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A Hacker News discussion is asking why anyone would still use Gopher, the pre-web hypertext protocol from the early 1990s, in 2026. The debate was sparked by a personal phlog post on the SDF.org community server defending the protocol's simplicity, low bandwidth and small-web ethos. Commenters weighed Gopher's minimalist charm and independence from the modern, ad-heavy web against its practical limitations and tiny user base.
- 2Gopher: When the Internet Was Made of Menus●GOPHER – ALS DAS INTERNET AUS MENÜS BESTAND https:// gadgetchecks.de/gopher-als-das -internet-aus-menues-bestand/ # netz
A German tech site takes a look back at Gopher, the pre-web protocol that organized online content into simple hierarchical menus before the World Wide Web took over in the early 1990s. The retrospective explains how Gopher worked, why it lost out to HTTP and HTML, and what it meant for internet history and computing nostalgia.