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Author here. Thanks for the kind word. It's not a post I wanted to make, but I think it's the post I should be making, for all the reasons I wrote.

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I just wanted to chirp a "Thanks" here for all the work you've done to keep gopher going. I'm a daily user, have a small presence, and your work as an ambassador and steward of the protocol is greatly appreciated.

I never intended to be the de facto BDFL for Gopher, but it sort of ended up that way. Still, I'm glad to see others appreciate its unique qualities and find it useful.

I want to thank you as well.

I've been really enjoying Gemini, and I don't think it would have happened without the resurgence of interest in Gopher. I want to make sure Gopher survives for retrocomputing, so that Gemini doesn't feel compelled to support the full weight of backwards compatibility for computers pre-dating the Web, and Gopher doesn't feel pressure to extend and update for modern needs (like privacy in a world of total surveillance). We need both, I think.

I've got a G4 "arm-lamp" Mac that I occasionally boot up for fun, and it runs TenFourFox quite nicely. I have appreciated the project and had no idea it was the effort of a single developer/maintainer. Thank you.

There certainly are other contributors, but it's largely me. Thanks for the kind word. I have a 1.25GHz 15" iMac G4 myself. A beautiful form factor which deserves to be revived.

Thank you for TenFourFox! As recently as last year I was still regression testing my code against TFF on a 12” PowerBook because it’s still my favourite hardware. If anyone ever used Bandcamp on a PPC Mac, they also have you to thank :)

Thank you!

I recently picked up my retro computing hobby again after selling off my collection in 2015 - when it was still all WaMcOm and the original browsers. I was happy to find TenFourFox, Leopard Webkit are able to at least support the loading of modern webpages. But it becomes very clear how much the web has changed and evolved, and even machines that I used to consider be super-fast now crawl and grind when confronted with a modern webpage.

I hope pages like Oldweb and the recently posted 68Knews will keep the old machines somewhat fun to use - other than retro gaming and general exploration.

A heartfelt thank you Cameron, TenFourFox has kept my Pismo 7410/550 alive and useful for another ten years after Camino's sad demise. I've gotten so used to the regular TenFourFox updates that I already feel withdrawal symptoms now. It's always been mindboggling to me that you've done all this almost single-handedly.

Using TenFourFox, Classilla, and the recent gopher revival have completely renewed my interest and love for my old pre Intel Macs. They have brought much joy to my life over the past few years.

Thank you for everything!

Thank you for TenFourFox!

I was a very happy user of it until my old PPC mac mini died. Had it survived, I"m sure I would still have used it today.

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