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> This is a cynical rewriting of history. Seconded. I was on the Internet before gopher, and I never really saw the point over regular ftp (and, a quick glance
by davidgay 6y ago
> This is a cynical rewriting of history.
Seconded. I was on the Internet before gopher, and I never really saw the point over regular ftp (and, a quick glance at the wikipedia page right now doesn't really tell me what the real extra value over ftp is).
Conversely, the web's value was immediately obvious.
- every 6y agoGopher was a menu-driven interface via ftp to search, find and download files for academics who weren't particularly computer savey. It also gave them a platform to publish their own research for others and have it indexed and searchable. It was never meant to be a popular format...
- guenthert 6y agoWell, I think popular in the context of Internet meant something different then as it does now. But yes, gopher seemed then just like 'nother service, while WWW was a revolution in the mid-nineties.