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Viability of *apps* on Gemini?

Gary Johnson lambdatronic at disroot.org

Thu Jan 28 18:07:49 GMT 2021

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tayevnge <tayevnge at posteo.net> writes:

Please help me understand viability of creating simple form-based apps
like message boards, job offer boards, etc on Gemini.
I am aware there are no multi-input forms but there seem to be an
"input" feature.
Does Gemini support or intends to support meaningful user input and
interactivity?
Is it realistic to build real world "text applications"?
How about multi-line user input, file upload etc?
Any example apps?

I described the current state of affairs around building dynamicapplications with Gemini and Gemtext in a recent message thread called"The Tragedy of &". You can see it in the mailing list archives here:

https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/004947.html

A great (and quite popular) Gemini app is Astrobotany, which you canfind here:

gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/

Have fun exploring Geminispace. The culture here celebrates doing morewith less. It's pretty uncommon to get new features added to theprotocol or markup language, so this drives people to get creative intheir thinking about how to mix-and-match protocols to build the thingsthey want or to find new solutions to old problems using Gemini's modesttoolkit.

Happy hacking! Gary

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