[gopher] Hello Gopher Project

[Mateusz Viste]

Specifically, I use Firefox with Overbite (on my laptop), Overbite for 
Android (on my phone) and Gopherus (on my DOS desktop) for all my my 
gopher needs.

The md upgrade of Overbite for Android, while very respectable, might 
not be the best example of 'why md could be relevant', since Overbite 
was already supporting html rendering, giving much more flexibility than 
what md can provide.

What kind of browser do we have out there, that do not support html, but 
could be realistically upgraded with markdown support other than 
'display it as text'?

Mateusz



On 12/15/2014 10:17 AM, James Mills wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Mateusz Viste <mateusz at viste.fr
> <mailto:mateusz at viste.fr>> wrote:
>
>     About markdown: I am not sure that multiplication of gopher types is
>     a good thing, as it's already somewhat a mess right now. The main
>     question would be probably to know what are the benefits of
>     markdown? If I understood correctly, it's a text format that brings
>     simplistic 'rich' content with a set of font styles. As you noted,
>     some people (me included) are using html on gopher, which already
>     provides such capabilities. It also allows to use links, and embed
>     images (does markdown allow this?). html is supported by virtually
>     anything nowadays, that provides some graphical rendering... So I am
>     not convinced markdown support would bring any significant
>     improvements to gopher. Nonetheless, I'll listen to other's
>     arguments with much interest.
>
>
> How do you do this specifically?
>
> The only viable Browser client I know of is Firefox with Overbite.
>
> It's the the sheer lack of "Browser" support for Gopher that
> I would say Markdown rendering has a place in the context
> of new/improved clients (e.g: The update Kevin made for
> Overbite for Android).
>
> cheers
> James
>
>
> James Mills / prologic
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