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As a user, I can't stand amp -- issues are 1.) no link to original site. 2.) top banner plague 3.) weird smooth scrolling that messes with my muscle memory. Th
by cybernytrix 10y ago
As a user, I can't stand amp -- issues are 1.) no link to original site. 2.) top banner plague 3.) weird smooth scrolling that messes with my muscle memory.
There are two workarounds to avoid amp all together: 1.) use DDG and prefix all queries with "!g" or 2.) visit encrypted.google.com that does not use amp.
Given that I tend to stay on a page for 2-10 minutes, shaving off 1sec is less than 0.8% improvement. This is not worth it given the horrible drawbacks and UX.
- snappy173 10y ago>2.) top banner plague the top banner is something that Google adds, and isn't, strictly speaking, part of AMP.
- acdha 10y agoIs there any use of AMP which isn't driven by Google? I've never seen it referenced except in Google search results.
- beaugunderson 10y agoI get AMP pages via the Facebook app quite often
- umeshunni 10y agoThose are Instant Articles - Facebook's version of AMP, but not AMP itself.
- jgunsch 10y agoBing. http://blogs.bing.com/search/September-2016/bing-app-joins-the-amp-open-source-effort http://blogs.bing.com/search/September-2016/bing-app-joins-t...
- snappy173 10y agoWell, you can access the AMP version of the page from anywhere, not just Google search results. I could see apps that use an in-app browser serving the AMP version of a page, instead of the full version, for instance. I guess we'll see?
- acdha 10y agoI'm aware that it's technically possible but was realizing that, as a fairly active mobile web user, I had never noticed AMP in use except for Google search results.
- snappy173 10y agoi could see other apps that use a native browser preferring the AMP version. something like yelp, that lets you click through to the source page, for instance.