FTP clients?

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: FTP clients?

What FTP clients do people here use?

I currently use SmartFTP, but it really bugs me, and I want to find something better and less irritating.
In the past I've used WS_FTP but don't like that. Likewise FireFTP.

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

When I used Windows I used SmartFTP. What about it bugs you?

Andrew

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject:

Lots of little things:
- I have to keep upgrading to the latest version.
- You can't read the log window - if you try scrolling up it keeps flicking to the bottom.
- It auto-connects to the previous connection on startup.
- The folder tree thing is badly done.

and so on.

Ideally I'd just like something simpler and that Just Works.

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

Hmm, not sure then. You've tried the big three! Sorry I can be of no help.

Andrew

NetHosted Customer Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 287

SmartFTP for me...oh and the old DOS one for batch work lol

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:08 am Post subject:

I used to use Cuteftp but moved to Smartftp a long time ago. I can't remember why. Smartftp has some good features but also some default settings which caused me some grief until I worked out what was going wrong. Happy with it now.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

I use FileZilla on Windows at the moment and it works well for me:

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:21 am Post subject:

I use the one built into Explorer for general transfer of files.

If I'm editing something via FTP I'll simply use the built-in FTP in Zend Studio.

I used to use SmartFTP but in the end there didn't seem much point in having a separate FTP programme. Maybe if I was uploading large files often.

Mike

NetHosted Customer Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 150

I've tried SmartFTP several times but never been able to keep using it... something about its way of using windows that I don't like. I've been using FlashFXP for a long time now. It costs $25 but I think it's worth it. It has a nice looking simple & intuitive interface and it definitely has that feeling of "Just Works" reliability about it.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject:

Hmmm, not sure about the price, but I'm giving it a try.

Doesn't have the scrolling/flickering log problem, which is good.
It's got progress on the statusbar which is good (don't think SmartFTP had that?)

No major complaints so far... I'll try it again later when I've actually got something to properly do with it.

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:02 am Post subject:

I use Filezilla on Windows, and gFTP on Linux.

I don't use Windows very often, but from memory Filezilla seemed OK.

I use gFTP most of the time, and am very happy with it.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I use CuteFTP 5.0.4 XP at the moment, but may change in the future.

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

It looks like SmartFTP is no longer a free option. Nothing on their website at the moment but reinstalls are coming up with a message saying that you have to pay for it from now on.

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

I used to use SmartFTP, but now stick to FileZilla.

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