Closed Bug 1440454 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Decide if No Image Mode is actually Reduced Bandwidth Mode.

Categories

(Firefox for iOS :: Browser, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox for iOS
Component:
Browser
Platform:
Other
iOS
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
fxios ? ---

People

(Reporter: jhugman, Unassigned)

Details

As part of Bug 1439349 we moved the downloading of the `image` (e.g. the twitter card) from Javascript to Swift. This raises a question: What is the use of No Image Mode? Our theory is that the No Image Mode is mostly used by people trying to conserve their data plans, and thus not use too much bandwidth, we should try and reduce data usage by the browser chrome. e.g. favicons, media image etc. This bug is to decide if we want to do that, and then plan it in.
Maria, can you provide input on this?
Flags: needinfo?(mpopova)
I have 100 MB data per month and use this mode heavily for conserving data, the difference is significant already (appears to me ~90% savings in data usage). Blocking assets seems like it would have minimal added benefit. We could measure all this of course for accurate info.
There's a bigger discussion to have here. Maria is creating a Trello card for that. Closing this bug.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Flags: needinfo?(mpopova)
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