# Gopher, Archie, Veronica, etc. -- does anyone still use them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 31, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gopher-archie-veronica-etc-does-anyone-still-use-them/121628 "2002-07-31T02:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gopher-archie-veronica-etc-does-anyone-still-use-them/121628/1 "2002-07-31T02:43:16Z")
Or, how much information still needs to be retrieved via these methods, now that the WWW/HTTP appears to have taken over? ---
**Author:** ![FyreFiend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FyreFiend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FyreFiend)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gopher-archie-veronica-etc-does-anyone-still-use-them/121628/2 "2002-07-31T09:54:59Z")
Unfortunely, they’re dead as far as real world use goes. It’s a shame because I remember using gopher and liking it. On an up note, the other month I noticed a gopher client and server listed on freshmeat (a place that lists mainly Linux/Unix software). I might just install it on my house network to play with. ---
**Author:** ![MinkMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minkman/32/19170_2.png) [@MinkMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gopher-archie-veronica-etc-does-anyone-still-use-them/121628/3 "2002-07-31T17:51:50Z")
There are still some gopher servers out there. Mozilla, NS6 and I think IE can follow gopher urls. Try: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/