[Ti] [OT] Microsoft to quit web browsers for Mac

[cbirds]

Fetch is still my choice for uploads, on any OS.
Downloads don't need a password.


Jesse Girard tapped out this message on 6/17/2003 6:14 PM 

>Hi Sherman:
>
>Why would you want to use a web browser for ftp? It's such a restrictive 
>way to do it. If you need non-anonymous (user/password-type) ftp you have 
>to struggle to create a URL with your user name and password. Then you have 
>issues with where the browser places your downloaded file, etc. Also I 
>don't think you can upload using any browser I've ever tried for Windows, 
>MacOS, or Linux environments.
>
>There are some nice ftp clients for OS X. I seem to remember "Transmit" is 
>a good one. (Sorry, my TiBook is off for the moment so I can't check).
>
>BTW, I agree that command-line ftp works perfectly in Terminal. If you're 
>used to command-line (that's all we had when I started with UNIX) it's the 
>same rock-solid protocol it's always been. UNIX rules, man....
>
>Meanwhile, since we're off-topic anyway, when will Apple (or someone) 
>release a port of OS X to any other UNIX-capable hardware platform(s)? It 
>seems kind of ridiculous that hasn't happened yet, considering how *NIX 
>people like to play with their toys.
>
>Jess Girard
>
>At 01:18 PM 06/17/2003 -0700, Sherman Gregory wrote:
>
>>I am not sure if I have tied with he latest beta, but as far as I could 
>>tell, Safari does not do ftp.  Whenever I would click on a link to an ftp 
>>address, IE would launch to do the download.  This was strange, and bugged 
>>me.   I could not figure out how to stop it. Safari was set as my default 
>>browser.
>>
>>So, a couple of months or so I deleted IE completely from my desktop 
>>system.  Now the finder is used for ftp downloads.  I guess I don't miss 
>>IE too much.