Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:27:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from floodgap.com ([66.159.214.137] ident=elvis) by glockenspiel.complete.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) id 1Is2Lo-0007G8-2z for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:27:16 -0600 Received: (from spectre@localhost) by floodgap.com (6.6.6.666.1/2007.10.21) id lADKR9s2021200 for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:27:09 -0800 From: Cameron Kaiser Message-Id: <200711132027.lADKR9s2021200@floodgap.com> Subject: [gopher] Re: BRING THE GOPHER BACK In-Reply-To: from Peter Tynan at "Nov 13, 7 06:04:19 pm" To: gopher@complete.org Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:27:09 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL39 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No (score 0.0): AWL=0.005 X-Virus-Scanned: by Exiscan on glockenspiel.complete.org at Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:27:16 -0600 X-archive-position: 1732 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: spectre@floodgap.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: Gopher X-List-ID: Gopher List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: gopher > > Hello Gopher hackers ! > > Why not try to bring the Gopher back ? > > I have few ideas how to incarse popularity of GOPHER. > > I've always thought that a Veronica Search Engines thingy for FireFox > would be wonderful but I'm guessing this would require some server > side jiggery-pokery to convert the http request to something a gopher > server would understand. Not necessarily ... I don't use Firefox much (I prefer Camino) but it may be possible to do such a thing purely in Gopher. Where server support might come in is interpreting the argument passed. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser@floodgap.com -- Haiku is easy/Sometimes it doesn't make sense/Refrigerator -- "KFI Haikus" -