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From: nospam on 20 Mar 2010 22:54 In article <slrnhqb1jo.1voi.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > Apple did not do a 'half-assed' job. They built a perfectly usable FTP > client that did precisely what they wanted it to do. which is a subset of *every other ftp client*.
From: nospam on 20 Mar 2010 23:15 In article <slrnhqb322.1voi.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > It's very simple, you don't like the Apple Finder's FTP support because > you are still living in the 1990's where uploading via ftp is relevant. it's very relevant today. many web hosting companies want people to upload their web sites via ftp. apple's iweb includes ftp writing for exactly this reason. bbedit also includes ftp, because people often connect to their web server (located someplace else) via ftp. > Many of us are not living in the 1990's and haven't uploaded to an ftp > server since the 1990's. For us, the Finder's ftp does everything we > need from an FTP client. great. not everyone finds it to be sufficient, otherwise there wouldn't be so many alternatives, all of which can write. > You need more, so you are forced to choose amongst the dozens and dozens > of possible solutions. For some reason, this makes you angry at Apple. i'm not angry. just commenting on what i think is a half assed job.
From: JF Mezei on 20 Mar 2010 23:20 Lewis wrote: > Apple did not do a 'half-assed' job. They built a perfectly usable FTP > client that did precisely what they wanted it to do. One would dispute that. A perfectly usable FTP client is expected to do both send and receive of files. The FTP standard is not read only, it is for bidirectional file transfers. When you "mount" and ftp:// file system, the Finder should issue a warning/alert that confirms this is read only media.
From: nospam on 20 Mar 2010 23:26 In article <4ba59095$0$15756$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Lewis wrote: > > Apple did not do a 'half-assed' job. They built a perfectly usable FTP > > client that did precisely what they wanted it to do. > > One would dispute that. A perfectly usable FTP client is expected to do > both send and receive of files. The FTP standard is not read only, it > is for bidirectional file transfers. exactly.
From: Steven Fisher on 20 Mar 2010 23:29
In article <jwolf6589-A15DF0.18432919032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > What are your picks? I use SFTP/SSH rather than FTP, so MacFUSE and SSHFS. I haven't done many file transfers lately, though, so I'm not sure this combination still works. If you're doing a lot of transfers, ExpanDrive performs well and isn't too expensive. I have an older version and haven't upgraded yet, though. Other than that, Transmit. Does FTP and SFTP. Steve |