a space case for transparent gemtext compression

[Almaember]

On 19/06/2021 10:59, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> If I understand correctly your proposal, you suggest to change,
> neither the protocol nor the gemtext format, but to push browser
> authors to recognize text/gemini+gzip and act accordingly.
>
> In that case, I see two issues:
>
> * how the end user of a browser without compression support will know
> in advance if the file is compressed or not? From the file extension?
> It is not always present.
>
> => ilovecompression.gmiz I cannot read it
> => plain.gmi I can read it
The client could display a simple indicator on the UI. I'm pretty sure some browsers already display the MIME-type.

This isn't our decision, but the client authors'.
>
> * today, every browser can read every Gemini file. Your proposal
> seems to imply that some users will now see only a part of the
> Geminispace, the uncompressed one. This is the same problem we have
> when trying to use the Web with lynx or dillo: we can see only a part
> of it.

Progress comes at a price. And, this is an unfinished protocol, at least officially.

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