This is what you're after: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) Not an insult, by the way, Gopher is a

This is what you're after: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) Not an insult, by the way, Gopher is awesome. Today the Web is an applications platform and that is not going to be reversed.