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Show HN: Gopher Browser for Windows Client
- KirinDave 10y agoI'm curious: what's still in gopherspace these days? Worthwhile things?
- topbanana 10y agoChrome Warning: This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous. Nice try Google
- ronilan 10y agoSo google tracks downloads?
- KirinDave 10y agoSeems so, but keep in mind that it can provide that UX without being able to recover the individual data about who downloaded what.
- ronilan 10y agoActually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. It doesn't sound very "googly" to do so, but who knows, maybe they do... ;)
- KirinDave 10y ago> Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. I don't understand what you mean here. How can aggregate long download stats exist without aggregation?
- ronilan 10y agoif (extension === zip || tar || ...) then "This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous." Kind of like putting a warning sign at the swamp without poking for alligators (or yodas)
- dschoppe 10y ago> Chrome Warning: This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous. The warning is about download frequency of a particular file, not filetype.
- LocalH 10y agoThis. I've gotten it when redownloading old PS2 homebrew stuff that I'd used in the past and knew was safe, and that's about it. They were mostly zip and exe files.
- flukus 10y agoSure, but I don't remember being asked to share this information either, that's the issue here.
- franzpeterstein 10y agohmm https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ae0325bd27a6797c16ce44b30c3247b3c815f50ba6b29a1163bb34d014ef6beb/analysis/1493290995/ https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ae0325bd27a6797c16ce44b30...
- Jaruzel 10y agoAbsolutely not. That's a false positive caused by the SetHandler.exe that's included in the zip. SetHandler is used if you want to register GopherBrowser as the handler for gopher:// links - it adds some values and keys to the Classes_Root registry hive, which is probably why it's being flagged as a false positive by only 1 out of 61 AntiVirus products. Rescan just GopherBrowser.exe and it will be clean. If SetHandler.exe worries you, just delete it. Instead of just posting 'hmm' and trying to discredit my work, how about you actually ask why it flagged, or better yet do proper analysis on the files and comment accordingly. I run a clean ship, there is no way I'd release virus-laden software with or without my name on it.
- mileycyrusXOXO 10y agoI love exploring gopherspace from time to time. Usually I use Lynx but I may have to give this a try.
- niftich 10y agoOh, this is you! [1] Grats on release! The last big thread on Gopher here was pretty entertaining, nostalgic, and informative [2] -- including posts by the creators -- and it's the one where OP posted that they're working on a new windows client [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12274235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12274235 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12269784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12269784
- Jaruzel 10y agoYup me! And thanks!
- pimlottc 10y ago"Gopher Browser for Windows Client" is rather confusing; why not just "Gopher Browser for Windows"?
- Jaruzel 10y agoGoogle search friendly title.
- fsiefken 10y agoThis is great, and it's so fast. Some feature requests: * map backspace and arrow-left to previous page * map enter/return to select * open text files, images and sounds inline
- Jaruzel 10y agoGood ideas, I'll add them to the to-do list!
- phusion 10y agoOh man, I don't think I have much/any use for this today, but my first internet experience was on Gopher. They had it set up on what I'm assuming were some kind of *nix machines at the local library. I would search for comic book related material and generally "surf" around when my mother would drive me down there. Fortunately the Internet went public in '97, my jr high school had several networked computers, eventually all on the Internet blah blah netscape.
- aninteger 10y agoIs there source code I can audit and compile instead of running some random exe file?
- pvg 10y agoI say you transfer it to an air-gapped computer, try it and then have it nuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
- flukus 10y agoHow do you feel about reading assembly?
- Jaruzel 10y agoI don't hide who I am, a bit of googling will net you my address and phone number. So I think it's fair to say, that if I was going to release malware, I'd hardly host it on my own site would I? I'm not a fan of Open Sourcing my own code, due to bad experiences in the past, sorry.
- egeozcan 10y agoFirst of all, thanks for your work! I'm not trying to change your mind, but I'm curious about your bad experiences.
- Endy 10y agoJust the fact that you're not giving into the FOSS brigade pushed me over the edge to download and use it.
- codingdave 10y ago> if I was going to release malware, I'd hardly host it on my own site would I? That argument has never held water for me... I'm not saying you are malicious, not at all. But if someone did want to release malware, it isn't impossible to create a fake persona, put up fake contact info, or impersonate someone. Or even hack someone else's site to put up a corrupted download. Admittedly, this one smells pretty safe... but it is even safer to just set a rule for oneself not to download executables off the web. I respect your right to code and deliver it how you see fit. I just also respect other people's decisions to not download it for security concerns.
- unicornporn 10y agoIf you use Firefox, you can get Gopher support in an extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/overbiteff/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/overbiteff/ Works great.
- delbel 10y agoI remember Gopher and another one called WAIS. Then one day, somebody told me on irc I needed to download 'Mosaic', and I remember thinking how superior Gopher was at the time and thought this 'www thing' would never catch on because there was so much information on Gopher and WAIS.
- arethuza 10y agoI found out about Mosaic from Usenet (alt.hypertext I think) - I remember thinking it sounded interesting but also wondering why you'd want to load hypertext documents over a network. :-)