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Introduction to Web Proxies or Gateways Into Gemini Space and Gemini Search (Gemini Protocol Over HTTP/HTML)

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Summary: Today we explore how to surf Gemini space, how to search Gemini space, and basically do everything through any Web browser, albeit indirectly; we demonstrate this using the Falkon Web browser

THE GEMINI space (or capsules accessible over Gemini, the protocol) is expanding fast. Over the past 6 months it saw astronomical growth and there are good reasons for it. Many sites do not require advanced features such as login, JavaScript, and multimedia. Those can be supported indirectly, even in Gemini, albeit they're rarely needed. Where they become necessary, however, it's possible to have canonical URLs for WWW/HTML/HTTP, wherein those more advanced uses can be facilitated.



"One can maintain both a Web site and Gemini presence, wherein one is accessible through the other (but not necessarily so)."Gemini isn't "small Web" or "dark Web". It's not even the Web. It's separate from it. But it's possible to access everything in Gemini right from the Web browser, no matter where you are or what browser you use (even an old and primitive one would do). At the moment there are 3 prominent Web proxies [1, 2, 3], as demonstrated above, and there's also Free software one can install on one's own Web site/server to facilitate access to one's Gemini capsule, as demonstrated here. So in a sense, the duality between the Web and Gemini is another selling point. One can maintain both a Web site and Gemini presence, wherein one is accessible through the other (but not necessarily so).

A sceptic might ask, why have both then? Why not just a Web site?

"Those aren't just proxies or technically gateways but also a 'gateway drug' towards Gemini itself (the real thing, direct access over the Gemini protocol)."For those who are complacent and perfectly happy with what Web browsers have become (extending Web standards to include DRM and lots of bloat) it would be harder to make the case for Gemini compelling enough. However, some of the more technical people know enough about the Web (and about Web browsers; some even developed their own) to realise the threat they pose, either through disinformation, privacy violations (not just for marketing), and planned obsolescence. Technical people aren't Luddites; they're just harder for marketing people to fool and they're always the one who warn most loudly about "voting machines" or electronic votes. In the case of the Web (and Web browsers' oligopolies that dictate the 'standard' and its devolution), geeks can see where we're going and they resist oppressive software/networks. Gemini is a response -- perhaps one among several -- that's potent and enjoys big momentum. IPFS tackles another kind of issue, notably scale and free speech. It makes it possible to store large files or large numbers of files in a distributed fashion. In the process, owing to redundancy, it also enhances free speech and stifles censorship.

The video above shows how to try out Gemini without SSH (as shown yesterday) and only with any Web browser. Those aren't just proxies or technically gateways but also a 'gateway drug' towards Gemini itself (the real thing, direct access over the Gemini protocol).

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