[ertian]

> Any slightly lengthy text will just bury you in a desert of letters.

So what do you make of books, then?

I don't think people "keep trying to make Gemini happen" in the sense that you mean. They're not aiming to replace the web. They've got a cozy little community that likes the 'smol', text-based web. And while 90% of people might think they're crazy, there are others out there who would like it too if only they knew it existed. Posts like this make the community a few individuals larger. I think that's the goal.

[PurpleRamen]

> So what do you make of books, then?

This webpage is not a book. It has a different purpose. With a book, I know what it contains, where it's leading to, usually they have an abstract for this.

I have nothing against Gemini and the people in general, I'm just saying the limitation is not working well for every type of text. Pictures and a bit more structure would be useful for the boring informative texts.

[antiframe]

Webpages aren't as monocultural as books, though. There are webpages that have interactive 3D models (which physical books can't). There are webpages that are basically books though. Some webpages will port well to gemtext, some will not. The purpose isn't to replace HTML. The purpose is to make long-form uninterrupted text a first-class citizen by forcing other elements to be second-class citizens.

[PurpleRamen]

> Webpages aren't as monocultural as books, though.

Depends on the definition of Webpage and book.

> There are webpages that have interactive 3D models (which physical books can't).

Pop-up-Books?

[troupo]

> So what do you make of books, then?

Have you ... seen books? You can't compare a medium as varied as books to a purposefully limited and primitive medium of Gemini.