> Further, web browsers never needed to be FTP clients I think historically the FTP support existed so you could set up a web site on an FTP server rather, rat

> Further, web browsers never needed to be FTP clients I think historically the FTP support existed so you could set up a web site on an FTP server rather, rather than having to run a HTTP server. Early on, having a single browser that could browse HTTP sites, gopher sites, and ftp sites, was a powerful argument.