I have long noticed that the rush to make a web 2.0 site is leading to a lot of bad design. More and more sites are slow loading and overly complex. Apparently I am not alone in feeling this way. Designers need to remember that interactive is nice but it shouldn't be used to the detriment of usability.

Labels: usability, web 2.0

The story traveling around the internet is that white screens use more energy to display than black screens. Google changing to a black screen would save 750 megawatt-hours every year.

While this may be true for CRTs, it is not the case for LCD screens. LCDs actually use less power displaying white. As more people move to LCDs, white is the new green.

Labels: green, white screen