To view gopher pages in a web browser without having to use a proxy 
server, try using Firefox (www.getfirefox.com) or a gopher-enabled 
Internet Explorer. To enable Internet Explorer to use the gopher protocol, 
you will have to make a quick registry hack. Open regedit and navigate to 
the "Internet Settings" key. In the right-hand pane, right-click and 
create a new DWORD value. Name the value "EnableGopher" and make it equal 
to 00000001.

Hive:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Key:
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\EnableGopher

Type:
DWord

Value:
00000001

Background information on this hack can be found here: 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-047.mspx