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On 25 Nov 97 16:46:00 G, Gary Priest wrote:
> >Howdy Gary,
> >
> >Just curious. I just downloaded aFTP for STiK. I does work OK for me, but
> >I don't see any advantages of it over NEWSie. I don't have a Web Page to
> >upload to, but is their something I'm missing? I have NEWSie loaded in CAB
> >so that anytime I run into a ftp site, NEWSie is called up. If aFTP is better
> >in some respects, please let me know :) I don't see any speed increase.
> 
> I've never really got on with NEWSie's FTP. It has AFAIK the following
> limitations/problems:
>  Limited number of files in a directory can be displayed. Can't remember
> what the limit is, but it's very low, thus no use for directories with loads
> of files (such as the RFC one).

I think John mentioned a while back that the file/directory limit was 200
entries, and since he didn't often find that a limitation, he didn't have
much inclination to alter that :(

>  I've quite often found that all of a sudden NEWSie doesn't respond to
> clicking on a file or directory. It just ignores the clicking. This is very
> annoying as there is nothing you can do when this occurs.

That hasn't happened to me yet <FX: touches wood rapidly> apart from with
uploads. There's no problems with downloads, they appear to run nice and
smoothly.

> aFTP OTOH, has no such bugs/limitations. It's display can be tailored to
> show the info you want, it's limited only by memory as to how many files it
> can show, best of all, it supports drag and drop! Thus I can simply drag the
> files I want to upload from my Falcon onto the open FTP server window, and
> hey presto :)
> 
> aFTP is much better than NEWSie's FTP, IMHO :) Assuming you are running an
> operating system that supports all the new protocols etc. (such as MagiC).
> If you're using bog standard TOS, then maybe aFTP won't run. I don't know.

I know it doesn't work on my STE. I think the problem is the fact it needs
AES 3.40 or higher. I'm just waiting for Magic to arrive and then I'll have
another go with it.

Regards,
      David              E-Mail :- dbolt@my-ste.demon.co.uk

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