~terry
Thu, Jul 25, 1996 (15:40)
seed
Before the 'web arrived, Gopher sites were the greatest thing to hit
the 'net since, well, the 'net itself. For the first time, information
could be organized and accessed in a hierachical manner. Entire
gopher sites could be set up as a series of menus branching down
into lower layers, with the lowest layers containing files, images,
text files, and similar data. With the arrival of search engines like
Veronica and Jughead, the information a gopher site contained
became much easier to find. Since the coming of the 'web, though,
gopher sites have become yesterday's news. While still popular,
gopher sites pale in comparison to web sites, especially due to the
gopher's lack of integrating text, sound, images, and video in a
graphically appealing layout. However, gopher sites remain popular
today for their ability to house extremely large collections of
information.
~terry
Thu, Jul 25, 1996 (15:41)
#1
The utility used to browse and navigate these sites are called
gophers, named after the mascot of the University of Minnesota,
which created the first gopher site. The gopher clients included here
are all viable candidates for gophering, but it is very important to
get a gopher client with a large collection of pre-installed,
bookmarked sites. The gopher with the most bookmarked sites is
WS Gopher; the others don't even come close. - Forrest Stroud (continued
from above).