Therefore, clicking on the Open button both debinhexes and expands the file. In addition to the disk icon that indicates a downloadable file, TurboGopher may display a number of other icons next to the items in the lists. Most common, of course, is the folder, followed by the text file icon. Double-clicking on a text file displays it immediately. The question mark icon brings up a simple search dialog that lets you, for example, enter one or more words to search for in a full-text database.
Some icons indicate file types.
There's one that looks like a starburst and identifies a GIF image, a speaker that marks sampled sounds, another that denotes QuickTime movies, and one that indicates a DOS program. As you may realize, Gopherspace is huge, and although Gopherspace is highly linked, more so even than the Web, it can be confusing to browse through manually. The new simplified Veronica search tries a number of Veronica servers in a row, because they're often overloaded and refuse connections. If someone tells you to check something on a specific Gopher site, you can jump directly to it. These days, though, people often trade URLs, not just names of servers, and TurboGopher also can deal fairly well with URLs.