# Mobile-first (or "mobile only")

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-first-or-mobile-only/78899>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 24, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-first-or-mobile-only/78899 "2018-01-24T19:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johani/32/176920_2.png) [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-first-or-mobile-only/78899/5 "2018-01-25T03:44:44Z")

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> [@mfan](#):
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> Putting aside the merits of this approach vs the opposite

Understood but…

I feel that I should point out that the mobile “theme” in Discourse involves more than meets the eye. The html layout is different, long lists in the UI switch to dropdowns and most importantly the composer is different

> [@mfan](#):
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> I suppose we’ll be “desktop first”, then.

I think this will also not be easy as the desktop composer won’t work well on mobile.

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