On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:01:21 +0100, Michal H. Tyc wrote: > Hi Sam, Hi all,
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 04:40:09 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> 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. > Netscape [BTW, you may wish to try Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org/) > instead -- NS is always based on rather oudated Mozilla core] contains > Composer (HTML editor), from which you can upload your page onto your > server using either http or ftp. So it's just for user's convenience. > (Arachne supports ftp upload as well, under [F2] key.) > Michal I just now tried that for the first time under Arachne by using the F2 key. It worked. I uploaded a small ascii text file to my Unix shell. Can Arachne be used this way for uploading binary files as well? I have not yet tested it to find out. Question: In using this method for doing FTP, does one have to use any special parameters if the file to be uploaded is a binary file? In using the FTP program that I normally use I have to indicate a parameter for specifying that the file is ascii. The default is binary upload mode. In looking at MIME.CFG I see that Arachne calls an external program to do FTP. Arachne calls the free FTP program developed by Clarkson University. This is not the FTP program that I normally use. I believe that the "browser upload" function found in MSIE and NetScape calls a routine built into the main program instead of calling an external program. Am I correct in supposing this is the case? Why do the "browser upload" functions in those browsers use some protocol that is different from FTP? The techies at the web sites where one can upload files say that one must use a "browser upload" function found in only the bloatware browsers. They say that FTP won't work, but they don't explain why. They will put on airs intended to make me believe that I am asking stupid questions and that I should feel very much ashamed of myself for my ignorance. According to them, the best way for everybody to solve their problems is to simply run one of the latest and greatest bloatware browsers. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: http://browser.arachne.cz/
