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From: news@zzo38computer.org.invalid
Subject: Re: In the news
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:51:50 -0800
Message-ID: <1643591592.bystand@zzo38computer.org>
David <david@arch.invalid> wrote:
Indeed! Suppose Gemini built on HTTP(S) instead of the current TOFU
approach, and used AsciiDoc, MarkDown or whatever as a default text
format ...
- Would http(s):plain/markdown have a catchy name, say Mercury?
- Would such beautiful clients exist like Amfora and Lagrange?
- Would there be concerns about privacy that do not exist with Gemini?
- Would there be a tangible community around it, a Wikipedia page?
This newsgroup?
I suppose it is possible. It does not need its own URI scheme; the existing
"http" and "https" schemes will work. It can still be given its own name,
instead of "WWW", but does not need its own URI scheme.
However, the existing Gemini is good enough, instead of adding many things
that are not needed. Better is to just design better protocols/formats
but other ways can be work, too.
Near the end of article <1643573802.bystand@zzo38computer.org>, I mentioned
a way in which t could be implemented without too much difficulty even in
future versions of existing web browsers (hopefully), but would also be
possible to make the simpler client implementing only a subset of the
features and still have better user customization, etc; in this way, the
protocol becomes interoperable.
Interoperable protocol is not the only way to do, but it is one way. I
still think that the separate protocol/format (like Gemini is, although
there are some things I would have done a bit differently) would be better,
but that will not always be compatible.
(Of course there are still many problems with the commonly used protocols
and formats, but it is possible to make data/services available with multiple
protocols and/or file formats, if wanted, too, just as well as programs can
be available for multiple kind of computers, etc.)
--
Don't laugh at the moon when it is day time in France.
Parent:
Re: In the news (by David <david@arch.invalid> on Sun, 30 Jan 2022 11:02:47 +0100)
Start of thread:
In the news (by David <david@arch.invalid> on Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:07:21 +0100)