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Comment by ehnto | Hacker News Reader

AMP has horrible UX for mobile, I hate when I click on an AMP link because I am suddenly in some wierd web Twilight zone where the UX for my browser has changed for the worse.

It has been a net negative for usability in my book.

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This is how it looks to an average consumer: here is a shitty version of Apple's reader mode that doesn't really work, brought to you by Google.com.

I always end up scrolling back on the url to change 'amp' to 'm'. Manually editing a URL on a mobile device, it just makes me sad.

On desktop I use an extension that redirects any AMP page (I don't come across them often, but people share links) to the canonical page. It would most likely be possible to install it in Firefox mobile too.

I also have all amp-related addresses blocked in my host file, which is probably less feasible on mobile.

I haven't had the misfortune of coming across an AMP page in awhile (perhaps due to using Firefox exclusively on mobile) but this bothers me too. The worst part about it is the lack of a search feature. It's something that has been implemented into every other web browsing experience for decades, yet they are somehow that far behind.

It also breaks the "tap the notification bar to scroll to the top" functionality on mobile Safari, it's infuriating.

Amp websites often don't even work for me because the site owners were unable to get it working in amp so they give you this half baked crap.

There is an add-on for Firefox to autoload the non-AMP version of any website, IIRC

I hate how I can't see the real address without two clicks, and you have to scroll all the way to the top of what might be a massive article to make the bar appear

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