News: Web Sustainability Guidelines Drafts (WSG)

Check out the recently released Draft Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG)

Also, see the homepage for the group

As of recently I am now a participant in the W3C community group and if things go well I will be able to contribute something to an important set of guidelines!

See release notes for D2, D6 for examples of @airbr being credited for contributions.

Some highlights so far I have noted from my personal experiences with web performance that seem to be in the Guidelines are contained in a list, click to expand:
  • 2.6 Create a Frictionless Lightweight Experience By Default
  • 2.7 Avoid Unnecessary Or An Overabundance Of Assets
  • 2.15 Take a More Sustainable Approach To Image Assets
  • 2.16 Take a More Sustainable Approach To Media Assets
  • 2.18 Take a More Sustainable Approach To Typefaces
  • 3.2 Minify Your HTML, CSS, And JavaScript
  • 3.7 Rigorously Assess Third-party Services
  • 3.9 Resolve Render Blocking Content
  • 4.2 Optimize Browser Caching
  • 4.3 Compress Your Files
  • 4.7 Frequency For Refresh Is Relevant To Visitor Needs
  • 4.10 Use Edge Computing
  • 5.27 Define Performance And Environmental Budgets

      • See the STAR Framework