Gopher was better than www until the graphical web browser existed. The gui browser had one technical requirement that gopher did not. The gui browser required

Gopher was better than www until the graphical web browser existed. The gui browser had one technical requirement that gopher did not. The gui browser required a node address on the network or ip address. One could access the www from gopher. The gateway page for the www stated Welcome to the World Wide Web. There is no top or bottom which is what distinguished it from gopher. That had a top of the tree and bottom of the tree of links.