’s latest scheme to speed up a sometimes slow unresponsive mobile web is to zap away the images.
The company announced on the Chrome Blog that Data Saver mode will soon eliminate most images on a page when a slow connection is detected. If you want to try load them anyway, you can tap a button at the bottom of the page to do so.
Chrome Blog en the speed slows down, most of the images will go away.
You’ll have to wait for the feature to arrive int he U.S., however, as is testing this out in India Indonesia first. Those are key emerging markets for , are commonly afflicted by slow connections.
You can already, however, use Data Saver Mode with Chrome for Android to compress images other data-heavy content before delivery to your device. This can speed things up cut back on data usage if you’re concerned about hitting the monthly cap.
y this matters: This is a pretty helpful way to help speed up some of the web—unless the images were the whole reason you went to that website. It’s part of a larger effort by to reduce the pain point that many feel when encountering image-heavy sites or a litany of advertisements. For example, the company is working on an Accelerated Mobile ges project, an open framework for slimmed-down websites.
