From: gopher-bounce@complete.org Date: Tue Aug 5 21:07:22 2008 Subject: [gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness) On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Jay Nemrow <jnemrow@quix.us> wrote: > I can't see your vision ever happening. Gopher is essentially dead to > nearly everyone, if they even knew it ever lived. Apparently, we just > never attended the funeral. This is overly pessimistic. I maintain a gopher because I like the undemanding nature of the protocol. Unlike HTTP, whose cognitive style rewards distraction and skimming, Gopher gives you a decidedly un-hyper text file and then it's done. I believe other people should maintain gophers as well, and to that end this list is useful. Thread start (DIR) [gopher] Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness) Thread start (DIR) [gopher] Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness) (DIR) Followup: [gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness) (DIR) Followup: [gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness) (DIR) Followup: [gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness) (DIR) Followup: [gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness)