Organic-Basics / ob-low-impact-website

The Low Impact version of the Organic Basics website
https://lowimpact.organicbasics.com
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Limits the amount of light emitted by the screen. #12

Closed weepy closed 4 years ago

weepy commented 4 years ago

Hiya - great site!

Can you tell me what you mean by "Limits the amount of light emitted by the screen." ? How does that work ?

Jonah

ada-ada-ada-art commented 4 years ago

Hi Jonah

One way to read this manifesto point is that a low-impact website should use whatever means necessary to use darker colors. It could however also mean that a site urges users to turn down the light on their screen.

As with other things in the manifesto, there is some wiggle room to adapt this to each individual site. The Organic Basics brand is very reliant on a lot of white backgrounds, so we've compromised a bit by using a slight yellow color and a darker grey than we're usually using.

It's incredibly difficult to quantify the effect this has on the amount of CO2e emitted by a website, but it's something we should be aware of none-the-less.

weepy commented 4 years ago

That makes sense. Although it's actually only relevant on OLED screens since LED has a backlight.