The Overbite Project
Bringing gopherspace back to modern operating systems, browsers
and mobile devices
Return to the Gopher protocol's
low bandwidth and high efficiency,
right from your mobile phone
or modern computer! Quickly connect to downloads, services
and servers maintained across the global Gopherspace using
the Overbite Project's free open source gopher client software.
What's Gopher good for? Gopher isn't a "mini-Web": it's an
efficient, low-impact
way to collect and organize documents, files and services.
Its hierarchical nature and menu-document model
complement the Web and FTP, and it is faster to access and simpler
to process.
Read our position statement:
Why is Gopher still relevant?
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OverbiteFF
for Mozilla Firefox
and SeaMonkey
PCs and Browsers
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OverbiteFF is a cross-platform
Mozilla Firefox,
TenFourFox
and
SeaMonkey add-on
that brings back Gopher support to Mozilla browsers with
an attractive and customizable interface, improved protocol support (including
CSO/ph, finger and whois),
and full integration with Firefox, TenFourFox and SeaMonkey
including downloads, bookmarkable
URLs and web-gopher interoperability. Use OverbiteFF 2.1's
new enhanced interface to view
documents and images and operate applications dynamically
from any gopher menu. Written in cross-platform JavaScript and
runs anywhere Firefox/TenFourFox or SeaMonkey runs,
including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux! Free and open-source!
Firefox 4, SeaMonkey 2.1
and all later versions no longer support Gopher internally.
Support for Gopher and other legacy protocols is only offered through
add-ons such as this one.
You can still download
OverbiteFF 1.1 for Firefox 2 (gopher URL). It is no longer supported.
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Overbite for Android™
Mobile
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If you're looking for a MIDlet version for your J2ME or
Java ME-compatible mobile device, look at
PocketGopher
by Felix Plesoianu! Includes source code.
If you're looking for an iOS Gopher client compatible
with iPad and iPhone, look at
GopherBrowse
by Richard Smith! A small pittance is requested to defray the Apple
developer tax.
Overbite for Android brings Gopher support to your Android 1.5+ mobile
phone or device. Seamlessly browse and switch back and
forth between the Web and Gopherspace, with full integration with Android
features such as support for multiple devices and resolutions, screen zoom,
Home screen shortcuts and portrait and landscape orientations. Handles
gopher:// URLs from the Browser automatically! Fast, uses minimal
bandwidth, and great for roaming or low-speed links where Web browsing may be
slow or costly!
Overbite for Android is a testing alpha. It is in a state of active
development. Please read the download and installation instructions
carefully.
Version 0.2 will be the final version to support Android 1.5.
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Overbite Chrome
PCs and Browsers
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Overbite Chrome is a cross-platform helper extension for Google Chrome
that allows you to transparently access Gopher URLs as you browse.
Although Chrome extensions cannot directly access the network, you can use
Overbite Chrome to handle gopher:// URLs just like any other URL by
forwarding them on to the gopher proxy of your
choice. Overbite Chrome allows you to type gopher:// URLs in the
location bar and rewrites Gopher URLs in web pages to point to
the proxy automatically -- all you do is point and click! Written in
cross-platform JavaScript and runs anywhere Chrome runs, including Mac
OS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux! Free and open-source.
Overbite Chrome is a testing alpha. It is in a state of
active development. Please read the download and installation
instructions carefully.
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Other Browsers
and Environments
Proxy
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Use the online Public
Gopher Proxy for most browsers and operating systems.
The Floodgap Gopher
Proxy is designed for most web clients and allows downloads, queries and
translation of most major item types. Access is limited by
Floodgap Terms of
Service.
Overbite downloadable software support for
Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Internet Explorer is currently
being considered for the future. For these browsers today, please use the Proxy.
Other browsers may also be considered upon request. If you
are interested in such support being extended to your platform or
browser in the future, please
send E-mail.
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Gopher version
of this page
Copyright
© 2008-2012 Contributors to the Overbite Project. All rights reserved.
The Overbite and Overbite Android mascots appear
under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license and are
copyright © 2008-2012 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox and the Firefox logo, as well as
SeaMonkey and the SeaMonkey logo are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation.
Google Chrome and
Android are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of Google Inc. Use of the Android trademark is subject
to Google
Permissions.
Apple Safari and the Apple Safari logo are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Apple, Inc.
Microsoft, Microsoft Internet Explorer and the Internet Explorer logo are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Opera and the Opera logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
Opera Software ASA.
All other trademarks are owned and administered by their respective holders.
Lawyers stink.
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