Castor: A browser for the small internet (Gemini, Gopher, Finger)
&quot;The small Internet&quot; is a really important thing. Broadband access is not nearly as ubiquitous outside major cities as people believe. People in rural areas may have slow and unreliable (and probably expensive at the same time) connections and retro hardware.<p>I&#x27;ve read about children climbing up old towers and waiting hours (!) for the school website to load so they can access their homework during the quarantine days. I bet the same information could be delivered in seconds if that was a Gemini or a Gopher page rather than a &quot;modern&quot; web page bloated with JavaScript frameworks and everything.<p>I would even suggest discussing an idea of making maintaining a good lo-fi (e.g. Gemini&#x2F;Gopher or pure HTML) site mandatory for organizations of certain kinds, the same way having wheelchair ramps and proper fire safety equipment is required.