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Project Gemini

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327 points andsoitis | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 15:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.258s | source
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userbinator ◴[18 Nov 25 04:26 UTC] No.45961391[source]▶
Maybe this is just me showing my age, but I don't understand why reinvent everything when you could just go back to something like HTML 2.0 or even 3.2 with some minor changes. I probably hate what happened with the "modern web" as much as the Gemini developers, but going full NIH is unlikely to be a good solution when there's an existing "unmodern web" to develop for, and as a bonus, can be experienced even with a modern browser.

Never underestimate interoperability.

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1. projektfu ◴[18 Nov 25 12:26 UTC] No.45964678[source]▶
The advantage of a separate protocol is that you know that every available site will be limited. If you use a search engine, it will give you a result your limited browser can read. If you use an old or limited web browser (Dillo, e.g.), then you will still have the problem of discovery of Smolweb content.