Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:17:02 -0500 (EST) Return-Path: <spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu> Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from stockholm.ptloma.edu (stockholm.ptloma.edu [199.106.86.50]) by pi.glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7923B81F for <gopher@complete.org>; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:17:02 -0500 (EST) Received: (from spectre@localhost) by stockholm.ptloma.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA31688 for gopher@complete.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:21:54 -0800 From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu> Message-Id: <200203210221.SAA31688@stockholm.ptloma.edu> Subject: [gopher] Re: The road ahead In-Reply-To: <p05010406b8bebf1c74fa@[205.189.158.32]> from Robert Hahn at "Mar 20, 2 06:00:12 pm" To: gopher@complete.org Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:21:54 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL39 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 522 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

> I wish gopher would permit people to send data back to the server. > One reason why I think the web exploded in #'s of users is that there > was two way interaction (through html forms). Amazingly enough, email > has that very same quality - and look how popular *it* is. Gopher is > a one-way street, more or less. For those who'd disagree, sending > requests could conceivably be sending data, but there's too little > flexibility in the kinds of data to send back.

What about ASK forms? Still primitive but the functionality does exist.

-- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser@stockholm.ptloma.edu -- "The Internet is, once again, your friend" (I wrote this *before* PacBell!)