An FTP Alternative

If you are transferring files on the Internet then finding a good, reliable, easy-to-use, FTP client is often a difficult process. Some are very expensive but don't offer any more features than the free ones. Some free ones are frustrating at best and a real pain at worst. There are some good ones. WS_FTP, CoreFTP, and FileZilla are three that come quickly to mind. But there is another great alternative for Firefox users.

And if Firefox isn't your web browser of choice then I guess I just have to ask, "Why ever not?"

Firefox is, without a doubt, simply the best browser available. It is fully fast, functional, feature rich, and extremely secure. To use any other browser doesn't make any sense, to me at least.

So, you are using Firefox. Now you have another great FTP choice as well. FireFTP is a free plugin module that provides feature-rich FTP access to transfer files between your computer and other FTP servers on the Interent. Installation is fast and easy and it's easier to use than any other FTP client I've tried. I can't see why you wouldn't want it installed as part of Firefox for every-day use.

Here's a list of features:

• It's free!
• Cross-platform: Works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
• Secure: SSL/TLS/SFTP support, same encryption used with online banking and shopping
• Synchronization: Keep directories in sync while navigating
• Directory Comparison: Compare directory content (compares subdirectories too!)
• International: Available in over 20 languages
• Character Set Support: UTF8 and just about any other character encoding supported
• Automatic reconnect and resuming of tranfers
• Search/Filtering
• Integrity Checks of transfers (XMD5, XSHA1)
• Export/Import accounts
• Remote Editing
• File Hashing: Generate hashes of files (MD5, various SHA's)
• Drag & Drop
• File Compression: Using MODE Z
• Timestamp Synchronization
• Proxy support
• FXP support
• Advanced properties (CHMOD, recursive CHMOD, thumbnails)
• Tutorials and help files available for support
• IPv6 support
• Open Source!
• Seamless integration with Mozilla Firefox

It doesn't get much better than that. And it's FREE!