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On AMP page, clicking the X on the header box should load the HTML page. Instead it kicks you back to the search results. I think I would be okay if they fixed

On AMP page, clicking the X on the header box should load the HTML page. Instead it kicks you back to the search results. I think I would be okay if they fixed that one thing.

jedmeyers 10y ago
That's my main pet peeve with AMP as well. In my mind the [x] in the top bar is almost exclusively associated with 'remove the bar' behavior in Safari on iOS.
- theWatcher37 10y ago
  Google: "let's completely reinvent our core product in terms of user experience... and mess it up" Google is search, everything else is secondary. 20 people in a room testing this should have been all the red flags they needed to fix it before launch.
- akras14 10y ago
  They viewed Google as platform and clicking x, takes user back to the platform. This was one of my biggest complains about the AMP project form the start. According to AMP team lead, however, the user testing on regular (not tech) users showed, that x did what people expected. I really think AMP can benefit a lot from PR stand point by letting techies opt out from it, but leaving it on for "regular" users. See https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/820344221450125312 https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/820344221450125312
  - niftich 10y ago
    Interesting info, but whether or not it's true, it certainly benefits their strategy. I have no doubt that they want to push the narrative that Google (Search) is the 'platform' and the news from publishers they wrap is a tab or viewport that you can [x] (exit) out of, returning to the default 'blank' Google page. The problem with that is that the UX is inconsistent between AMP results and web results. AMP results pretend they're this fake tab that can be "closed" and you return to Google, while web results take you away to the URL like you'd expect, which means navigation is the responsibility of the browser, and not of Google Search. Frankly, this all would make more sense in the viewport-wrapping context of Google Chrome or Google News or the Google App rather than a behavior of Google Search, but that's not the limit of their ambition. Or just, y'know, dress up the results page a bit more, and be honest about it. Brand the AMP subsection 'Read Instantly with AMP' and have it clearly and visibly wrap the results. This gains them a bunch of mindshare. Or change the [x] to a 'back arrow', like their own splash page shows [1]. [1] http://imgur.com/a/vAtqq http://imgur.com/a/vAtqq
    - saurik 10y ago
      Wow: that screenshot makes so much more sense; I wonder why they dropped it... maybe because "back" was confusing with their "swipe left/right to get other articles" hijack?
      - akras14 10y ago
        Ah, good point.
flukus 10y ago
That would likely confuse normal users more: "What do you mean I have to close the page to open the page properly?".
- EpicEng 10y ago
  Why would clicking the x on a header lead anyone to believe that the entire page ('tab') would be closed? That's not how... any other page element works. The first time I encountered an AMP page I figured clicking the x would load the actual page. I was wrong.
  - flukus 10y ago
    Because x means close/cancel. Looking at chrome right now there are several x's on screen, they will close the tab or the whole browser.
    - EpicEng 10y ago
      Except this is a mobile only feature, and you never see an x on the page otself to close the page on mobile.
  - akras14 10y ago
    Tech people think, x means get me out of this experience. Regular people think close this "pop up" displaying where I clicked to cause this "pop up" to appear.
    - EpicEng 10y ago
      Well either way that wouldn't result in closing the page.
ec109685 10y ago
It should be what cloudflare does: clicking on the site name in the header should take the user to the non amp version of the page.
- conductr 10y ago
  That seems more reasonable
EpicEng 10y ago
That would be wonderful, and it was what I _expected_ to happen the first time I tried it.
niftich 10y ago
I pick 'none of the above'. The 'x' in the header box should make the damn header go away, keeping the rest of the page 100% intact. Mind you, this just proves that the header is superfluous. Existing technology called 'the back button' exists to take the user back to where they came from, and it's up to Google to decide how their results page behaves when this happens.
- conductr 10y ago
  You're right. Suppose I've become used to clicking on AMP links without realizing it so when I click X I really just want off of AMP. I really have no need to simply dismiss the bar, I can scroll down more easily.

On AMP page, clicking the X on the header box should load the HTML page. Instead it kicks you back to the search results. I think I would be okay if they fixed that one thing.

jedmeyers 10y ago

That's my main pet peeve with AMP as well. In my mind the [x] in the top bar is almost exclusively associated with 'remove the bar' behavior in Safari on iOS.

theWatcher37 10y ago
Google: "let's completely reinvent our core product in terms of user experience... and mess it up" Google is search, everything else is secondary. 20 people in a room testing this should have been all the red flags they needed to fix it before launch.
akras14 10y ago
They viewed Google as platform and clicking x, takes user back to the platform. This was one of my biggest complains about the AMP project form the start. According to AMP team lead, however, the user testing on regular (not tech) users showed, that x did what people expected. I really think AMP can benefit a lot from PR stand point by letting techies opt out from it, but leaving it on for "regular" users. See https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/820344221450125312 https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/820344221450125312
- niftich 10y ago
  Interesting info, but whether or not it's true, it certainly benefits their strategy. I have no doubt that they want to push the narrative that Google (Search) is the 'platform' and the news from publishers they wrap is a tab or viewport that you can [x] (exit) out of, returning to the default 'blank' Google page. The problem with that is that the UX is inconsistent between AMP results and web results. AMP results pretend they're this fake tab that can be "closed" and you return to Google, while web results take you away to the URL like you'd expect, which means navigation is the responsibility of the browser, and not of Google Search. Frankly, this all would make more sense in the viewport-wrapping context of Google Chrome or Google News or the Google App rather than a behavior of Google Search, but that's not the limit of their ambition. Or just, y'know, dress up the results page a bit more, and be honest about it. Brand the AMP subsection 'Read Instantly with AMP' and have it clearly and visibly wrap the results. This gains them a bunch of mindshare. Or change the [x] to a 'back arrow', like their own splash page shows [1]. [1] http://imgur.com/a/vAtqq http://imgur.com/a/vAtqq
  - saurik 10y ago
    Wow: that screenshot makes so much more sense; I wonder why they dropped it... maybe because "back" was confusing with their "swipe left/right to get other articles" hijack?
    - akras14 10y ago
      Ah, good point.

flukus 10y ago

That would likely confuse normal users more: "What do you mean I have to close the page to open the page properly?".

EpicEng 10y ago
Why would clicking the x on a header lead anyone to believe that the entire page ('tab') would be closed? That's not how... any other page element works. The first time I encountered an AMP page I figured clicking the x would load the actual page. I was wrong.
- flukus 10y ago
  Because x means close/cancel. Looking at chrome right now there are several x's on screen, they will close the tab or the whole browser.
  - EpicEng 10y ago
    Except this is a mobile only feature, and you never see an x on the page otself to close the page on mobile.
- akras14 10y ago
  Tech people think, x means get me out of this experience. Regular people think close this "pop up" displaying where I clicked to cause this "pop up" to appear.
  - EpicEng 10y ago
    Well either way that wouldn't result in closing the page.

ec109685 10y ago

It should be what cloudflare does: clicking on the site name in the header should take the user to the non amp version of the page.

conductr 10y ago
That seems more reasonable

EpicEng 10y ago

That would be wonderful, and it was what I _expected_ to happen the first time I tried it.

niftich 10y ago

I pick 'none of the above'. The 'x' in the header box should make the damn header go away, keeping the rest of the page 100% intact. Mind you, this just proves that the header is superfluous. Existing technology called 'the back button' exists to take the user back to where they came from, and it's up to Google to decide how their results page behaves when this happens.

conductr 10y ago
You're right. Suppose I've become used to clicking on AMP links without realizing it so when I click X I really just want off of AMP. I really have no need to simply dismiss the bar, I can scroll down more easily.