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Re:A look at the Gemini protocol: a brutally simple alternat... by contextfree on Saturday July 04, 2020 @05:58PM (#23735211)
Why's it either one or the other? You could have one browser application for no-nonsense textual or informational pages and one for wacky personal geocities/myspace style pages. Feel free to enjoy both, either separately, or if you want more integration you're free to use the underlying OS shell to switch between them, read them side-by-side, link between them, etc.
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Re:A look at the Gemini protocol: a brutally simple alternat... by yoz-y on Sunday July 05, 2020 @04:17AM (#23737303)
> You could have one browser application for no-nonsense textual or informational pages and one for wacky personal geocities/myspace style pages.

Hence the idea of a separate markdown only browser. I don’t think http is the problem here. So it would be better to reuse as much existing tech as possible.

Note: Personally I don’t think it would catch on, the convenience of handling everything in one program is just too high.

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