On 05/06/13 15:07, mick wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:48:54 +0100 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk allegedly wrote:
The reason I installed gopher, was because of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29#Native_Gopher_support
Which didn't list any browsers I had, that could natively handle gopher, and I reasoned that I could install and install a small app with more control & safety, than I could install or uninstall a browser plug-in, BICBW, YMMV! :-)
And of course, ICBW...
Odd that. It must just show how long it must be since last tried to access a gopher server with a browser. I could swear "it just worked" last time I tried it. The scary thing is that the link you give above says that it was supported natively in Netscape. I can't remember the last time I used that browser. And what I hadn't spotted just now is that I was really only accessing a webserver on port 70, not a gopher server.
Time flies doesn't it? The last time I used it was in excess of ten years ago. I used it and thought - thsis is cool - shame practically no-one is using it now. I remember seeing settings in browsers for setting up WAIS and Gopher and I had wondered what they were. It probably did "just work" last time you did it - I think people have been dropping support for it gradually over time.
And I had forgotten that the gopher search engine (or gopher database) was called Veronica. Can you imagine people saying "just go veronica it....."
I love the RO in veronica standing for "Rodent Oriented" :-).
"Just Veronica it" doesn't sound too bad. I've watched a few episodes of the re-spin of Hawaii 5-O and there's some BLATANT M$ product placement in it. This one time (at band camp) one of the characters said "Just BING it". Eventually I worked out that they meant search for it in that search engine that a few people use. I think they were trying to instigate a catch phrase. I don't think it'll catch on.
Mick, re-reading what I wrote earlier, I realised it might be interpreted as a bit rude - it wasn't intended to be rude so sorry if seemed that way.
I think I should Gopher a walk now!
Cheers Steve