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The lack of images limits the ability to create Gemini content on many subjects, however. Just off the top of my head I could name discussion of artworks, some
by Mediterraneo10 5y ago
The lack of images limits the ability to create Gemini content on many subjects, however. Just off the top of my head I could name discussion of artworks, some travel writing (no, it isn't all just inane "influencer" shots – bicycle tourers and overlanders like getting some photos to have an idea of what the terrain to traverse is like), building stuff, classical philology where the original edition of a text as it was typeset has to be examined, and so on.
These are subjects for which there are already many minimalist HTML blogs around, but the lack of image support on Gemini makes it impossible for them to support that ecosystem.
- RodgerTheGreat 5y agoNothing about Gemini prevents you from linking to images. Furthermore, nothing prevents Gemini clients from eagerly fetching linked images (based on the URI) and displaying them inline- if the user chooses such a client. Being strictly text-oriented is simply the default, and a default that must be taken seriously by anyone writing a page.