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Re: [gopher] Question

Hi NN NN, Hi all:

Good  to point the difference between a server and a client.

Here an old link that might be of use [ in case you do not know it ]

http://web.simmons.edu/~chen/nit/NIT%2793/93-289-rieger.html

NNNN:

  • Think of the server, and think of information, and of documents, and of search.Does Gopher fill your needs? Then use it.
  • Think of PostScript or think about the possibility to dial (connect ) to a server and receive the data, using your grandparents home phone. Forget about the presentation layer, that belongs to the publishing/advertising/entertaintment industry. Even in the year 2003 it was recommended not to use CSS.
  • Think of a printer talking to a printer. (Machines can talk to machines, really ).
  • Think of aural data communication ( not just visual communication, as we learned in the nineties ).
  • Think -- for example --  about the SMTP protocol we are using in this list. Shall I use a IRC chat?  Is there any need to compare them ? Uhm.

Et all

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On 2015-02-14 20:49, NN NN wrote:

On 14/02/2015 17:44, NN NN wrote:
does Gopher have any use nowadays?
Depends what you are asking exactly. If you mean 'mainstream use', then no, gopher is a dead technology. If you mean 'any possible niche use', then sure - look around on the gopherspace, there are many of us doing stuff with gopher. ~150 gopher servers are running worldwide as of today.
What about HTTP, I think that the main advantage of HTTP is that due to it CSS, _javascript_,Flash etc. appeared.
These work just as well in Gopher. HTTP and Gopher are protocols, while html/css/_javascript_/flash are script or file formats (of course how many gopher clients support css/flash/etc is a totally different question). It's somewhat like saying "usb pendrives are good, because I can store my spreadsheet files on them" - you could just as well store them on a floppy or a CD. Same story with Gopher vs HTTP. Mateusz _______________________________________________ Gopher-Project mailing list Gopher-Project@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gopher-project
Thank you for your answer, Mateusz. Maybe you are right about CSS,JS etc, but I don't see a client for Gopher which supports CSS in Gopher-sites. Probably I searched badly, but in Gopherspace moslty I found the information about Gopher itself and its advantages, so I didin't manage to find use for Gopher.

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