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Google actually deliberately makes the page blank with an 8 second animation to show it again. They remove this animation in JavaScript. https://www.ampproject

Google actually deliberately makes the page blank with an 8 second animation to show it again. They remove this animation in JavaScript. https://www.ampproject.org/docs/fundamentals/spec/amp-boilerplate https://www.ampproject.org/docs/fundamentals/spec/amp-boiler...

ww520 8y ago
Is that right? What's the purpose of having an 8 second blank page animation?
- Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
  Prevent FOUC? Punish users who block third party scripts? Who knows.
  - JoshMnem 8y ago
    > Punish users who block third party scripts? Yes, probably that. I get the 8 second delay because I block all 3rd party scripts by default.
dasmoth 8y ago
I guess this is there as an “avoid showing unstyled content at any cost” thing. But really, WTF?
- kevingadd 8y ago
  "Let's make the web fast and light! Users will love it!" "Also let's artificially hide content so it feels like it loads slower. Users will love it!" The aversion to flashes of unstyled content is so absurd sometimes...