Gopher Client

Utilities

Free · Designed for iPad

"gopher n. 1. Any of various short tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Geomyidae, of North America. 2. (Amer. colloq.) Native or inhabitant of Minnesota: the Gopher State. 3. (Amer. colloq.) One who runs errands, does odd-jobs, fetches or delivers documents for office staff. 4. (computer tech.) software following a simple protocol for burrowing through a TCP/IP internet." - From RFC 1436 describing Gopher Way back in the early 1990's, Gopher was a major part of the internet. Over the years it has waned, but there are still quite a few Gopher servers running. This is is a modern Gopher browser for iOS. Built from the ground up, it lets you access the wealth of data available via Gopher from your favorite devices. What this offers: - Clean, browser style user interface - Access to Gopher servers - Supports text files, images, directories - Opens WWW links in Safari - Supports Veronica-2, Contrition, and other search systems for searching the Gopherspace - Bookmarks - Adjustable text size & optional "reflow" of text documents for improved readability Limitations: - This does not support binary files other than images - This does not support the non-standard Gopher+ extensions, or CSO selectors

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This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. This is a small update that improves the display of menus that contain non-standard document types.

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    • Seller
      • Charles Childers
    • Size
      • 1.6 MB
    • Category
      • Utilities
    • Compatibility
      Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
      • iPhone
        Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
      • iPad
        Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
      • iPod touch
        Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
      • Apple Vision
        Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    • Languages
      • English
    • Age Rating
      16+
    • Copyright
      • © 2017 - 2018, Charles Childers