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Gopher 3.0 (Furry Terror) released To mark the tenth anniversary of
Gopher, the Gopher development team has released [14]version 3.0 of
the Internet Gopher Server and Client, " the first new release of the
UMN Gopher tree in five years and the result of a year's worth of
effort". This release includes fixes for many security bugs, better
MIME support, and support for current operating systems.
Gopher is a hypertext system that lacks the graphical capabilities of
the web, but it does have file download capabilities. Gopher has been
on the endangered species list for quite a while but it may be
experiencing a comeback in some circles. The Gopher format is still
supported by most of the common web browsers.
[15]The Gopher Project was in use prior to to the wide adoption of the
World Wide Web. It offered remote file access without the hassles of
logging into an FTP server.
Gopher tends to be a bit more efficient than the web, and is both
quicker to use and a lighter load on the server. It could still be a
useful protocol for bandwidth and graphics limited devices such as
wireless PDAs with small format screens.
The [16]Gopherspace Introduction promotes the protocol and illustrates
some of Gopher's history. [17]The Gopher Manifesto documents more
Gopher history and contains lots of fun Gopher trivia.
Downloads of the latest versions of the Gopher softweare packages
[18]are available here.
References
14. gopher://quux.org/h3.0.0.html
15.
http://quux.org/hurg/hurg?selector=/Software/Gopher&host=quux.org&port=70&username=The+Gopher+Project&type=1&cannedspiel=1
16.
http://quux.org/hurg/hurg?selector=%2Fgopher%2Fwelcome&port=70&type=0&host=gopher.floodgap.com&username=A+Brief+Introduction+to+Gopherspace
17.
http://quux.org/hurg/hurg?selector=0%2FSoftware%2FGopher%2Fwhygopher%2Fgopher-manifesto.txt&port=70&type=0&host=gopher.quux.org&username=Gopher+Manifesto
18. http://www.quux.org/give-me-gopher/
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