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Fri May 29 19:10:12 BST 2020
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Petite Abeille writes:
That said, if *I* would like *my* =
geo:13.4125,103.8667 link, in *my*
own authored text/gemini, to magically turn into some wacky inline Map
Web Snapshot behemoth [1], *I* will damn do so.
As long as you're only talking about how things render on _your_computer, I agree. But it's ultimately _my_ choice how to interpret_your_ authored text/gemini on _my_ computer.
This is going off-topic, but I think users tend to lose this power whenfaced with the gigantic sprawling mass of complexity that html+js+csshas become. There are only 2 or 3 (?) independent client implementationsin the *world*, meaning that nobody, to a very good approximation, has areal choice in how their devices interpret that mess in a useful way.`Contrast this with gopher and gemini, where implementations abound, andsomeone like me - who's not a software engineer by any stretch - can:
(a) be _completely_ in control of the (at least application-level)details of what my computer does with the stuff servers send me, and
(b) still usefully extract, with my own clients, the majority of themeaning that people are trying to convey using the protocols.
I'm _very_ thankful for the efforts people here have gone through to tryto ensure that users continue to have this level of control over thebehaviour of their own hardware.
Sorry for the ramble, but you struck a nerve! :-)
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