The internet is a giant web of interconnected websites. With its freedom of speech, it is probably one of humanity’s most impressive inventions. At least as we build it the right way. However, its growing footprint might tell us otherwise. Why not start today in making it greener? Enter the #LetsGreenTheWeb campaign from ClimateAction.tech.
Continue reading “We can make the web greener, together”Author: Csaba Varszegi
Csaba is a minimalist web developer at LittleBigThings and author of this little blog. He loves designing and creating stuff. He blogs mostly about WordPress and contributes to it as well. He enjoys finding pleasure and purpose in everyday life, like thinking that this blog will contribute to saving the planet.
How to measure the carbon footprint of a web page
For the most of us it comes as a surprise: our digital activities have a carbon footprint. It is significant and growing rapidly, especially during a pandemic where we are obliged to communicate much more through the internet. It comes from different sources, but it is hard to measure what the actual footprint is. Fortunately, we have tools to measure the carbon footprint of websites.
Continue reading “How to measure the carbon footprint of a web page”The day our renewable energy ran out
It was a sad day today in Belgium. Not only because of the weather, we are used to that. It was also Grey Day. February 5 was the hypothetical day when our renewable energy ran out for 2020.
Continue reading “The day our renewable energy ran out”Making a web page light and delightful
A minimal website can look dull. A website that loads in only about 20-30 kb, like this one, maybe does. But it doesn’t need to. There are different ways you can make a lightweight website look beautiful and give a delightful experience for the visitor. Let’s look at some ideas to design a beautiful website with a minimal environmental footprint.
Continue reading “Making a web page light and delightful”A GIF is not the best gift 🎁
Animated GIFs are very popular. They are often used in social media to display emotions, to surprise and to make people laugh. And I have to admit, they are funny sometimes. Nonetheless, emoji might be better to communicate and also for our environment. 🌍
Continue reading “A GIF is not the best gift 🎁”Load that image when you need it
Google added support for a new HTML loading attribute to its browser Chrome to lazy-load images. We do that with JavaScript, but that will change. Native lazy-loading is now possible by setting this attribute’s value to ‘lazy’.
Great, but wait, what is lazy-loading and why is that a good thing?
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