[gopher] fld.gp: now shorten those Gopher URLs for social media

[Michael Beaveridge]

I don’t have a problem clicking on gopher links in mac’s mail app.  You just have to set up your system to do something with them.  They also underline fine for me, and presently I have firefox open up the links.  You can use seamonkey or Omniweb as well, or direct it to lynx.  Does your mac not make a link out of gopher://gopher.hamnet.ca ?

.michael

> On May 20, 2016, at 10:27 PM, Kim Holviala <kim at holviala.com> wrote:
> 
> Wow, that's a really good idea! Even Mail.app cannot handle gopher links properly so having a http->gopher link really helps.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> - Kim
> 
> 
> 
>> On 21 May 2016, at 08:19, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It's time we had a shortener for Gopher links, and this one is designed
>> so that the same resource, no matter if Gopher and HTTP, will get you to
>> the right place. Perfect for social media that has no idea what a Gopher
>> link is and the clueless people who run those sites.
>> 
>> Try it out on itself:
>> 
>> 	gopher://fld.gp/1j/p
>> 
>> AND
>> 
>> 	http://fld.gp/1j/p
>> 
>> fld.gp links may be considered permanent, but see the ToS.
>> 
>> -- 
>> ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ --
>> Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com
>> -- there's a dance or two in the old dame yet. -- mehitabel -------------------
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