[X4U] Ftp with Safari

Allan Rube ¹ allan at nhbungalow.com
Fri Mar 11 17:44:21 PST 2005


I use Transmit too, but it would be nice when I double click on an ftp link
it would open Safari, not IE. But, as Zane said, perhaps Safari can't do
ftp.

Maybe you get a finder window to  open as you do not have IE installed??

Allan


Bob Salsburg wrote:

> Zane H. Healy healyzh at aracnet.com 3/11/05 7:25 PM (snip)
> 
>>> I have to keep IE on my Mac for 1 site. However, when I double click to ftp
>>> from within Entourage or even when I enter a ftp command in Safari's address
>>> bar, IE opens.
>>> 
>>> How can I make it so ftp is done by Safari?
>> 
>> I'd love to be proven wrong, but as far as I know Safari doesn't do FTP :^(
>> This is a *MAJOR* problem for me.
>> 
>> Zane
> 
> Another monkey wrench. Safari is my default browser. When I enter an FTP
> server URL and supply credentials, the site opens in a Finder window. This
> might be the way it works (for now).
> 
> I use Transmit.
> 
> Bob




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