Gopher

[Schimon Jehudah]

Here is another accidental resource with a mention of Gemini, which I
get to see with Gopher too in other instances.

https://www.karl.berlin/gemini-blog.html
gemini://gmi.karl.berlin

I tend to believe that there are more than only 200 websites that run
Gemini and Gopher. There are probably much more.

Maybe that's because I'm browsing websites participating in Webrings.
And there are quite a few https://foreverliketh.is/

Schimon

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:50:27 +0200
Schimon Jehudah <sjehuda at yandex.com> wrote:

> Greeting everyone!
> 
> QUESTION
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> 
> I was wondering what do you think of Falkon having support for the
> protocol Gopher?
> 
> Is it an easy task?
> 
> ABOUT
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> 
> I have been trying Castor (GTK+ Gopher browser) which is launched each
> time I click on a gopher:// link from Falkon.
> 
> In the last couple of weeks, I was exposed to over a dozen of websites
> that run Gopher, without a direct attempt.
> 
> Gopher seems very nice.
> 
> OPINION
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> 
> I think it would be productive to add support for Gopher because no
> big web browser vendor supports Gopher, which means that support for
> Gopher would increase the popularity of Falkon, as Falkon would be
> the best choice, along with K-Meleon, to be a Gopher supported web
> browser (primary or secondary).
> 
> * Unlike K-Meleon, Falkon is supported in multiple platforms.
> * Unlike Castor, Falkon has more features that are more compelling.
> 
> RESOURCES
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> 
> Some websites that run Gopher
> http://bitreich.org/
> https://envs.net/
> http://floodgap.com/
> 
> Bitreich is also serving a cgit instance at
> gopher://bitreich.org:70/0/scm/geomyidae/atom.xml
> 
> I have attached an article with history of gopher
> Source: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/1/gopher/
> 
> With appreciation to the Falkon
> web browser and open internet,
> Schimon