given how complex and, by extension, vulnerable, the modern "web" has become, are there any sort of "gopher 2.0" projects out there that aim to provide a reasonably nice browsing experience, without having so much flexibility that you can cut your head off?
@bobdobberson Search queries are customarily sent via "GET" requests: <gemini://example.net/search?the%20user%20input>, there are search engines relying on this. Gemini deliberately does not include a method for sending large blobs of data, there was an effort on a companion spec called "Titan" that'd allow essentially "PUT", but implementer interest was low.
@bobdobberson The example I gave is right from the spec: https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/protocol-specification.gmi#input-expected CGI is completely orthogonal, as that is a question of how the server is implemented. People use "GET"-requests for search engines, chat, etc. And SSH client certificates for auth/login. Sure, it has fewer features than HTTP, because that is the entire point, to have as few features as possible and prevent future feature creep as much as possible at the same time (e.g. the response header cannot be extended in a compliant way).
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