Non-web coder here. I searched 'google amp', and I can't really understand what it's supposed to do? Can anyone explain what problem AMP is supposed solve, or what features it brings to the table?
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Google no longer providing original URL in AMP for image search results
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Re: Google no longer providing original URL in AMP for image search results
#192OK, see if we keep using Google for image search, then. Bing was already better at that anyway.
Google gives me slightly better results (sometimes much better, much of the time about equal), but I prefer Bing's interface. If you want to stop using Google, Bing Images is a good option to replace the vast majority of image searches.
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#193Re: Google no longer providing original URL in AMP for image search results
#194For anyone on the fence about using DuckDuckGo instead of Google, if you don't find what you're looking for, it's easy to revert to a Google search by typing "!google" with your query. DDG has improved a lot with time, so I almost never fall back to Google anymore. For some technical searches that DDG can't find, I find codeseek.com is better than both Google and DDG
!g for the lazy!
For the even lazier, here's a Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey script that adds a "Google" button to the DDG results page. Just click it if you don't like DDG's results and you'll be taken to Google for the same search term.
Source - https://gist.github.com/m-thomson/611d8a91dcc27008dd4fc404d5...
Screenshot - https://imgur.com/a/qoJ6xuc
Tested in Firefox but should work in Chrome (why are you using Chrome!?).
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#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. There's no reason to leak things to everyone on the planet, even if what's leaked isn't the most-damaging-to -leak-thing possible. As an example, it annoys me that the Texas Instruments site isn't encrypted, leaking my interest in parts to anybody listening.
I don't understand this point of view. You are either using a vpn or tor if you don't want the planet to leak your info to the world or you are leaking already. If you are not then sure browsing in an internet cafe or an unsafe network will allow rogue entities to see your interest in parts. Your browser is fingerprinting you on chrome with an id. You are being fingerprinted with your unique fonts on other browsers.…
I dont think they meant leaking into to TI, they meant leaking more into to ISPs than necessary. Http connections are like a post card, anyone in route can read it. At least with https they have to jump thru more hoops.
Re: Google no longer providing original URL in AMP for image search results
#196For anyone on the fence about using DuckDuckGo instead of Google, if you don't find what you're looking for, it's easy to revert to a Google search by typing "!google" with your query. DDG has improved a lot with time, so I almost never fall back to Google anymore. For some technical searches that DDG can't find, I find codeseek.com is better than both Google and DDG
You only need to type g! (or !g - it works either way)
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#197How does anyone think this is a good idea? It should be clear which news site I am reading when I'm reading an article. Otherwise, how do I know which bias to apply? On iOS, the title bar says "google.com" whether I'm reading an article from CNN.com or WashingtonExaminer.com. Of all the anti-competitive actions google has taken around search results, AMP is by far the worst. I hope they get smacked down for it in the…
> I hope they get smacked down for it in the upcoming anti-trust lawsuit. People have been saying this for years, and it never happens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_vs._Google - Things take time, but Google did get fined in the past and there's a good chance they get fined again (and forced to change things).
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#198AMP results are annoying enough on mobile that I switched my default search engine to duckduckgo on my phone.
For reportedly being there to accelerate the web, AMP pages remain consistently slower and less reliable than the original websites for me.
AMP is the number one reason for my usage of "load the desktop site" toggle on my phone.
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#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The URL bar is helpful to fighting phishing attacks It would have been nice if client side TLS certificates were more popular. Then your browser could warn you that you're not using your client cert when connecting to a certain website and not allow you to complete the connection. That would be a better solution as opposed to relying on users to manually check the URL.
How does a client-side cert help with authenticating the server? Why wouldn’t a phishing site also ask for the client-side cert if the real site does?
~~It wouldn't work because the phishing site would lack the private key needed to validate your client-side certificate and the TLS connection would not be established. This is assuming that the legitimate website itself signed your certificate signing request (CSR) to create the client-side certificate.~~
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What I posted above is not correct. What I should have said was that the server would validate the client certificate by checking a certificate authority (either managed by the server itself or a 3rd party).
Re: Google no longer providing original URL in AMP for image search results
#200I switched all my default search to DuckDuckGo a few months ago because of stuff like this. No regrets here. If you haven't tried it recently, give it a shot. It's gotten tons better in the past few years. Once you get used to it, it's as good as Google search.
I've been using DDG as my default search engine for more or less a year now, and tbh I find myself using the !g bang way more often than I'd like. Basically anytime I'm searching for something dev related or anything that's broad enough that without my personal user info it would be hard to return the results I'm looking for. Which is kind of the crux of the issue I believe. For everything that's wrong with Google as…
Replace !g with !s to get Startpage results, which is basically proxied Google results. Although I would advise just not relying on Google at all. The perception is that it's better, but in recent years I've found Google results to be total trash.