OmniWeb 5.9.2
Omni Group has announced the availability of their Mac only, WebKit-based browser OmniWeb 5.9.2, which adds Gopher (wikipedia), a network protocol that allows users to search and retrieve items from the Internet, such as documents and graphic images.
“Gopher support is something we’ve been working on for a long time,” said Ken Case, Omni Group CEO. “Now OmniWeb users have the rare opportunity to retrieve data from other servers on the Internet without the complications of using an FTP program. Using nothing more than a simple menu program, users have unprecedented access to the world’s information systems. For instance, just today I was able to access a weather report via Gopher, so I knew to bring my umbrella to work. The future is now!”
Get your copy of OmniWeb 5.9.2 here (English only version, 14.1MB).
Memories
I haven’t used or even heard about Gopher since the late ’90s and the story at that time was how the protocol had fallen into disuse and become moribund. That said, there are still people out there using Lynx (wikipedia), a text-only browser that’s well suited for terminal interfaces.
This talk of Gopher and Lynx reminds me (anyone remember Pine?) of my first years on the web using an LC 575 and analog (1800 baud) modem.
See also:
— OmniWeb 5.9.1 quashes bugs, extends features
— Camino 1.6.7 released
— Stainless hits 0.54, Chrome still missing
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