# Userstyle for gopher.floodgap.com

May 14, 2019 · 1 minute read

Posted in:  gopher web css



If you don't have a gopher client handy, you can browse the gopherverse
using the [Floodgap Gopher-HTTP Gateway][0]. It will proxy gopher pages
to you over https, so you can read them in a browser that doesn't
support gopher. The OverbiteWX extension for Firefox uses it to handle
gopher URLs.

This is a very useful service, but the design is not very appealing to
me. Gopher is supposed to be simple plain text, it's true. But the lack
of margins and small text on the proxy website makes it hard for me to
read. I have written a very [small and simple userstyle][1] to make it
more readable. I had previously made it available on userstyles.org, but
they are associated with the less-than-scrupulous extension "Stylish".
You should instead be using the community-driven alternative, [Stylus][3].

![Screenshot of floodgap gopher proxy with userstyle][2]

[0]: https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw
[1]: /files/blog/gopher.floodgap.com.css
[2]: /images/blog/gopher.floodgap.com.png
[3]: https://github.com/openstyles/stylus

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