Dear List: As most of you all know, Arachne and other normal internet browsers do not come with the totally unecessary and undesireable feature of having a "browser upload" function like the one that is incorporated into the bloatware browsers MSIE and NetScape.
Many websites which offer such services as file sharing and picture sharing and website hosting insist on the account holder's using the "browser upload" function found in bloatware browsers for the purpose of uploading files. When I write to the web site tech support people to ask if I can simply do FTP instead, they answer with a resounding "NO". Why can't you simply do FTP instead of doing "browser upload"? The techies say you can't do it, but they refuse to explain why. Isn't plain old ordinary FTP still the standard and normal and most universally acceptable method for transferring files? Another question: Why did the developers of MSIE and NetScape even ever want to incorporate a "browser upload" feature? This is certainly not a feature that any normal browser should have. This kind of feature certainly is not needed. It serves only to make the browser more bloated and to run more slowly. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: http://browser.arachne.cz/
