But that innocence is long gone. And there have been far better tools available for many years.
FTP? I don’t even know what that is, so I suppose I won’t miss it. Of course, I’m a very low tech person by choice.
If I don’t need to know, then I (almost) don’t want to know!
I do recall commercials about STP in the Olden Days. They called it
“The Racer’s Edge”.
Finally!!!! I guess.
Filezilla is an excellent product and gives the support for FTP, SFTP, and FTPS in an open-source product.
https://filezilla-project.org/
(There is a ‘pro’ version for $20 that gives really good support for cloud drives as well. Same link)
I use Ipswitch WS_FTP 12 to upload files to my websites. It’s a dedicate FTP program. I’ve never used a browser for my FTP needs.
I must have used it once or twice but can’t recall ever actually doing FTP via a browser. I had a few FTP transfer apps I used, mostly when I had remote server/website/shopping cart code to access.
These days, I use services for the above; and dropbox and others to move larger files.
1) It’s true that FTP should be avoided.
2) The presence or absence of FTP in a specific program has nothing to do with whether or not the protocol itself is dead.
Well, I still use FTP a couple of times a week.
Does what I need it to do, and I don’t have to waste time and energy learning how to use something else.
What about Archie?
Oh wow, bring back memories.
Early internet protocols telnet, ftp, usenet, gopher, even remember using the finger daemon and messing with people in chats by telling them real names. lol
Can a Freeper Tech translate from Dolphin to English, please.
I am a Freeper beancounter. I am not sure how this FTP change impacts my life
I can assure you that reports of FTP’s demise are premature. FTP is alive and well across much of the public Internet. It may not be available as a browser utility, but it’s still very much in use.
I didn’t even know Chrome had an FTP, not that it matters. Before I retired, I used one a lot, but it was managed by my employer and probably pre-Chrome.
I got rid of Chrome in the Spring; it’s just another spy machine, like all the software is.
# It’s about bloody time.
I disagree. I think ftp is still a useful protocol. You don’t always need secure transmission. I can definitely see a place for anonymous ftp. I don’t particularly care about it being a part of a browser though. It is probably smarter to use a standalone FTP client.
# The name “FTP” became generic (like Kleenex, Scotch tape) years ago, applied to any file transfer protocol including ones that had nothing to do with FTP (e.g. SCP) but now at last FTP can be laid to rest.
This, I would agree with in part. The biggest problem is that people don’t know the difference between the different protocols. (gopher anyone?)
I use SCP internally, and to update my website, (along with rsync) but again, I could easily see a purpose for anonymous ftp. Entering credentials in an FTP session though, is stupid.
One of the really cool features of the “Dolphin” file browser (which is a KDE Linux thing), is that it supports the ‘fish://’ protocol, which is a GUI way of using ssh/scp to get/put files. It =looks= like you are just browsing files locally, but in reality, the ‘far’ side can be anywhere on the planet. MUCH better than samba IMO.
The real question is: why does anyone use Chrome? Certainly anyone who knows what FTP is should know better.