XYplorer Beta Club

Ever considered adding FTP support? Would be nice to right click on an item(s)/folder(s) and do a Copy To->and have a list of favorite ftp folders. I would much rather prefer to do this than open up my ftp app, browse to the folder the file is in, send it, etc

Just a thought.

diarrhio wrote:Ever considered adding FTP support?

Yes, I have. I would love it! And I can do it, it's easy. It only takes some time. And the users' wishing machine never stops producing nice little ideas so I hardly find time to work on the nice big ideas...

totally understand.

i'll be happy whenever it gets in there

diarrhio wrote:totally understand.

i'll be happy whenever it gets in there

I would bew very happy if this support would be included in the next release....

thanks!

Squeaky wheel gets the oil so I'll add my desire for FTP functionality to this forum! FTP/SFTP is the feature I would most like to see in your next release.

thanks!
Josh

How about having the upload progress in a column that you can turn on and off in the list view? That way you can drag and drop a bunch of files onto a tab (FTP tab with an overlay perhaps?) and they appear grey (or colour of your choosing) with a bar that fills up showing progress as they upload?

This could work with downloads as well I guess, the progress bar that is... Perhaps it doesn't even have to be a column, simply have it take up the whole width of the row in the list view, inverting the list text as it goes? Would be nice and elegant without messing up the interface too much.

Of course, if you do it like this you will need to allow EVERYTHING in the FTP List View that you allow in a normal list view But then I would expect that from XY

jsglazer wrote:FTP/SFTP is the feature I would most like to see in your next release.

Josh, I would not bet on it...

admin wrote:

jsglazer wrote:FTP/SFTP is the feature I would most like to see in your next release.

Josh, I would not bet on it...

I'd love to see this. Very useful in directory opus!
I work with a lot of hpux boxes, SFTP would be even better!

Based on Don's post above from about 2 yrs ago, adding basic FTP support might work, but the problem I see (as a satisfied user of CoreFTP Lite which is freeware) is that FTP is a whole 'nother can of worms which can/may require enough support/code to handle the more advanced variants that it would interfere with the time needed for basics of XY...

So maybe adding some minimal FTP features sufficient to handle the average user/setup would likely be a good thing, but trying to have XY be the combination of a great file manager and a product like CoreFTP, I just don't see happening...just my$.02!

i work with hpux, linux, mac boxes; that's either ftp or scp/sftp if i need to connect in.

Having basic ftp would be great because it means i don't have to leave my explorer for file operations

FTP would also be at the top of my list. I know a lot of people want multiple panes, but I don't tend to use them. I do have to do a lot of FTP related stuff.

I'm not sure what's meant by basic FTP. All I need is the ability Windows Explorer has to map an FTP site as a drive. Then it just shows up, and I can drag and drop stuff into it. Obviously, I don't know what that takes, but if Windows Explorer can do it I always figured it must not take much.

Blue Ridge wrote:FTP would also be at the top of my list. I know a lot of people want multiple panes, but I don't tend to use them. I do have to do a lot of FTP related stuff.

I'm not sure what's meant by basic FTP. All I need is the ability Windows Explorer has to map an FTP site as a drive. Then it just shows up, and I can drag and drop stuff into it. Obviously, I don't know what that takes, but if Windows Explorer can do it I always figured it must not take much.

Depending on your needs there are a couple things you can do now to make your life a bit easier if you are constantly using a certain couple ftp sites.

first you can make a shortcut to the ftp site and then click it when you need to open it up.

the syntax is like this:

ftp(s):://<username>:<password>@<server>:<port>/<path>

If the port is default you can leave it off.

so, for an example.. If my username is eurytos with a password of superman and I need to connect to the outgoing folder on ftp.yourserver.yah the command would be:

ftp:://eurytos:superman@ftp.yourserver.yah/outgoing/


Next option, which I can't test because all the ftp sites I access are production but should work with a little syntax tweaking...

If you constantly send files to specific sites it should be possible to create a keyboard shortcut and/or script to send the selected item(s)

I know it isn't the same as a drag/drop window but maybe it will help.

Blue Ridge wrote:FTP would also be at the top of my list. I know a lot of people want multiple panes, but I don't tend to use them. I do have to do a lot of FTP related stuff.

I'm not sure what's meant by basic FTP. All I need is the ability Windows Explorer has to map an FTP site as a drive. Then it just shows up, and I can drag and drop stuff into it. Obviously, I don't know what that takes, but if Windows Explorer can do it I always figured it must not take much.

Actually I'm not totally opposed to the idea of adding basic FTP . After all I could use it myself! However, I have so many other great ideas that should be implemented before that it won't happen very soon (it's not that difficult to add, but it might turn into a can of worms easily once the network does not function as supposed...).

BTW: hey, why does this forum software turn "FTP" into a hyperlink when it's followed by a dot: FTP. ??

I'm going to go ahead and give this thread a bump. Being able to make one of my tabs a remote folder would save me a lot of time.

I will join Pallazzio in giving this thread a bump. Since Don recently compared forums of competitors' products in another thread, I think it's fair game to mention that all of those products feature HTTP/FTP functionality and unfortunately XYplorer lacks that. Even Windows Explorer in Vista (not sure about previous versions) is able to do basic FTP actions. I appreciate that it can open a can of worms, but if we start with the basics and work our way up I think we will be able to avoid the pitfalls