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Re: FTP in the Finder
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Re: FTP in the Finder


  • Subject: Re: FTP in the Finder
  • From: Michael Swan <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:17:41 -0800

>On 3/27/02 11:01 AM Matt Slot (email@hidden) wrote:
>
>>>He mentionned that protocols are pluggable in Mac OS X, and that support
>>>for AppleTalk, SMB and WebDAV, for example are currently implemented this
>>>way. What I'm wondering is, is there such a thing for FTP?
>>
>>Repeat after me: "FTP is not a file system"
>>
>>You might be able to set up something that fakes a read-only volume based
>>on data from an FTP site, but block level access and file locking features
>>are simply not supported by the protocol.
>
>But how many programs use block level access or file locking?
>
>Treating an FTP site as if it was a local disk, only slower, is a very
>very nice feature. It is intuitive and practical, very much in line with
>the Macintosh way. There is nothing that would prevent supporting it for
>the vast majority of applications.
>
>Direct support for FTP sites as if they were local disks has been in
>Windows for years using third party addons, and I belive Microsoft put it
>in Windows XP as a standard feature.
>
>This would be a great opportunity for a third party developer, if Apple
>isn't going to do it.
>
>Jason
>

There was a product long ago that used FTP as the foregoing email
indicates. It was called Snatcher and was from Software
Ventures. This company is long gone. Here's a review from 1995:
http://www.macworld.com/1995/08/reviews/1107.html
I wonder if someone associated with Software Ventures would be
willing to open-source this product?

Michael Swan
Neon Software, Inc.
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