Publication Date
2004
Selected Works Department
University Studies
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The World Wide Web, universally well known today, was preceded by an efficient software tool that was fondly named Gopher. The Internet Gopher, much like the Web, enabled users to obtain information quickly and easily. Why, then, did it disappear but the Web did not? Gopher faded into obscurity for two main reasons: hypertext and commerce.
File Name
Frana003_FT
Recommended Citation
Frana, Philip, "Before the web there was Gopher" (2004). Selected Works. 197.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/selectedworks/197
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