Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.infosystems.gemini
Subject	Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols
Date	2024-03-17 10:44 +0100
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On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, news@zzo38computer.org.invalid wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>> I don't know the definition of small web protocols, but my greatest hits
>> that I still use is imap/smtp, nntp and very rarely irc.
>
> I don't really know what is the definition either (I just guessed when I
> was making a list).
>
> I commonly use SMTP, NNTP, and IRC. (I run my own mail server, so I do not
> need IMAP.) I am also on ifMUD, which I use a plain TCP connection with
> line mode.
>
> (I have also used plain TCP connection when playing a RPG over internet
> with only one player and the GM, using nc, ts, and tee, to make the
> connection and to make log files.)
>
> I do not commonly use FTP, but have occasionally done sometimes.
>
>> I'd love to shift over to gopher, but there's not a lot of stuff I cannot
>> get in other places there, so it mostly seems a place for long form random
>> blog posts.
>
> It is also possible to post a file on multiple services, if this is
> desirable, although there are a few considerations of doing this, too.
> (It would work best for plain ASCII text files, probably)
>
> But, if you prefer to post your files on only gopher, then I think that
> also works; you can easily link between them anyways (although in Gopher
> you must use the "hURL" trick because it doesn't have a "proper" way to
> do it), and many Gemini clients also implement Gopher too.
>
>

I like the idea of seeing goher and gemini as complements and not 
competitors. Is gemini backwards compatible with gopher by design, or is 
the idea to "pull away" from gopher eventually?

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  Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols Arkholt <arkholt@gmail.com> - 2024-03-16 07:19 +0000
    Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2024-03-16 10:28 +0042
      Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols news@zzo38computer.org.invalid - 2024-03-16 16:29 -0700
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      Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-03-16 21:55 +0100
        Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2024-03-16 21:44 +0000
          Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-03-17 10:42 +0100
          Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols Chris Narkiewicz <hello@ezaquarii.com> - 2024-03-17 14:24 +0000
            Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2024-03-17 14:29 +0000
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            Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-17 16:19 +0100
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