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Re: In the news

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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>

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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.

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Re: In the news (by David <david@arch.invalid> on Sun, 30 Jan 2022 11:02:47 +0100)

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In the news (by David <david@arch.invalid> on Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:07:21 +0100)