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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Windows and most Linux distros both come with usable ftp clients in general. So an ftp link will result in the OS handling it, rig
by Pxtl 7y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Windows and most Linux distros both come with usable ftp clients in general. So an ftp link will result in the OS handling it, right? And so it opens in IE or Filezilla or whatever.
That's fine... Except on a Chromebook or Android, where it will be a pain.
- foobarbecue 7y agoWindows comes with an ftp client? Not that I know of. Unless you mean MS Edge? Oh or I guess there's a command line one. It's not integrated into Windows Explorer, though.
- pedrocx486 7y agoWindows Explorer can navigate (and transfer files) on FTPs. Type "ftp://ip.addr.of.ftp" in explorer and you're in. :-)
- takeda 7y agoThat's because it shares code base with IE, a web browser. Here we are talking about removing FTP from a browser.
- izacus 7y agoNo, actually the Explorer FTP support doesn't come from a browser at all. It's actually the other way around - IE handed off FTP handling to Explorer.
- jpindar 7y agoHuh, so it can. I never knew that.
- foobarbecue 7y agoWoah... I stand corrected. I guess I had only tried sftp!
- pedrocx486 7y agoYou can actually navigate FTPs (and transfer files) with Explorer too. Quite handy when you don't have an dedicated client installed.
- takeda 7y ago> And so it opens in IE or Filezilla or whatever. Aren't you forgetting that IE is a web browser, so are you suggesting it should just offload ftp:// links to another browser? Also, IE is deprecated and replaced by Edge which is now essentially Chrome, so eventually won't work there as well.