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WRAPS - Non-Government-Organisations (NGOs)

For the third part of the WRAPS series, I looked at the websites of well-known NGOs focusing on environmental and climate protection. he results show that even climate organisations do not have sustainability on their radar when it comes to web development.

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US Big Tech Products Should Be Avoided. There Are Good Alternatives.

Sticking to US products make us dependent on, be influenced by, and expose private data to an increasingly hostile opponent.

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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About CORS and Font Preloads

Font Preloads and CORS, it's complicated. Especially because inconsistent browser behaviour can lead into a dilemma, which causes useless data transfer and reduces performance.

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Takeaways From This Year's Web Almanac

This year's Web Almanach shows some interesting developments in the web. Not all of them encouraging, though.

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WRAPS - Fair Fashion Online Shops

This edition of WRAPS focuses on Fair Fashion shopping platforms. They are selling fair and green clothing, but are their websites built sustainably?

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WRAPS Bundesliga Edition

For the first episode of my WRAPS series, I reviewed the homepages of the 18 men's Bundesliga football teams. The results are mixed, or to put it positively: there is still a lot of potential for improvement, and an unexpected winner emerged.

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Website Rankings According to Performance & Sustainability (WRAPS)

In this series, we'll delve into how competing brands and products stack up against each other based on their website performance and sustainability. I'll explain how the rating is done.

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Drawbacks of Web Fonts and How to Mitigate

Web fonts are increasingly popular, with over 80% of all websites now using them. Some say rightly so, others call it wasteful. This article will explore the potential downsides of using web fonts and how to mitigate them.

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The Perks of Implementing Dark Mode

Check out the many advantages of offering dark mode, read about best practices for its effective implementation, and find out how to enforce dark mode if it's not provided.