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Gosh that actually sounds a amazing I am always annoyed that I have to leave terminal so much to explore I can understand the common person being daunted by tha

by xphos 8mo ago

Gosh that actually sounds a amazing I am always annoyed that I have to leave terminal so much to explore I can understand the common person being daunted by that but a terminal accessible browser client sounds lovely for a lot of use cases

detourdog 8mo ago
I'm pretty nostalgic for Gopher. If the graphical web hadn't been so mind blowing I would have realized how great it was at the time. Before the web had graphical browser I thought it was pretty useless compared to gopher.
pseudalopex 8mo ago
TUI web browsers exist. But many sites are not usable. Gemini is a newer protocol influenced by Gopher.[1] [1] https://geminiprotocol.net/ https://geminiprotocol.net/
SyneRyder 8mo ago
For Gopher, I used to use a little terminal browser called Phetch: https://github.com/xvxx/phetch https://github.com/xvxx/phetch It's written in Golang and was last updated in 2022. There's a GIF on the Github page to give a feel of what Phetch & browsing Gopher in the terminal is like. I mostly use the Lagrange GUI client though, which is fantastic. Gopher still exists. If you're starting out, you can get your own "gopherhole" and Unix shell account at https://sdf.org/ https://sdf.org/ It's a long time since I updated mine, but I'm at gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/syneryder/
- detourdog 8mo ago
  I kinda of remember when Mosaic supported all the protocols. One would just replace http with whatever protocol wanted to connect to the host with. gopher:// or ftp://
- edsu 8mo ago
  This makes me wonder if someone is putting the latest version of the Factbook on Gopher now. It might be a fun little project? PS. Lagrange is a beautiful piece of software.
ecliptik 8mo ago
Lynx supports gopher [0] and check out Bombadillo [1], it's a stripped down "small web" (gopher, gemini, finger) only terminal browser. Gopher is sort of like Latin, it's a dead protocol, but is still useful. 0. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html#gopher_url https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx_url_support... 1. https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/ https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/

by xphos 8mo ago

detourdog 8mo ago

I'm pretty nostalgic for Gopher. If the graphical web hadn't been so mind blowing I would have realized how great it was at the time. Before the web had graphical browser I thought it was pretty useless compared to gopher.

pseudalopex 8mo ago

TUI web browsers exist. But many sites are not usable. Gemini is a newer protocol influenced by Gopher.[1] [1] https://geminiprotocol.net/ https://geminiprotocol.net/

SyneRyder 8mo ago

For Gopher, I used to use a little terminal browser called Phetch: https://github.com/xvxx/phetch https://github.com/xvxx/phetch It's written in Golang and was last updated in 2022. There's a GIF on the Github page to give a feel of what Phetch & browsing Gopher in the terminal is like. I mostly use the Lagrange GUI client though, which is fantastic. Gopher still exists. If you're starting out, you can get your own "gopherhole" and Unix shell account at https://sdf.org/ https://sdf.org/ It's a long time since I updated mine, but I'm at gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/syneryder/

detourdog 8mo ago
I kinda of remember when Mosaic supported all the protocols. One would just replace http with whatever protocol wanted to connect to the host with. gopher:// or ftp://
edsu 8mo ago
This makes me wonder if someone is putting the latest version of the Factbook on Gopher now. It might be a fun little project? PS. Lagrange is a beautiful piece of software.

ecliptik 8mo ago

Lynx supports gopher [0] and check out Bombadillo [1], it's a stripped down "small web" (gopher, gemini, finger) only terminal browser. Gopher is sort of like Latin, it's a dead protocol, but is still useful. 0. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html#gopher_url https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx_url_support... 1. https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/ https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/