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I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this, but I am... my OS X Mavericks system not only has no built in gopher client, but there are zero results for "gopher" i

by dps 13y ago

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this, but I am... my OS X Mavericks system not only has no built in gopher client, but there are zero results for "gopher" in the Mac App Store.

mindcrime 13y ago
Yeah, it's kind of a bummer how rare Gopher clients are becoming. Since all the major browsers dropped Gopher support (and I think they all have, by now), it appears that ELinks[1] is the best Gopher client remaining, for *nix systems. And Android has Overbite. Not sure about iOS. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks
- erifneerg 13y ago
  Overbite has a list of plugins and clients that work on most platforms. http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/ http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/
- dan1234 13y ago
  For iOS, there's GopherBrowse[0] [0]http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815
- fsiefken 13y ago
  For iOS there is the free gopherbrowse "A small pittance is requested to defray the Apple developer tax". https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815 For Elinks gopher support one needs to compile from source with the gopher option (it's not on by default). brew on osx doesn't download and compile the last 0.12 beta version (which includes gopher support). after: "brew upgrade elinks" it says: "elinks-0.11.7 already installed" In the latest Ubuntu does install 0.12pre6 but it doesn't open gopher urls. Elinks documentation says: "It is still very experimental and the CSO phone-book protocol is not implemented. Default: disabled" http://chals.sdf.org/gopher.cgi/phlog/2012/10-14-12/ http://chals.sdf.org/gopher.cgi/phlog/2012/10-14-12/ Lynx works out of the box though, but I prefer elinks as it is the last (to my knowledge) updated console browser and it has features like ipv6, scripting and some javascript support. One can always use OverbiteFF plugin or use the gopher proxies.
  - dan1234 13y ago
    GopherBrowse is actually free in the AppStore. No pittance required, small or otherwise.
- njsg 13y ago
  Older, gopher-specific clients, can be interesting, too. Some day I should try to get gopherVR running on my machines.
- boomlinde 13y ago
  You could always resort to browsing using telnet or netcat, or write your own client in a few lines of your favorite language.
  - mindcrime 13y ago
    True, but just using elinks works well enough for me.
hippich 13y ago
would you pay for gopher client? if yes - how much?
pudquick 13y ago
... Compile one? http://gopher.quux.org:70/give-me-gopher/ http://gopher.quux.org:70/give-me-gopher/

by dps 13y ago

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this, but I am... my OS X Mavericks system not only has no built in gopher client, but there are zero results for "gopher" in the Mac App Store.

mindcrime 13y ago

Yeah, it's kind of a bummer how rare Gopher clients are becoming. Since all the major browsers dropped Gopher support (and I think they all have, by now), it appears that ELinks[1] is the best Gopher client remaining, for *nix systems. And Android has Overbite. Not sure about iOS. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks

erifneerg 13y ago
Overbite has a list of plugins and clients that work on most platforms. http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/ http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/
dan1234 13y ago
For iOS, there's GopherBrowse[0] [0]http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815
fsiefken 13y ago
For iOS there is the free gopherbrowse "A small pittance is requested to defray the Apple developer tax". https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gopherbrowse/id478840815 For Elinks gopher support one needs to compile from source with the gopher option (it's not on by default). brew on osx doesn't download and compile the last 0.12 beta version (which includes gopher support). after: "brew upgrade elinks" it says: "elinks-0.11.7 already installed" In the latest Ubuntu does install 0.12pre6 but it doesn't open gopher urls. Elinks documentation says: "It is still very experimental and the CSO phone-book protocol is not implemented. Default: disabled" http://chals.sdf.org/gopher.cgi/phlog/2012/10-14-12/ http://chals.sdf.org/gopher.cgi/phlog/2012/10-14-12/ Lynx works out of the box though, but I prefer elinks as it is the last (to my knowledge) updated console browser and it has features like ipv6, scripting and some javascript support. One can always use OverbiteFF plugin or use the gopher proxies.
- dan1234 13y ago
  GopherBrowse is actually free in the AppStore. No pittance required, small or otherwise.
njsg 13y ago
Older, gopher-specific clients, can be interesting, too. Some day I should try to get gopherVR running on my machines.
boomlinde 13y ago
You could always resort to browsing using telnet or netcat, or write your own client in a few lines of your favorite language.
- mindcrime 13y ago
  True, but just using elinks works well enough for me.

hippich 13y ago

would you pay for gopher client? if yes - how much?

pudquick 13y ago

... Compile one? http://gopher.quux.org:70/give-me-gopher/ http://gopher.quux.org:70/give-me-gopher/