This is great. As a University of Minnesota graduate I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for gopher. Even in 2010 I remember we had some old gopher documentation floating around the IT department. Here's a summary[1] of its history.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/business/2016/08/rise-and-fall-gopher-protocol/" rel="nofollow">https://www.minnpost.com/business/2016/08/rise-and-fall-goph...</a>
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494649" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494649</a><p>Here is the link from Feb 25, 2009<p>Note this number = 494649<p>Today = 19 247493<p>Nineteen (19) Million Posts etc later (mas o menos)
Very cool! Someone should update Wikipedia and add this as a Gopher server implementation.<p>Perhaps soon there will also be a Revival section to add, if enough interest is generated. My curiosity has certainly been piqued!
Perfect protocol for low-bandwidth, text-only networks like Ubiquitilink.<p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/ubiquitilink-advance-means-every-phone-is-now-a-satellite-phone/" rel="nofollow">https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/ubiquitilink-advance-means...</a>
Because of this post, I've spent the last few hours re-exploring gopher spaces on sdf.org. Half that time was spent reading xmanmonk's "What The...?" phlog from the start. I have no clue if they're real or just stories, but either way, they're great reads.
Gopher in 2019 sounds a bit strange.. Yes, but fun, and free from all the "value-added" crud that we usually have to put up with. My gopherhole is attracting around 1000 visitors monthly.
Isn't this "everything that's new is bad, let's get back to old days" rather tiresome?<p>Not trying to be the hater here. I'd just like to know what's so appealing about stuff where all the improvements we've had since the 80s aren't noticeable, like HiDPI displays, easy access to embedded 4k HDR video without requiring stuff like Flash or Silverlight.