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50 Recommended Firefox Extensions » BlogAllAlong — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:06:57 +0000

[...] 4- FireFTP: Convenient and quick way to FTP to your server from within the browser. Though for large files, I would pick a stand alone FTP client. [...]

By: Bashar

Bashar — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:07:47 +0000

3baid: I may have tried CuteFTP, not sure. Though they’re both commercial softwares :)

Mark: Thanks Mark for this long and detailed helpful insight. I do use WebDav for some sites, however FTP/SFTP is still my favorite choice.

I will be giving it further lookup however. Thank u

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:40:30 +0000

FTP is an obsolete and outdated protocol.
Anyone using FTP should seriously consider using WebDAV.

Since DAV works over HTTP, you get all the benefits of HTTP that FTP cannot provide. For example: strong authentication, encryption, proxy support, and caching. It is true that you can get some of this through SSH, but the HTTP infrastructure is much more widely deployed than SSH. Further, SSH does not have the wide complement of tools, development libraries, and applications that HTTP does.

DAV transfers (well, HTTP transfers) are also more efficient than FTP. You can pipeline multiple transfers through a single TCP connection, whereas FTP requires a new connection for each file transferred (plus the control connection).

Do a Google search for BarracudaDrive, which is an easy to use WebDAV server.
http://barracudaserver.com/products/BarracudaDrive/FileServer.lsp

You do not need a client if using Windows or Mac since a client is integrated into the operating system.

By: 3baid

3baid — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:18:12 +0000

I used to use SmartFTP, and a bit of CuteFTP back before I switched to Macs.

By: Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:04:35 +0000

maryam: Aren’t well human full of stupid mistakes? I see our days as a series of mistakes with some rights in the middle. Being all human, we tend to overlook those massive amount of mistakes and shine with the little rights we do :)

By: maryam

maryam — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:34:55 +0000

LOL, it’s a lot of headache but I don’t FTP alot! and I didn’t come across good free FTP clients, sometimes one is just LAZY to search, so we wait and come across recommendations ;P and then try them out :D

3ad when downloading a huge file and suddenly disconnects, have to start all over again! Now I feel sorry for my stupid self ;P

By: Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:09:35 +0000

maryam: I just dont get this silly mentality. Do you know the best Kuwaiti hosting company is fully based on open source. Even secretary deskptop is Linux based. They cut down cost, and take control. I remember my senior in first job when I spoke of Tomcat as FREE, he said no anyone can hack it. Statistically, open source projects are more secured, and patched much quicker than commercial ones :) Windows Explorer is definitely a lot of headache I feel sorry for you :)

By: maryam

maryam — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:24:37 +0000

pretty much drag and drop through windows explorer!

Definitely I’ll try out these clients, though companies are kind of hesitant when it comes to using free softwares!!