that is interesting! I used to use gopher in the 80’s and while it was fine for ‘read the FAQ at this address’ it was awful for discovery and navigation in the pre mouse era was a real chore. When http came out we couldn’t get enough. There was a coffee machine that was online and it was so wild to check in on this coffee machine in some college real time. Gopher was fine it definitely wasn’t fun and rarely was it very interesting. The web was interesting from the get go.
that is interesting! I used to use gopher in the 80’s and while it was fine for ‘read the FAQ at this address’ it was awful for discovery and navigation in the pre mouse era was a real chore. When http came out we couldn’t get enough. There was a coffee machine that was online and it was so wild to check in on this coffee machine in some college real time. Gopher was fine it definitely wasn’t fun and rarely was it very interesting. The web was interesting from the get go.