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Developer finds Gopher apps on Android all lacking
Original: New post on my website! Gopher Apps on Android I did find several Gopher clients for Android! But they're all incomplete
A developer reviewed several Gopher client apps for Android and found them all incomplete, awkward, or losing compatibility with the old hypertext protocol. In the end he returned to Lagrange, a Gemini browser that handles Gopher well, comparing it favorably to how Netscape once handled the early web. The post highlights the fragile state of niche retro-protocol software on modern mobile platforms.
Why now: Retro-protocol enthusiasts are interested in the declining state of Gopher support on Android and the rise of Gemini clients.
GopherAndroidLagrangeGemini protocol
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- New post on my website! Gopher Apps on Android I did find several Gopher clients for Android! But they're all incomplete, awkward, or rapidly losing compatibility. So I've gone back to Lagrange, which handles Gopher in a Gemini client better than Netscape ever did in a web… · kelson@notes.kvibber.com · 3
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