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I've started building a Gopher server in Rust. Nothing fancy, just a way to learn Rust and dig into the Gopher protocol. Eventually want it to support simultaneous serving of Gopher, Gemini, Nex and HTML. Maybe it uses gmi files as a default and converts to the rest?
it's gotten me thinking, what would be a next step with the advancement of Gemini. This protocol has made me appreciate reading and having actual conversations through BBS & replies to my logs.
I feel a next step Gemini browser would incorporate replies and some type of communication vector into the browsing experience. You view a capsule, you can see info on who runs it and start a conversation from the browser with the individual. You read a gemlog and replies from other capsules are shown in the browser. That clients acts as a combination Gemini browser, finger client, IRC and gem log aggregator.
Just some thoughts. If you couldn't tell, Gemini gets me really excited and has truly rekindled a love for the internet within me!
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