Mobile Website Speed Test Google, along with its AMP (Accelerated Mobile Page) definitions, has created a site that you can…
Outdated JS Libraries on the Web – Virtual (un-recycled) waste?
Part of sustainability projects includes defining “life cycles” for products and services, which includes ongoing maintenance. On the web, this…
New eBook on Website Optimization
Here’s a link to an ebook which combines several of the techniques used for Web Performance Optimization (WPO) in one…
Slow Sites, Pixel-Fitting, Vector Graphics, and Sustainability “Hacking”
A reminder (from the highly efficient blog of Dan Luu) of how bad the experience of modern websites is for people…
Virtual Reality and Sustainability: The Presentation
Virtual Reality is ultimately going to be big, despite a slower-than-expected start in 2016. One thing that is certain about…
Virtual Reality and Sustainability I – Introduction
You’ll notice that this blog was called “Sustainable Virtual Design” rather than “Sustainable Web Design”. This is a feature, not…
Can Location-Based Gaming Increase Sustainability?
An interesting article on Forbes by writer Kalev Leetaru about the potential of Augmented Reality Location gaing (similar to Pokemon…
Using the Web Index to Enhance Site Sustainability
Sustainable Virtual Design is about more than energy efficiency. This point has been made many times, but today’s post will…
PHP 7 and JavaScript Optimizations using PGO
Despite the proliferation of NodeJS, PHP is still very widely used on the Internet, and recent changes in the lastest…
New Web Carbon Footprint Calculators
It’s been a great week for quantifying Sustainable Virtual Design – new “carbon footprint calculators” are coming online. Here are…
