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> distracting header onto a space constrained mobile device This is my pet hate with Google's AMP mode which most sites seem to be switching to. On my iPhone

> distracting header onto a space constrained mobile device This is my pet hate with Google's AMP mode which most sites seem to be switching to. On my iPhone 5S it breaks hiding the browser's address bar when you scroll, then you have the AMP 'address bar' of the same size, then you finally get to the site's sticky header and footer. On Huffington Post the content is around 50% the size of my screen. Oh and it breaks Safari's Reader mode, which I assume also means accessibility features. http://i.imgur.com/PNOQ4Hk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/PNOQ4Hk.jpg If anyone from Google is here, please do something about this as it is ridiculous.

rcheu 10y ago
> On my iPhone 5S it breaks hiding the browser's address bar when you scroll I believe this is actually due to Safari iframe bugs. See: https://medium.com/@dvoytenko/amp-ios-scrolling-and-position-fixed-b854a5a0d451 https://medium.com/@dvoytenko/amp-ios-scrolling-and-position...
- kuschku 10y ago
  Or, instead of using iframes, they could have just redirected via link to the actual site. But that'd be crazy, right?
  - d0vs 10y ago
    No, just way slower
    - kuschku 10y ago
      Way slower? Linking to a page would be way slower than embedding the same page in an iframe? Since when?
  - rcheu 10y ago
    They use iFrames since they also have the swiping side to side interaction for multiple pages on the same topic.
tdkl 10y ago
Google fix = buy a bigger phone, so you'll see same amount of content then 4 years ago. And in case if someone from Google is listening, give the option to opt out of this AMP crap, I'll gladly pay for extra bandwidth.
- m45t3r 10y ago
  Well, I do not because I am in a limited connection (~1.5GB per month). I gladly appreciate that sites loads faster when I am using a mobile connection too. While I understand the pain of (sometimes) having broken sites when AMP is on, this really helps when someone is on a country where mobile internet is expensive.
  - therealidiot 10y ago
    Which is why an option was suggested
- hobarrera 10y ago
  > And in case if someone from Google is listening, give the option to opt out of this AMP crap, I'll gladly pay for extra bandwidth. How exactly do you land on AMP pages? Can't you just use Firefox on you phone?
kasparsklavins 10y ago
Even AMP own page suffers from headers taking up 1/3 of the screen on mobile devices. https://www.ampproject.org/ https://www.ampproject.org/

rcheu 10y ago

> On my iPhone 5S it breaks hiding the browser's address bar when you scroll I believe this is actually due to Safari iframe bugs. See: https://medium.com/@dvoytenko/amp-ios-scrolling-and-position-fixed-b854a5a0d451 https://medium.com/@dvoytenko/amp-ios-scrolling-and-position...

kuschku 10y ago
Or, instead of using iframes, they could have just redirected via link to the actual site. But that'd be crazy, right?
- d0vs 10y ago
  No, just way slower
  - kuschku 10y ago
    Way slower? Linking to a page would be way slower than embedding the same page in an iframe? Since when?
- rcheu 10y ago
  They use iFrames since they also have the swiping side to side interaction for multiple pages on the same topic.

tdkl 10y ago

Google fix = buy a bigger phone, so you'll see same amount of content then 4 years ago. And in case if someone from Google is listening, give the option to opt out of this AMP crap, I'll gladly pay for extra bandwidth.

m45t3r 10y ago
Well, I do not because I am in a limited connection (~1.5GB per month). I gladly appreciate that sites loads faster when I am using a mobile connection too. While I understand the pain of (sometimes) having broken sites when AMP is on, this really helps when someone is on a country where mobile internet is expensive.
- therealidiot 10y ago
  Which is why an option was suggested
hobarrera 10y ago
> And in case if someone from Google is listening, give the option to opt out of this AMP crap, I'll gladly pay for extra bandwidth. How exactly do you land on AMP pages? Can't you just use Firefox on you phone?

kasparsklavins 10y ago

Even AMP own page suffers from headers taking up 1/3 of the screen on mobile devices. https://www.ampproject.org/ https://www.ampproject.org/