Overbite Project brings Gopher protocol to Android

Nafta · Jul 6, 2010

The Overbite Project is an open-source effort to produce browser plugins and client applications that enable support for Gopher, an early network protocol that preceded HTML and the contemporary World Wide Web. The lead developer behind the project is retrocomputing enthusiast Cameron Kaiser, one of the few remaining champions of gopherspace. His latest undertaking is a mobile Gopher client for Google's Android operating system.

The Overbite application for Android is still at an early stage of development, but an alpha release is available for users who want to help test the software. I installed it on my Nexus One smartphone to see the primordial protocol in action on Android. After installing the application, I was able to view Gopher content on the Internet.

You can download the APK file and the source code from the Overbite website. Kaiser says that the program will eventually be available through the Android Market when it is ready for widespread use. The code is distributed under a BSD license.
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Seref · Jul 6, 2010

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