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On Tuesday 28 October 2008 22:10:37 Momesso Andrea wrote: |
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> > Why not just have them view the ftp site in the browser? |
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> > User's aren't stupid and can cope with stuff - they will see a hierarchy |
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> > of folders just like what they see in My Computer and might be asked for |
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> > a username and password - just like in gmail. |
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> > What's the problem with such an arrangement? |
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> Hmmm... And how do they upload? |
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Ahem. |
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Allow me to introduce you to my good friend drag and his charming wife drop. |
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Browsers ARE ftp clients and know about ftp put and get just like they know |
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about http GET, PUT and POST. Caveat: Firefox needs a plugin and those |
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wonderful chaps who write IE7 helpfully removed this feature. Konqueror and |
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Nautilus JustDoIt(tm). |
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Your other option is that insanely convoluted method that phpBB forums use for |
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file uploads. Aunt Tillie has never yet been observed to understand what the |
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forum wants her to do with that function. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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