Re: Gopher Desktop Client

Build it and they will come... no
Compile it and they will come.

I think our comminity isnt the whole userbase.
also Ive used *nix in the past as daily driver,
not currenly, but nodoubt  I will again. people change their Machines and os'

Also , everytime a 'new' platform is established  theres a new distro and 'new' ideas get brought out...
eg apple silicon
open source ppc laptop
another power9 machine....
not to mention the retrocommunity  with underpowered devices where someone has got a distro running...
eg uclinux, suse68k+ the classic amiga and atari 32 bit community, 25,000 + ??,??? users strong... not many who are subscribed to this sig.But have low powered devices..
 I think your client has the ability to serve many.
 Do it for the enjoyment.
   from another canetoad :)

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From: James Mills <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 12 March 2021 12:59 PM
To: Ivan J. <parazyd-/[email protected]>
Cc: Luke Emmet <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: 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]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 12 March 2021 01:45:13 CET, Luke Emmet <[email protected]<mailto:[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