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Different Gopher client oddities I've observed.

Info (i) items display as links
Index search (7) is completely unsupported and shows only a blank page
View source is actually for the HTML that the browser generates to display the Gopher menu!

If hostname resolution instantly fails, go to Options -> Network Setup and enable vendor-provided Name Services

View source is actually for the HTML that the browser generates to display the Gopher menu! It's not even a complete HTML document, being a fragment of what would go inside the body tag. Image src is internal-gopher-menu, internal-gopher-index, internal-gopher-binary, etc.

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 * Index search (7) items have the query prompt on a separate page
 * Can't view source
+== Internet Explorer 5.0 (Macintosh) ==
+* Info (i) items display as links
+* Index search (7) is completely unsupported and shows only a blank page
+* View source is actually for the HTML that the browser generates to display the Gopher menu!
+== HGopher 2.4a ==
+* If hostname resolution instantly fails, go to Options -> Network Setup and enable vendor-provided Name Services
+== Netscape Communicator 4.77 (Macintosh) ==
+* View source is actually for the HTML that the browser generates to display the Gopher menu! It's not even a complete HTML document, being a fragment of what would go inside the body tag. Image <code>src</code> is <code>internal-gopher-menu</code>, <code>internal-gopher-index</code>, <code>internal-gopher-binary</code>, etc.
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