[gopher] gopher++ (gopher1) protocol

[Kim Holviala]

On 2010-01-11 19:41, Alex Nordlund wrote:

>> The server MUST be able to convert all image resources to GIF, PNG and JPEG
>> formats. A client SHOULD not request for any other format than those three.
>
> What's with the vector hate?

What's with the hate towards my doc?

I didn't think of vector formats - the problem with them is that they're 
usually extremely complicated compared to raster stuff like GIF or even 
PNG (I admit that JPEG is complicated too). SVG is nice though. The main 
idea was simply to provide a mean for a small simple client to display 
small simple image formats (assisted by the server).

>> The server SHOULD be able to convert PDF and PostScript resources to the any
>> of the above three image formats and to plain text. A client SHOULD not ask
>> for anything else.
>
> What about rtf, doc and docx?

Um, who wouldn't want a converter from docx to ANY other format?

>> The server SHOULD be able to convert all audio resources to either WAV, MP3
>> or OGG Vorbis. A client SHOULD not ask for any other format.
>
> What about us who have to have our audio in a lossless format?

Just download it as application/octet-stream. It's in the spec. Why 
would you ask for an MP3 if you didn't want one?

>> The server SHOULD be able to convert all video resources to either MPEG or
>
> Why not h.264?
> You can make it quite small and still retain awesome amounts of quality.

True, but actually all of the movie (and sound) stuff should be removed 
from the doc. I got a bit carried away with the conversion stuff....



- Kim