Version Control; Workflow Tips; Accessibility and Sustainability ; Potential Barriers and Workarounds; Conclusion; Action Items; Digital Carbon Footprints; What You Will Learn in This Chapter
  • Estimating a Carbon FootprintProposing a Framework; Ecograder: A Case Study; Ecograder Benchmarking; Conclusion; Action Items; A Future-Friendly Internet; What You Will Learn in This Chapter; Future-Friendly Web; Interviews: Industry Leaders Predict; Final Word; Figure Attributions and Links; [ Acknowledgments ]; [ Index ]; [ About the Author ]