A recent study conducted in the area of browsing has shown that web technologies impact the consumption of energy in the client side. The Flash rotating ads are considered to be the most power consuming elements in the website.
When users browse different websites through search engines, a major power drain occurs. This was the main reason behind the measurement of the energy consumption when visiting many popular websites.
Researchers used various tools including Windows Task manager and other applications for measurement of the amperage for tests. The study concentrated more on the use of Flash in websites. It was not clear whether it is the technology of Flash or the way it is implemented in the website that makes this high energy consumption.
This study has revealed that it is still possible to surf the internet in the greenest manner. This power consumption will in fact increase over time. When this study will throw light to green manner of internet browsing, it is expected that this will be a beginning for the most advanced testing in this area. Websites might come to a place wherein they will start using less power consuming items in their web pages, thereby helping users and search engines.
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