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As positive as the response sounds, it is an empty promise. > We’re looking at ways to make the source link more discoverable and will update once that is done

by Sephr 10y ago

As positive as the response sounds, it is an empty promise. > We’re looking at ways to make the source link more discoverable and will update once that is done. If Google was actually going to fix the issue, they would have said "we will make the close button direct users to the original site and will update once that is done" OR "we are changing the x (close) button to a ← (back) button". "x" means "close" and "←" means "back". This is confusing UX at the least and arguably a dark pattern.

andrewguenther 10y ago
Am I in the minority in that I found the function of the "x" to be very clear? I don't know if it is fair to call it "nothing less than a dark pattern" without a bit more data.
- cramforce 10y ago
  That is where we currently are. In our user testing it tests really well, but there appears to be confusion in this community which would be good to address. My current feature request is to link the "publisher domain" to the origin article, so that one can always click that to get there and use it to copy the link.
- Sephr 10y ago
  Yeah, I toned down my response, since it's not intentionally a dark pattern.
- thomasahle 10y ago
  Yup, everytime I've seen this X button, clicking it has done exactly what I expected. I've also sometimes been on a non AMP version, and Chrome has suggested "a version optimized for mobile". Clicking that has opened the AMP version and after reading the article, clicking the X took me back to the non AMP version.
wmf 10y ago
I don't understand why AMP even has that close button. But taking the user to the original site would just appear to reload the page, only slower.
MarkMc 10y ago
> "we will make the close button direct users to the original site and will update once that is done" OR "we are changing the x (close) button to a ← (back) button". As a user, I hope Google do not implement either of your suggestions. When I click the 'X' I don't expect to get a copy of the page that loads a bit slower, and I'd be surprised less than 95% of Google's users agreed with me (but by all means do a test). And I don't want the close button changed to a back button. When I click on a search result I might then click one or two links on the publisher's web site before wanting to check out the next result on the Google results page. I want a single button that takes me quickly back to that search page - I don't want to have to click a 'back' multiple times (and maybe overshoot or undershoot my desired history position).

by Sephr 10y ago

andrewguenther 10y ago

Am I in the minority in that I found the function of the "x" to be very clear? I don't know if it is fair to call it "nothing less than a dark pattern" without a bit more data.

cramforce 10y ago
That is where we currently are. In our user testing it tests really well, but there appears to be confusion in this community which would be good to address. My current feature request is to link the "publisher domain" to the origin article, so that one can always click that to get there and use it to copy the link.
Sephr 10y ago
Yeah, I toned down my response, since it's not intentionally a dark pattern.
thomasahle 10y ago
Yup, everytime I've seen this X button, clicking it has done exactly what I expected. I've also sometimes been on a non AMP version, and Chrome has suggested "a version optimized for mobile". Clicking that has opened the AMP version and after reading the article, clicking the X took me back to the non AMP version.

wmf 10y ago

I don't understand why AMP even has that close button. But taking the user to the original site would just appear to reload the page, only slower.

MarkMc 10y ago

> "we will make the close button direct users to the original site and will update once that is done" OR "we are changing the x (close) button to a ← (back) button". As a user, I hope Google do not implement either of your suggestions. When I click the 'X' I don't expect to get a copy of the page that loads a bit slower, and I'd be surprised less than 95% of Google's users agreed with me (but by all means do a test). And I don't want the close button changed to a back button. When I click on a search result I might then click one or two links on the publisher's web site before wanting to check out the next result on the Google results page. I want a single button that takes me quickly back to that search page - I don't want to have to click a 'back' multiple times (and maybe overshoot or undershoot my desired history position).