From 7bcd33dba38209753e441217536cc9bde1929f9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Buetow Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 16:41:28 +0100 Subject: Use an AI to correct some of the grammar --- .../html/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/html/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html') diff --git a/content/html/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html b/content/html/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html index 2d7fe87b..f894dc22 100644 --- a/content/html/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html +++ b/content/html/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ li { color: #98be65; }

Welcome to the Geminispace

Have you reached this article already via Gemini? You need a special client for that, web browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari etc. don't support the Gemini protocol. The Gemini address of this site (or the address of this capsule as people say in Geminispace) is:

gemini://buetow.org
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If you however still use HTTP then you are just surfing the fallback HTML version of this capsule. In that case I suggest to read on what this is all about :-).

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If you however still use HTTP then you are just surfing the fallback HTML version of this capsule. In that case I suggest reading on what this is all about :-).

 
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All what I wanted was to read an interesting article but after a big advertising pop-up banner appeared and made everything worse I gave up and closed the browser tab.

 
Discovering the Gemini internet protocol

 
Around the same time I discovered a relatively new more lightweight protocol named Gemini which does not support all these CPU intensive features like HTML, JavaScript and CSS do. Also, tracking and ads is not supported by the Gemini protocol.

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The "downside" is that due to the limited capabilities of the Gemini protocol all sites look very old and spartanic. But that is not really a downside, that is in fact a design choice people made. It is up to the client software how your capsule looks. For example you could use a graphical client with nice font renderings and colours to improve the appearance. Or you could just use a very minimalistic command line black-and-white Gemini client. It's your (the user's) choice.

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The "downside" is that due to the limited capabilities of the Gemini protocol all sites look very old and spartan. But that is not really a downside, that is in fact a design choice people made. It is up to the client software how your capsule looks. For example, you could use a graphical client with nice font renderings and colors to improve the appearance. Or you could just use a very minimalistic command line black-and-white Gemini client. It's your (the user's) choice.

 Screenshot Amfora Gemini terminal client surfing this site:Screenshot Amfora Gemini terminal client surfing this site

 
Why is there a need for a new protocol? As the modern web is a superset of Gemini, can't we just use simple HTML 1.0? That's a good and valid question. It is not a technical problem but a human problem. We tend to abuse the features once they are available. You can be sure that things stay simple and efficient as long as you are using the Gemini protocol. On the other hand you can't force every website in the modern web to only create plain and simple looking HTML pages.

 
My own Gemini capsule

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As it is very easy to setup and maintain your own Gemini capsule (Gemini server + content composed via the Gemtext markup language) I decided to create my own. What I really like about Gemini is that I can just use my favourite text editor and get typing. I don't need to worry about the style and design of the presence and I also don't have to test anything in ten different web browsers. I can only focus on the content! As a matter of fact I am using the Vim editor + it's spellchecker + auto word completion functionality to write this. 

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As it is very easy to set up and maintain your own Gemini capsule (Gemini server + content composed via the Gemtext markup language) I decided to create my own. What I really like about Gemini is that I can just use my favorite text editor and get typing. I don't need to worry about the style and design of the presence and I also don't have to test anything in ten different web browsers. I can only focus on the content! As a matter of fact, I am using the Vim editor + it's spellchecker + auto word completion functionality to write this. 

 
Advantages summarised

 
 
Dive into deep Gemini space

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Check out one of the following links for more information about Gemini. For example you will find a FAQ which explains why the protocol is named "Gemini". Many Gemini capsules are dual hosted via Gemini and HTTP(S), so that people new to Gemini can sneak peak the content with a normal web browser. As a matter of fact, some people go as far as tri-hosting all their content via HTTP(S), Gemini and Gopher.

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Check out one of the following links for more information about Gemini. For example, you will find a FAQ which explains why the protocol is named "Gemini". Many Gemini capsules are dual hosted via Gemini and HTTP(S), so that people new to Gemini can sneak peek the content with a normal web browser. As a matter of fact, some people go as far as tri-hosting all their content via HTTP(S), Gemini and Gopher.

 gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space

 https://gemini.circumlunar.space

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E-Mail me your throughts at comments@mx.buetow.org!

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E-Mail me your thoughts at comments@mx.buetow.org!

 
 
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