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You should learn about the Gemini protocol! It's an alternative to HTTPS that uses a document markup language similar to Markdown instead of HTML, and uses a de
by anon25783 3y ago
You should learn about the Gemini protocol! It's an alternative to HTTPS that uses a document markup language similar to Markdown instead of HTML, and uses a deliberately simplified, feature-frozen protocol with the explicit goal that anyone should be able to write their own Gemini browser "in a weekend". No scripting or styling support, just documents with links and images in them.
Here are some informative webpages on the topic, neither of them mine:
https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/faq.gmi https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/faq.gmi
https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange
- carlosjobim 3y agoI think the Gemini stuff is really neat, and I've already experimented with Lagrange and Kristall browsers. However, the information I'm interested in isn't published on those networks, and I think that's true for most of us. Reader view is a seamless way for me to have control of how the web is presented to me. An RSS client + browser with reader mode is the perfect combo for most online stuff that is information (and not function, like an e-shop). As I understand it, forum functions are not a feature of the Gemini protocol?
- anon25783 3y agoForum functionality is possible; the protocol allows for user input in the form of prompting the user to enter a string and sending that to the server before loading the page. Example: gemini://chat.mozz.us/