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[ANN] Fafi, a Racket-based client

Luke Emmet luke at marmaladefoo.com

Sat Aug 15 09:51:06 BST 2020

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On 12-Aug-2020 23:57, Andre Garzia wrote:

I'm new to this list, to Racket, and to Gemini, but I am quite happy

to be here because I have an interesting project to share. I have

built a simple Graphical Gemini client using Racket, it should run in

any platform Racket runs (I have tested it on Windows, macOS and Linux).

The most interesting parts of it are the fact that it supports tabs,

which is a feature I don't think is yet common among the clients, and

that it converts gemtext into a cute s-expression based representation.

At the moment it doesn't pass all the 51 tests in the client torture

list but IIRC it passes more than 40 of them. Anyway, I need to fix

redirecton loops and I can't support some of the TLS stuff because

Racket is shipping TLS 1.2.

Welcome to the ecosystem!

Its great to see another client. There are a couple of other clients that support tabs like Kristall and amfora (that I know of). Others take the approach of forking the browsing session with a new window (like my own, GemiNaut). Personally I like to be able to use the normal OS features to manage application windows, and each fork of the browsing session feels more to me like a separate thread through Geminispace to be independently minimised, maximised, etc. Some folk seem to prefer tabs though.

On a slightly separate note, I saw from your profile you have a background in FirefoxOS. I know it had its ups and downs, but it does live on in KaiOS which is gaining a wide user base particularly outside Europe and North America. I have a a Nokia 2720 which I love as a flip phone, for its relative simplicity and for its battery life. There is a simple marketplace of apps.

So a quick question - do you think it could be possible to write a gemini client for KaiOS? Personally, it would be great to be able to check a few pages when on the move. And more importantly, it would open gemini up to a wide and diverse range of potential new users who may have a lot to contribute.

Best Wishes

- Luke