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FTP is Internet browsing, it's just not not "web".
by alisonkisk 5y ago
FTP is Internet browsing, it's just not not "web".
- cpach 5y agoWhat is the use-case for FTP in 2021?
- sildur 5y agoWhat's the use-case for desktop Linux in 2021?
- drdec 5y agoA desktop environment with no telemetry.
- jacquesm 5y agoBackwards compatibility with existing online resources.
- silverfox17 5y agoTransferring files
- ipaddr 5y agoMoving files between servers. Same as yesterday, same as tomorrow.
- duskwuff 5y agoAnd Firefox didn't even do that. It never included full FTP client functionality; it only supported directory listings and downloads.
- stirfish 5y agoTransferring files
- xahrepap 5y agoI work in the healthcare sector. I tend to come across FTP urls related to my industry often. Usually from .gov sites.
- Someone1234 5y agoThe healthcare sector should be using secure technologies like TLS/HTTPS. If anything that's an argument for this change, since misuse of FTP remains rampant.
- xahrepap 5y agoI don’t disagree. I’m simply pointing out it’s still used. That severing links and arguing in favor of that by saying “no one uses it” is inaccurate.
- antisol 5y ago>What is the use-case for FTP in 2021? Transferring files. There's a hint right there in the protocol name.
- _e 5y agoYes, good point. Gopher is internet browsing too but is Firefox the best way to experience FTP and Gopher? How many different protocols should Firefox support? Firefox does not have the same resources as Google so focusing on what Firefox is known to do best such as HTTP and its supporting protocols, like WebSocket, really well looks like a good strategy.
- jacquesm 5y agoOn many systems it is now the only way.
- mmastrac 5y agoI just checked my Windows 10 machine and it still has the FTP command-line program built in. What proportion of machines have Firefox but no FTP command-line program (or a "finder"/"explorer" that doesn't support FTP)? I cannot imagine this number is large.