We're actually already restricting the number of images being shown on the homepage - it used to be a lot more. There have been some recent huge updates though so even with those limitations in place, there are quite a few images showing. I feel like we don't have a huge number of visitors on slower connections these days but I'm not against looking into adding that in. It isn't quite universal yet but support seems decent so I'll add that attribute for all icon images now and we'll see what happens.
FYI, there's an alternative option available to you as well. Under the user box at the top right, there are a few small icons. One of them switches you over to text mode which hides all icon images outright.
FYI, there's an alternative option available to you as well. Under the user box at the top right, there are a few small icons. One of them switches you over to text mode which hides all icon images outright.