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It's actually a pretty nifty feature when you're browsing the web from a plane's slow wifi.

by tschellenbach 10y ago

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
But the people who designed the page in the first place should be able to make it just as fast without using AMP.
- magicalist 10y ago
  > But the people who designed the page in the first place should be able to make it just as fast without using AMP. ...but they don't, which is the point. I'll throw my hat in on being a fan of reading news on AMP pages as well (though reddit amp does seem completely broken). I wouldn't care in the least if news site x instead wrote a fast site, I'd happily use that instead. But until they do, yeah, as a user I'll click on the amp link first.
  - JustSomeNobody 10y ago
    And I'm the opposite. I do my best to NOT use AMP pages. If a site can't be bothered to optimize it's own pages, then they don't get my attention/money/whatever. I can do without. Let the best developed sites win.
  - swiley 10y ago
    It would be a lot better if instead they just ranked pages with slow load times and JavaScript lower, oh wait, that makes it harder for ads...
- ec109685 10y ago
  No, only amp pages can be preloaded by google's SERP, so that is large reason it is so fast to render.
jimueller 10y ago
I actually like the AMP pages. Aside from public radio sites and a handful of other sites, news pages are so full of ads and slow loading, especially on mobile, that they're unreadable. With AMP I can actually read articles from my local newspaper or TV station. I guess in this case, I see it as a win for fast loading pages with just the article I'm looking for. Using AMP is my way of fighting back against autoplaying video ads and click bait links mixed in with news.
- briandear 10y ago
  I use Crystal for iOS and all that stuff is gone for me normally.
PascLeRasc 10y ago
Or browsing from a developing country's mobile network.
flukus 10y ago
Any better than noscript? How about lynx?
CaptSpify 10y ago
Yeah, the problem they are trying to solve is absolutely real. The concern is how they are trying to solve it. Instead of pushing sites to fix it, they are pushing sites to become part of the Google-ecosystem. Instead of trying to fix things, they'd rather use the opportunity as a power-grab

It's actually a pretty nifty feature when you're browsing the web from a plane's slow wifi.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

But the people who designed the page in the first place should be able to make it just as fast without using AMP.

magicalist 10y ago
> But the people who designed the page in the first place should be able to make it just as fast without using AMP. ...but they don't, which is the point. I'll throw my hat in on being a fan of reading news on AMP pages as well (though reddit amp does seem completely broken). I wouldn't care in the least if news site x instead wrote a fast site, I'd happily use that instead. But until they do, yeah, as a user I'll click on the amp link first.
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago
  And I'm the opposite. I do my best to NOT use AMP pages. If a site can't be bothered to optimize it's own pages, then they don't get my attention/money/whatever. I can do without. Let the best developed sites win.
- swiley 10y ago
  It would be a lot better if instead they just ranked pages with slow load times and JavaScript lower, oh wait, that makes it harder for ads...
ec109685 10y ago
No, only amp pages can be preloaded by google's SERP, so that is large reason it is so fast to render.

jimueller 10y ago

I actually like the AMP pages. Aside from public radio sites and a handful of other sites, news pages are so full of ads and slow loading, especially on mobile, that they're unreadable. With AMP I can actually read articles from my local newspaper or TV station. I guess in this case, I see it as a win for fast loading pages with just the article I'm looking for. Using AMP is my way of fighting back against autoplaying video ads and click bait links mixed in with news.

briandear 10y ago
I use Crystal for iOS and all that stuff is gone for me normally.

PascLeRasc 10y ago

Or browsing from a developing country's mobile network.

flukus 10y ago

Any better than noscript? How about lynx?

CaptSpify 10y ago

Yeah, the problem they are trying to solve is absolutely real. The concern is how they are trying to solve it. Instead of pushing sites to fix it, they are pushing sites to become part of the Google-ecosystem. Instead of trying to fix things, they'd rather use the opportunity as a power-grab