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Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length.

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From Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid>
Subject Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length.
Newsgroups comp.infosystems.gopher
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Date 2025-03-02 15:59 +1000
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Arti F. Idiot <addr@is.invalid> wrote:
> If you're still up for more UMN Gopher client hacking you might
> try getting it to scroll multi-page menus that DON'T have actual
> links, i.e. phlogs that are menus consisting of mostly Type "i".
> It seems to be the only client I've tested that fails to scroll
> these types of menus.

Is that not a warning from Gopher developers past that Type 'i'
shouldn't be used like that? I like having long text and navigation
separated in the traditional Gopher way, it makes keyboard
navigation much more practical than on the Web.

Also I hate always needing up-to-date Web browsers to browse the
Web, so I'd prefer Gopher content to stick with the formatting
which works in old Gopher clients anyway, ideally back to the
1990s. UMN Gopher is a good role model for the old ways.

I imagine it bearing a sign:

             You are entering UMN Gopherspace
 No pseudo-webpages, UTF-8, or long lines past this point!

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UMN Gopher - menu title length. IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> - 2025-02-25 18:57 +0000
  Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. Stone Fox <stone@unix.dog> - 2025-02-26 21:29 +0000
  Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. Lawrence Woodman <lorrywoodman@gmail.com> - 2025-02-28 09:03 +0000
    Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. Lawrence Woodman <lorrywoodman@gmail.com> - 2025-02-28 09:35 +0000
      Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. Stone Fox <stone@unix.dog> - 2025-02-28 22:21 +0000
    Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> - 2025-03-01 20:30 +0000
      Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. "Arti F. Idiot" <addr@is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 20:42 -0700
        Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-03-02 15:59 +1000
        Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> - 2025-03-02 10:58 +0000
          Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. jeojet@not.valid - 2025-03-02 16:13 +0000
            Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> - 2025-03-02 18:36 +0000
          Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. morena <morena@morena.rip> - 2025-03-03 20:39 +0100
            Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> - 2025-03-03 21:00 +0000
              Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. morena <morena@morena.rip> - 2025-03-03 23:42 +0100
                Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> - 2025-03-03 23:04 +0000
      Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. Stone Fox <stone@unix.dog> - 2025-03-02 21:34 +0000
        Re: UMN Gopher - menu title length. IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> - 2025-03-03 23:23 +0000

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