From: gopher-bounce@complete.org Date: Tue Aug 5 21:29:01 2008 Subject: [gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness) I think you are absolutely right about the kinds of behaviors www and gopher promote. (Look! we agree!) Unfortunately, I don't think it matters to people in the real world. I prefer to call this "realistic" and hope no one is foolish enough to think someone will be tweeking gopher into some "www-killer". Remember, I run a gopher server, too. I have my reasons as well. On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Avery M. <averym@gmail.com> wrote: > 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)