Web App of the Week: WebFTPer
PrintIt never fails: Someone always sends you a link to grab materials off of (or upload materials to) an FTP site the moment that you’re away from your desktop which, of course, has your favorite FTP client of choice just sitting right there in the start menu. Sure, you could manually try to connect to a FTP site via your browser or Windows explorer, but you’re kind of stuck if you want to do anything more than just download a file or two. Or two hundred.
Anyway, the web app WebFTPer is a far more elegant solution to connecting to online file repositories than what your mere browser can provide. Not only does the web app’s interface more resemble a standard FTP client, but you can perform a number of simple—yet common—functions once connected to your site of choice. Make directories, upload files (via a simple web-form tool or a Javascript-based uploading tool), and copy, move, or delete checked folders and files.
Obviously, you can download files; you can also zip up a selection of files and download or email them to yourself. And more awesomely, you can even select a directory and search through its contents for a particular file (with full wildcard support if you don’t know the file name offhand).
Can you do that via your standard web browser? Negative. It ain’t as fancy as a legitimate FTP client, but WebFTPer is a great tool if you’re in a downloading or uploading pinch. And, yes, you can manually enter different ports to connect to or connect to an FTP using passive mode or SSL as well. The list just gets bigger and bigger…
Check it out here!
Former Maximum PC Editor David Murphy has never met an FTP he didn’t like.
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luohenhao
November 29, 2010 at 7:53pm
Good article! The spirit of sharing is really impressive, and I want to share this article to my friends!
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Slipdisc
October 17, 2010 at 10:45pm
I still have major security concerns about handing over my login info to an untrusted site. Even if the page is telling me that it doesn't cache logins or passwords, that doesn't in and of itself, make it so.
For Firefox users, there is an extension FireFTP http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ The author makes the source available to anyone that wants to see what it is actually doing.
I'm sure there are other plug-ins or extensions for the other competing browsers, but being a diehard Firefox user, its the one I have used for several years.
dmstr23
October 17, 2010 at 7:51am
Yeah these comment sections really need to be cleared out because the spam at the moment is ridiculous.
Trendecide
October 16, 2010 at 9:35am
Been using FlashFXP for many years and every time I try something new I get reminded how badass FlashFXP is... flat out there's absolutely not a single FTP app that even compares (4.0 RC2 is the shizznit). This FTP app... another reminder why I d/l and install the 30-day free trial if I'm away from my desk (or use the firefox FTP addon... or the integrated FTP in IE). WebFTPer... BLOATWARE (crapware imho... but will call it bloatware for an already saturated market of FTP solutions, just for the sake of being nice and not at all because the interface is subpar and ugly compared to EVERYTHING else out there).
Oh and btw... wanna get rid of all this spam on mpc.com? There's another badass [FREE] web app out there called disqus... ummmmm... yeah. No hints or anything.
TheMurph
October 17, 2010 at 9:54pm
FlashFXP is awesome. No problems there. :D
And believe me, if I could eradicate the spam, I would. It's annoying.
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