This is the title of an article on the web.dev blog I came across. It is written by Patrick Kettner. The fact that this article is published on web.dev angers/annoys me. Let me explain why. Speed and conversion are highly correlated. This is generally known. However, Patricks suggestion that the amount of images and conversion are correlated comes out of thin air. Yes, speed is important, but big images are not the main culprits.| Usecue web development
My website is 40kb large and is an instantly loading website. That is great, but it used to be pretty spartan looking. To fix this, I added some images of banana leafs (on desktop only). But, even when I converted them to SVG, they were still many times larger than my full website. That was very bad for page load times and did not fit my (relatively new) reputation as a performance expert.| Usecue web development
Green is not only good for your brand, but also more important then ever. ICT is already responsible for more than 4.5% of the energy use worldwide. We have to take action… but how? It seems simple: Make sure that your website uses less energy and make sure that this energy comes from sustainable resources. But how do you realize that? Let us take a look at the energy usage. What is the energy usage of a website made of? It consists of the energy usage of the server and the energy usage of ...| Usecue web development