[gopher] Re: UI design of the next new gopher client?
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Tree views would be very useful. Remember that Gopher in the crudest sense is
functionally equivalent to a hierarchical CD-ROM file system (which is why it
can be mounted as a FUSE device. See:
gopher://home.jumpjet.info/11\Begin_Here\Clients\Unix-based\gopherfs ;).
Something with a TUI (Text-based User Interface, I.E. like the DOS Norton
Commander file manger
gopher://home.jumpjet.info/11\DOS_Lives\Applications\Norton_Commander_file_manager or
XTree Pro) File Manager type interface would be great. A graphical example
might be like the FileZilla FTP Client interface (
gopher://home.jumpjet.info/11\Win2k_Hosting\Enhancements\Accessories\FileZilla ;).
--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Nuno J. Silva <nunojsilva@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Nuno J. Silva <nunojsilva@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [gopher] Re: UI design of the next new gopher client?
To: gopher@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 5:16 PM
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:19:49 -0400
"Avery M." <averym@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't think these ideas make good use of Gopher's major
differences
> from the Web. Gopher is not hypertext; it doesn't need the
> "full-window box" arrangements we have for websites. Since
Gopher is a
> hierarchy, I would imagine a series of columns, with the most recent
> list you viewed on the right, so that you can glance back at previous
> pages as you move through the links. Text, images, and HTML, of
> course, should get a full 80 columns-- perhaps they could be displayed
> in an adjustable panel beneath the hierarchy, like in e-mail.
> Something like this would be great for casual browsing:
>
> ______________________________
> |_File___Help________________X_|
> | [1] Images | [1] Fiction |
> | [2] eTexts --> | [2] Sci-fi |
> | [3] Links |v[3] README v|
> |==============================|
> | This eText library is a colle|
> | of Creative Commons and publi|
> | domain files published to Pro|
> | Gutenberg and other sources. |
> |______________________________|
> |_README_(Text_file)______800b_|
>
> Avery
And what about a tree?
Today I looked at a screenshot from some mozilla build with an old
Gecko engine, which rendered gopher in 'tree-view':
gopher://gopher.quux.org/g/Software/Gopher/screenshots/mozilla.gif
Something like:
______________________________
|_File___Help________________X_|
| [2] eTexts |
| [1] Fiction |
| [2] Sci-fi |
| >[3] README |
|==============================|
| This eText library is a colle|
| of Creative Commons and publi|
| domain files published to Pro|
| Gutenberg and other sources. |
|______________________________|
|_README_(Text_file)______800b_|
(And I vote 'yes' on tabbed-browsing. At least I like it and use it
(with http).)
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Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)
LEIC student at Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisbon, Portugal
Homepage: http://njsg.no.sapo.pt/
Gopherspace: gopher://sdf-eu.org/11/users/njsg
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- [gopher] sigh.., (continued)
[gopher] Re: UI design of the next new gopher client?, Peter Tynan, 2008/06/17
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