[gopher] Updated Gopher RFC

[Damien Carol]

It's becoming my proposal :

  *Old one*

*My Proposal*

*Name*

*Description*

1

1

MENU

Menu

0

0

TEXT

Small text file, render directly in browser in easy way

3

3

ERROR

Tell client that result is KO

7

7

INDEX / PROGRAMS

You now it

9

9

BINARY

Binary, generic one









5

5

ARCHIVE

Binary but check it as ARCHIVE (zip, rar, etc…)

g, P, I

I

Image File

Binary but check it as IMAGE (JPG, GIF, BMP, etc…)

;

V

Video File

Binary but check it as VIDEO (AVI, MKV, etc….)

s

A

Audio File

Binary but check it as AUDIO (WAV, mp3, etc…)

d

D

Document Text File

Binary but check it as TEXT (Plain, Word, ODF, etc…)









h

E

EXTERNAL URL

Check the selector for "URL:"

With this table the client can easily manage type and everything is simple.



2012/5/9 Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com>

> > I think instead of adding more types, we could remove types and
> > simplify.  The would be:
> >
> >   * Plain text (ASCII or UTF-8)
> >   * Binary data
> >   * HTML text (ASCII or UTF-8)
> >   * gopher directory
> >   * info pseudo-type
> >   * Media
> >
> > The "media" type would simply be binary data with a hint to the UI to
> > attempt to display it based on its extension.
>
> I'd rather still keep the division into sound, movies and images,
> especially
> since menus don't communicate resource size, and it gives the user on a
> slow connection and/or slow computer something to expect.
>
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Damien CAROL
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