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Did you use it?

ducktective 5y ago
Obviously not as much as HTTP(s) but still there are FTP links which show up after a google search from time to time...I guess now I have to context switch to the file explorer...Thunar is OK but does Windows Explorer even support FTP?
- scrollaway 5y ago
  There are more mailto: links on the web than ftp: ones, and yet most browsers don't natively do email. Firefox didnt remove the protocol from existence. They just removed a feature nobody uses, which is better handled outside the browser.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
    I thought mailto links would open in webmail if configured?
    - scrollaway 5y ago
      You're getting my point. ftp links will open in an ftp client if configured.
  - account42 5y ago
    FTP and HTTP are both about transfering files, SMTP is a very different use case.
    - scrollaway 5y ago
      Use your imagination. And this list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_network_protocols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_network_protocols
- brewdad 5y ago
  The rare times I've needed FTP on Windows, I've found Cyberduck sufficient to do the job.
  - forgotpwd16 5y ago
    If you don't mind an abysmal speed (due to small buffer size), then Windows Explorer can access FTP (but no FTPS).
- WorldMaker 5y ago
  Windows' File Explorer briefly flirted with WebDAV (and still sort of supports it for backward compatibility reasons, but using it is harder than ever for new things and the buggy WebDAV implementation is mostly frozen with its early oughts idea of WebDAV quirks). It never supported FTP, because it skipped FTP for WebDAV. Now that File Explorer has a 9p file server (from Plan 9) built in for WSL1/2 support, I wonder if you could hack together good Plan 9 style FTP support for File Explorer. I don't think the 9p server is that easy to talk to directly, though. (You could of course just do a Linux mount to FTP in WSL and maybe accomplish that through two step indirection, but I'd imagine doing something more directly in 9p would be preferable.)
  - Avery3R 5y ago
    I haven't tested up to more modern versions but explorer at least up to Vista had an ftp client built in, albeit not a very good one. Edit: Just tested on Win 10 1809, ftp support is still built-in to file explorer.
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- rubyist5eva 5y ago
  Personally, I've always just associated ftp:// with my preferred client and the browser just opens my client for me when I hit one. Works pretty good.

Did you use it?

Obviously not as much as HTTP(s) but still there are FTP links which show up after a google search from time to time...I guess now I have to context switch to the file explorer...Thunar is OK but does Windows Explorer even support FTP?

scrollaway 5y ago
There are more mailto: links on the web than ftp: ones, and yet most browsers don't natively do email. Firefox didnt remove the protocol from existence. They just removed a feature nobody uses, which is better handled outside the browser.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  I thought mailto links would open in webmail if configured?
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    You're getting my point. ftp links will open in an ftp client if configured.
- account42 5y ago
  FTP and HTTP are both about transfering files, SMTP is a very different use case.
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    Use your imagination. And this list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_network_protocols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_network_protocols
brewdad 5y ago
The rare times I've needed FTP on Windows, I've found Cyberduck sufficient to do the job.
- forgotpwd16 5y ago
  If you don't mind an abysmal speed (due to small buffer size), then Windows Explorer can access FTP (but no FTPS).
WorldMaker 5y ago
Windows' File Explorer briefly flirted with WebDAV (and still sort of supports it for backward compatibility reasons, but using it is harder than ever for new things and the buggy WebDAV implementation is mostly frozen with its early oughts idea of WebDAV quirks). It never supported FTP, because it skipped FTP for WebDAV. Now that File Explorer has a 9p file server (from Plan 9) built in for WSL1/2 support, I wonder if you could hack together good Plan 9 style FTP support for File Explorer. I don't think the 9p server is that easy to talk to directly, though. (You could of course just do a Linux mount to FTP in WSL and maybe accomplish that through two step indirection, but I'd imagine doing something more directly in 9p would be preferable.)
- Avery3R 5y ago
  I haven't tested up to more modern versions but explorer at least up to Vista had an ftp client built in, albeit not a very good one. Edit: Just tested on Win 10 1809, ftp support is still built-in to file explorer.
- deleted 5y ago
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rubyist5eva 5y ago
Personally, I've always just associated ftp:// with my preferred client and the browser just opens my client for me when I hit one. Works pretty good.