[gopher] Re: Heads up
David Allen <mda@idatar.com> writes:
> - What does gopher *not* do that you wish it did? (Keeping in mind
> that gopher is gopher, and HTTP is HTTP, so please don't say, "some
> cookie type of ability would be nice...")
What I'd like to see most is Konqueror gopher support debugged -- or
some other filemanager implement konqueror-like support. Konq is,
AFAICT, the first interface to gopher that really shows it like it
should be -- as a global filesystem. You can drag-and-drop, view
gopherspace as a tree (just as you would your local filesystem), etc.
The idea is awesome. The implementation, unfortunately, it highly
buggy.
> What I'm most worried about with regards to gopher is it simply
> disappearing for lack of recruiting users. Without recruiting users,
> I think gopher will eventually perish due to simple attrition.
> (i.e. growth is required to maintain the size of the userbase) So
> what I'm trying to get at is what needs to be done to attract people?
More visibility. This week's announcement has brought in interest
from all over. We've received a lot of bug reports and suggestions.
I think that we need to have all the other gopher projects visible as
well. Put up a page on freshmeat or something. Make announcements of
releases here and in comp.infosystems.gopher.
Remember: there is still a large VMS community :-)
-- John
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