> Why couldn’t one simply build on top of existing HTTP infrastructure, throw away all the baggage and instead implement a new Content-Type, which existing brow

> Why couldn’t one simply build on top of existing HTTP infrastructure, throw away all the baggage and instead implement a new Content-Type, which existing browsers then could parse? "Just use HTTP" is something I've thought about, and the idea does have merit. Python includes an HTTP server, so for getting a site up in less than a minute, it's a thought. I'm not sure how easy it is for a browser to recognise and render new content type. I imagine it's quite difficult. I guess I have something in mind like "gopher, but fixed".