Comment by 👻 ps
Re: "Alhena 5.4.3 With Gopher And More"
Just my independent opinion as a developer: In Yoda, I plan to drop the other protocols that have already been implemented. Instead, I am considering rewriting the browser kit to use a framework that I can adapt for the specified protocol with a driver from the asset. I hope this will be helpful, and thank you for your work. Alhena is a really good browser!
2025-10-26 · 6 months ago
3 Later Comments ↓
🛰️ Caleb · 2025-10-26 at 16:23:
Oh! Cool, thanks for the new version! I'm Trying the Gopher support without problems atm!!
Regards!!
🍀 gritty · 2025-10-29 at 04:08:
Checking out the new version currently, and I like how you've continued to develop over the last half year. I'll give it a try for a while
🛸 bluesman [OP/mod] · 2025-10-29 at 11:34:
@gritty Thanks. It's nice to see you back. Let me know where Alhena falls short.
Original Post
Alhena 5.4.3 With Gopher And More — The headline feature is, you guessed it, native Gopher support. Most common selector types are supported and handled like you'd expect in Alhena (inline images, embedded media, etc). The 'h' selector - basically HTML served over Gopher - renders in Alhena's built-in HTML to Gemtext converter if "Convert Web Pages" is turned on. I added the same feature to Gemini. If the mimetype returned by a Gemini server is text/html, the document is converted and...