Designing for sustainability : a guide to building greener digital products and services / Tim Frick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frick, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability--Social aspects.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

2016.

Beijing, [China] : O'Reilly, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 practical guide, your web design team will learn how to apply sustainability principles for creating speedy, user-friendly, and energy-efficient digital products and services. Author Tim Frick introduces a web design framework that focuses on four key areas where these principles can make a difference: content strategy, performance optimization, design and user experience, and green hosting. You’ll discover how to provide users with a streamlined experience, while reducing the environmental impact of your products and services. Learn why 90% of the data that ever existed was created in the last year Use sustainability principles to innovate, reduce waste, and function more efficiently Explore green hosting, sustainable business practices, and lean/agile workflows Put the right things in front of users at precisely the moment they need them—and nothing more Increase site search engine visibility, streamline user experience, and make streaming video more efficient Use Action Items to explore concepts outlined in each chapter

Contents:

[ 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 ]

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2016).

ISBN:

9781491935729

1491935723

9781491935767

1491935766

9781491935743

149193574X

OCLC:

957518953