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As an end-user, AMP breaks 'back' on my iPhone when I navigate to articles (including those from Condé Nast) linked to from Google News. I have to scroll up and use Google's custom back button; using left/right swipe gestures or the browser's back causes problems. Sometimes it's so bad that when I reload the page, I get some weird error from Google about how I got there, which is doubly weird because it's their fault I'm there because they're intentionally wrapping/breaking standard functionality.

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Browser back button works fine in chrome on a Android with amp pages fwiw. Does safari mobile not support the session history management APIs? caniuse says it does, but it sounds like it doesn't work from what you're saying.

And ActiveX worked fine with Internet Explorer on Windows. We look back and consider that a bad thing for the web, how is this different?

Session history management APIs are a W3C standard supported by all major browsers. This is nothing like activex.

There no compatibility info on MDN[0] for mobile devices?

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API...

Uh, because it's an open standard rather than a proprietary one?

And we are standardizing the benefits activex could give us. So no need for it anymore ;)

https://www.w3.org/TR/encrypted-media/

edit: I can see it. Next iteration you will need a AMP key to publish your content and clients will need AMP key to consume content! Browsers that don't include the key will be excluded from the ampweb.

I am waiting for the joy of using an open standard (WebAssembly) to deliver us back the joys of Flash, Java and Silverlight plugins.

ActiveX meant downloading and running arbitrary binary native code. This is about supporting a small-scope standardized JS API.

I can confirm that the 'back' button and left-swipe gesture is indeed a somewhat glitchy in iOS Safari in these situations.

maybe owning an iphone is forbidden at google like driving a toyota to your job at ford.

Ironic, as toyotas have more made in USA and assembled in USA cars and car parts than ford does, and has for over a decade. Only Honda or Chevy can claim more american than Toyota iirc.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/06/29/america...

Soso link, but makes my point.

I appreciate it but I never mentioned made in USA :)

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