Ashar Voultoiz wrote:
Gopher ? Seriously ? I will love that option, just to
get back 10+ years
later.
I think most mobil phone use WAP (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAP ) and I
dont think they are going to support the 1991 gopher protocol. If it's
every implemented, it will really be just for geeks ...
I agree with everyone else that trying to reinvigorate the gopher
protocal is as good an idea as bringing back 8-tracks. I do remember
once downloading a 3-D gopher client in 1995, where you could view the
gopher world in three dimensions. I think it was called "GopherVR". It
was supposed to be some kind of quantum leap in information user
interfaces, and was going to keep the protocol from dying (snicker).
However, a WAP interface to the Wikipedia---I could definitely see using
that. Does anyone know what is involved in making WAP interfaces? I
could definitely see making a read-only interface to looking up
information... as for editing via mobile phone, I think I'd rather stick
knitting needles into my eyes.
Moreover, the [[Gopher]] en articles use ~ 13 KB wich
might be compressed
using the gzip option that mobil phone browser *might* support. I am not
aware of gopher browser supporting compression. So that's non-sen ;)
-- David