Re: Small web protocols / alternative protocols

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.

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I don't really know what is the definition either (I just guessed when I
was making a list).
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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.
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(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.)
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I do not commonly use FTP, but have occasionally done sometimes.
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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.

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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)
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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.
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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?