[gopher] Re: basic newb info

[Rich Roberts <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16 Aug 2005, at 21:07, Tom Copley wrote:

>> a gopher server ( gopher.multijoy.com, not
>> much content as yet, but at least it's there))
>>
>
> Rich,
>
> I took a quick look at your gopher tree and there is a lot of good  
> info
> there that can become part of any wiki on gopher.  I saw the U of Minn
> mother gopher there too.  It breaks my heart to see this link dead,  
> but,
> ah, such is life, eh?

Heh, most of it's straight from the default gophermap, I still need  
to tidy it up!

>
>
>> It all seems so much cleaner, to my mind. Might be worth pushing the
>> accessibility point? screen readers love it,
>> text is easily magnified/contrasted etc.
>>
>
> Can you elaborate on these points a little, please?

Well, it's an ordered, text based interface, so screen readers will  
find it easier to parse then a cluttered web page, even when viewed  
through lynx.
As to contrast, and magnification, a text only interface copes much  
more gracefully with this sort of shennanigans than a page full of flash

Thinking about it, does anyone know if the University of Portsmouth  
maintained a gopher server back in the day? I work for them, so I may  
drop the informatics chaps a line and see if they've got backups, and  
try and resurrect it.

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