Comments from Glenn below..... On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 04:40:09 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> 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, There you go 'throwing a monkey wrench into the works'. HTTP-upload is on my to-do list for version 1.73 ;-) Even if it is "unnecessary"...... It would be quite a nice feature to have as an option. (if it can be done without too much bloat)<g> -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
