The Weight of the Web
summary
Argues the web is a physical medium with real constraints: bandwidth, device CPU and display density, and development cost. Shows a 916‑page US Vogue issue as a print analogue (916 pages 71% ads 29% content), measures a simple site near 1 MB and a Typekit font bundle at 146 KB, and demonstrates fixes that work today: SVG and web fonts, CSS3 graphics, responsive images, and adaptive content (NPR style shorter summaries). Recommends iterative prototyping and content strategy for mobile. web is a physical medium
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:04The Power of the Web
- 9:25US Folk
- 16:38Web Design
- 21:41How Things Have Changed
- 22:37New Screens
- 24:09High DPI Displays
- 24:56Compression artifacts
- 25:43Cost of switching
- 26:01Wireless connectivity
- 27:08Summary
- 27:56What to do about it
- 28:46Web pages
- 29:44Web instructions
- 30:09Scalable Graphics
- 31:25Typekit
- 32:28SVG
- 32:53Microsoftcom
- 34:01Responsive Images
- 35:07Nokia
- 37:06Type Kid Blog
- 37:39Adaptive Content
- 39:29Write Once Run Anywhere
- 40:42Responsive Web Design
- 42:22Browser Stack
- 42:49Readability
- 44:03Question Time
- 44:35Conclusion
- 44:50Questions
- 52:49Responsive Design
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