Net2FTP - Confusing

Re: www.net2ftp.com
Ref: Eoff's Kosher Freeware - http://www.bloglines.com/blog/eoff

Oks, I noticed this on the blog that Frank mentioned (see Ref), and am more
than a little confused/curious.

Surely if it's via a web-interface, it's stopped being FTP and has instead,
become HTTP?

The reasoning is quite simple. To upload files via this interface requires
the server uploading the files first, then transfering them to the actual
FTP server in question. This results in;

PC > HTTP > FTP

Instead of simply;

PC > FTP

What are the advantages of this over a regular FTP client?

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Steven Burn schrieb:
>
> What are the advantages of this over a regular FTP client?
>

Not needing a FTP client.

jes

"Jes" <NMKQHHXEBBZH@spammotel.com> wrote in message
news:3487h5F470tr6U1@individual.net...
> Not needing a FTP client.

I realise that but how is that an advantage? (your simply swapping one
program for another less friendly one).

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Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Steven Burn schrieb:
> "Jes" <NMKQHHXEBBZH@spammotel.com> wrote in message
> news:3487h5F470tr6U1@individual.net...
>
>>Not needing a FTP client.
>
>
> I realise that but how is that an advantage? (your simply swapping one
> program for another less friendly one).
>
It can be used anywhere including in an internet cafe.
I think any program not installed on your computer is an advantage.

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:43:14 -0000, "Steven Burn"
<somewhere@in-time.invalid> wrote:

>Surely if it's via a web-interface, it's stopped being FTP and has instead,
>become HTTP?
>
you're just kidding, right?...

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:43:14 -0000, "Steven Burn"
<somewhere@in-time.invalid> wrote:

>Re: www.net2ftp.com
>Ref: Eoff's Kosher Freeware - http://www.bloglines.com/blog/eoff
>
>Surely if it's via a web-interface, it's stopped being FTP and has instead,
>become HTTP?

Well, almost all browsers support FTP directly.

>What are the advantages of this over a regular FTP client?

From the site:

What is net2ftp?
net2ftp is a web-based FTP client written in PHP. Lets explain this in
detail. Web-based means that net2ftp runs on a web server, and that
you use a browser (for example Internet Explorer or Mozilla). FTP is
the communication method to access files on a remote computer. You
need it to access your files on the account given by your provider to
host your homepage. FTP is different from HTTP in that it was made
specially to transfer (big) files. If a transfer is interrupted, with
FTP you can resume it where it broke off, whereas with HTTP you can
not. PHP is a programming language that is used to make dynamic
websites.

You can use net2ftp at http://www.net2ftp.com, or you can install it
on your own web server and use it from there.

User features
Navigate the FTP server. Once you have logged in, you can browse from
directory to directory and see all the subdirectories and files.
Upload files. The files are copied from your computer to the FTP
server.
Download files. Click on a filename in the list of files, and a window
will pop up to ask you where you want to save it on your computer.
Upload-and-unzip archives (zip, tar, tgz and gz). This feature is
great to upload many files at once (for example if you want to install
an application on your web server). This is how it works: specify a
Zip file on your computer; the Zip file is transferred to the web
server where it is unzipped; the files it contains are transferred to
the FTP server.
Zip files and directories. You can download the zip, email it, or save
it on the FTP server.
Copy, move and delete directories and files. Directories are handled
recursively, meaning that their content (subdirectories and files)
will also be copied, moved or deleted.
Copy or move directories and files directly to a second FTP server.
Rename and chmod directories and files.
View code with syntax highlighting. PHP functions are linked to the
documentation on php.net.
Edit text right from your browser. Every time you save the changes the
new file is transferred to the FTP server.
Edit HTML in a WYSIWYG form. This form was developed by
Interactivetools under the BSD license. View a demo here. For the
moment, this form can only be used with Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6,
but the next version also supports Mozilla based browsers.
Search for words or phrases in selected directories and files; filter
out files based on the filename, last modification time and filesize.
new
Calculate the space used by directories and files. new


Administrator features
net2ftp works perfectly under safemode.
A database(MySQL) is only required for logging.
Authorizations. Allow the users to connect to all FTP servers, or to
only a predefined list of FTP servers. The input box on the login page
will change accordingly.
Logging. Activate or deactivate 3 kinds of logging: pages requested,
logins and errors.
Skins. The layout can easily be changed.
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