I discovered Gemini in 2023 and really enjoy it. I like the minimalism. I like that page presentation is up to the user. I’ve even come to appreciate the line-based nature of its markup, because theoretically at least, it means a screen reader user knows that elements are always arranged top to bottom.
I say “theoretically” since I have yet to run into an accessible Gemini browser for Windows, which is unfortunate since Gemini’s whole deal is text first.
And to head off the inevitable comment about Linux, in order to have an accessible app you need an accessible OS for it to sit on top of.
There are lots of blogs (gemlogs), but there’s a surprisingly well done Reddit clone gemini://bbs.geminispace.org that I check up on from time to t
The key to enjoying geminispace is understanding the goals of the project and its community, to take things slow and keep things small. It’s not out to replace the web, it’s a quiet retreat from it.
My big complaint, as I said before, is that the community has somehow made a text-only protocol inaccessible to screen reader users.
Much appreciated, I will check it out!