Re: Gopher Desktop Client

I actually happen to agree with Ivan here. I've been following the "Gemini"
space for a while, but have been "somewhat" involved with Gopher for way
longer (and authored the only? Golang client/server library for Gopher).

Gemini for me just doesn't cut it. It _is_ an over-engineering solution
looking for a problem IHMO. (I feel the same way about ActivityPub too btw
:P)

Anyway, this thread went a bit side-ways, I originally asked if there was
any interest in my continuing my Gopher Desktop Client -- A total of "one"
doesn't make for "much interest" ;)

cheers
James

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On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:29 AM Ivan J. <parazyd-/[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12 March 2021 01:45:13 CET, Luke Emmet <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >On 12-Mar-2021 00:24, Ivan J. wrote:
> >>
> >> For a start, you could also make it support Gopher over TLS ;)
> >>
> >Not sure if this is a facetious comment given the smiley above, but if
> >you want Gopher + TLS, really Gemini should be what you're looking at
> >IMO. I hope I haven't blasphemed by mentioning it on the gopher channel
> >
> >though ;)
> >
> >  - Luke
>
> Gemini is not gopher. And no, my comment wasn't malevolent. I took the
> initiative and added Gopher over TLS to software used by millions of
> people. It works well.
>
> IMHO, Gemini is just a Frankenstein protocol with no real usecase. You can
> either use HTTP or use Gopher. It goes against basic philosophy to invent
> something like Gemini.
>
> Best regards,
> Ivan
>