[jmclnx]

There is a whole world out there, gemini and gopher, that has all kind of information.

lynx works well with gopher and amfora for gemini. Plus on cell phones deedum also for gemini.

some links:

gopher://sdf.org/1/

gemini://sdf.org

gemini://gem.sdf.org

[elicksaur]

A counter perspective by the maker of amfora (which appears to be in maintenance mode)

> After a lot of thinking, I’ve realized there is one main reason I don’t keep coming back to Gemini: it offers no advantage over how I already use the Web.

https://www.makeworld.space/2023/08/bye_gemini.html

[dnel]

That may be true if you routinely use a text mode web browser and get all your content from RSS feeds, I've certainly moved more in that direction to avoid the sensory overload of the modern web.

I still find Gemini great for reading long-form content though, I appreciate Gemtext is the important factor in this and if web browsers would render it over HTTPS then great, but I'm not aware of any that do.

I also like to use Gemini on vintage hardware that really struggle on the modern web, some of that hardware isn't even that old anymore, low-end devices from just 10 years ago with 2-4GB RAM will have a hard time nowadays.