Google AMP Is Not a Good Thing
Do we really need Instant Articles (Facebook) and AMP (Google) when we can accomplish fast loading pages with plain, uncomplicated HTML and CSS?<p>I feel that many web developers don't realise that simple HTML and CSS is often all you need to make clear, fast loading pages. No complicated tricks or techniques required. You can make the page reasonably pleasant in appearance too.<p>Think of the sites you often visit: news stories, blogs, magazine-style sites, discussion sites. These are mostly text, not web apps.<p>I hope I'm not hijacking this thread, but I'd like to ask if readers find the web page links below fast to load on their mobile phones? They don't use AMP.<p>I created the pages below as a test because I was (and still am) frustrated by the slow page-loading speeds when using my phone with a 3G connection.<p>The page links below represent a common article/blog/report style of page. There's about 2500+ words on the page.<p>The page content is CC licensed but the pictures from the original synopsis are not included despite the references in the text (since this was just a test)<p>So is it fast?<p>Version A: <a href="http://interfacesketch.com/test/energy-book-synopsis-a.html" rel="nofollow">http://interfacesketch.com/test/energy-book-synopsis-a.html</a><p>Here is an identical version to the above but one that loads custom fonts (approx 40kb extra). Is this slower?<p>Version B: <a href="http://interfacesketch.com/test/energy-book-synopsis-b.html" rel="nofollow">http://interfacesketch.com/test/energy-book-synopsis-b.html</a>