The Mercury protocol
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It's been a few weeks now that I really want to implement a simpler
version of Gemini. Much more for fun and learning than for anything
else. This simpler version would essentially remove the need for
TLS, and strip down gemtext to only links.
Why? I love Gopher, but it's not possible to allow virtual hosting
with it. I also prefer the way Gemini approach document navigation.
It feels more natural (to me) than gophermaps and itemtypes. So I'd
be curious to see.
I was surprised to find out that solderpunk thought of something
similar. He called it the Mercury protocol. I might be
experimenting with it in the coming days to see what it could look
like.
