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Web Sustainability Guidelines

Now in their ninth draft, the Web Sustainability Guidelines consist of 94 recommendations to help teams create more sustainable digital products and services. These guidelines were created by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Sustainable Web Design community group.

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2.21 Support Non-Graphic Ways To Interact With Content

UX Design

2.22 Provide Useful Notifications To Improve The Visitor’s Journey

UX Design

2.23 Reduce the Impact of Downloadable or Physical Documents

UX Design

2.24 Create a Stakeholder-Focused Testing & Prototyping Policy

UX Design

2.25 Conduct Regular Audits, Regression, and Non-Regression Tests

UX Design

2.26 Incorporate Performance Testing Into Each Major Release-Cycle

UX Design

2.27 Incorporate Value Testing Into Each Major Release-Cycle

UX Design

2.28 Incorporate Usability Testing Into Each Minor Release-Cycle

UX Design

2.29 Incorporate Compatibility Testing Into Each Release-Cycle

UX Design

3.1 Identify Relevant Technical Indicators

Web Development

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