# Mobile option to not load user avatars (and other potential bandwidth saving features)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-option-to-not-load-user-avatars-and-other-potential-bandwidth-saving-features/17792>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [7월 21, 2014, 2:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-option-to-not-load-user-avatars-and-other-potential-bandwidth-saving-features/17792 "2014-07-21T02:14:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![daybreaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/daybreaker/32/311372_2.png) [@daybreaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daybreaker)\
**Post date:** [7월 21, 2014, 2:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-option-to-not-load-user-avatars-and-other-potential-bandwidth-saving-features/17792/1 "2014-07-21T02:14:22Z")

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We recently released our Discourse forum to replace our self-built mini-forum app, and some users are up in arms over the mobile version not being as friendly (personally, I dont see how they can prefer our terrible self-built app, but some people just hate change).

One issue they have that does actually make sense though, is swapping from our old only-text-based forum to this one means increases in bandwidth usage, and for people on data plans without unlimited data, they risk hitting their caps.

One solution I thought of for saving bandwidth was maybe there could be a user-based preference to enable a barebones mobile layout? One that doesnt even load avatars? And maybe has a few other bandwidth saving tricks someone smarter than me might know about.

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