Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-25 Thread Matthew Thomas
Bamm Gabriana wrote: There should be a pref: Dropping a file into an FTP folder should ( ) Open it (x) Upload it For such an obscure option, you'd need to prefix it with an explanation. I suggest the following. | | Mozilla's designers can't decide what should happen when a file or

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-25 Thread Bamm Gabriana
| Mozilla's designers can't decide what should happen when a file or | folder is dragged to a Navigator window where an FTP listing is being | displayed. We know you're probably not a UI designer, but we'll dump | the problem on you anyway, because we don't like you. | | What should Mozilla do

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-24 Thread Patrick Gallagher
Helge Hielscher wrote: Patrick Gallagher wrote: With Netscape 4.xx, you could upload a file to an FTP server by going to that server in a broser window and dragging files onto the window (not an effective way to upload an entire website, but perfect for a quick fix) - in mozilla,

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-23 Thread Magnus W
Patrick Gallagher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 10 PRINT HELP! 20 GOSUB 10 30 END (I know... with the GOSUB it isn't necessary, but shortcuts aren't cool ;) REPEAT Write ('HELP!'); UNTIL (1=0); (GOTO's Considered Harmful! :-) -- Magnus W Proud

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-23 Thread michael lefevre
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], grayrest wrote: Bamm Gabriana wrote: If I dragged a file onto what to me as a user appears to be a ftp program, it should upload, if I drag it onto a browser window, it should display. But if the browser window displays a URL that begins with ftp:// and end with

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-23 Thread Bamm Gabriana
i don't know who we is, but it doesn't include me, and i imagine it wouldn't include many others. the standard behaviour when you drop something onto a mozilla window is for it to open in mozilla, not upload it to the remote site... i quite often drag things onto half hidden windows to open

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Luke
dman84 wrote: Patrick Gallagher wrote: With Netscape 4.xx, you could upload a file to an FTP server by going to that server in a broser window and dragging files onto the window (not an effective way to upload an entire website, but perfect for a quick fix) - in mozilla, dragging a file

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Garth Almgren
Luke wrote: dman84 wrote: it seems to be the case by design. Like if you use Word or something you drag it to the window to view it. Hmmm - I can what you're saying with the Word anaology, but I disagree - the intuitive drag drop response when looking at an FTP server would be to

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Helge Hielscher
Patrick Gallagher wrote: With Netscape 4.xx, you could upload a file to an FTP server by going to that server in a broser window and dragging files onto the window (not an effective way to upload an entire website, but perfect for a quick fix) - in mozilla, dragging a file into the window

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread grayrest
Garth Almgren wrote: Luke wrote: dman84 wrote: it seems to be the case by design. Like if you use Word or something you drag it to the window to view it. Hmmm - I can what you're saying with the Word anaology, but I disagree - the intuitive drag drop response when looking at an

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Patrick Gallagher
grayrest wrote: Garth Almgren wrote: Luke wrote: dman84 wrote: it seems to be the case by design. Like if you use Word or something you drag it to the window to view it. Hmmm - I can what you're saying with the Word anaology, but I disagree - the intuitive drag drop response

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Garth Wallace
Patrick Gallagher wrote: grayrest wrote: I remember bits and pieces of Basic, Fortran, Pascal, and Prolog (there's a (NOT) useful programming language) but I haven't touched anything like that in 12 years. 10 PRINT HELP! 20 GOSUB 10 30 END (I know... with the GOSUB it isn't

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Patrick Gallagher
Garth Wallace wrote: Patrick Gallagher wrote: grayrest wrote: I remember bits and pieces of Basic, Fortran, Pascal, and Prolog (there's a (NOT) useful programming language) but I haven't touched anything like that in 12 years. 10 PRINT HELP! 20 GOSUB 10 30 END (I know... with the

Computer nostalgia [was Re: Uploading to FTP]

2002-03-22 Thread Garth Wallace
Patrick Gallagher wrote: Garth Wallace wrote: Patrick Gallagher wrote: grayrest wrote: I remember bits and pieces of Basic, Fortran, Pascal, and Prolog (there's a (NOT) useful programming language) but I haven't touched anything like that in 12 years. 10 PRINT HELP! 20 GOSUB 10 30

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Bamm Gabriana
10 PRINT HELP! 20 GOSUB 10 30 END (I know... with the GOSUB it isn't necessary, but shortcuts aren't cool ;) Help! Help! HeC^ Patrick Shouldn't that be ^C? QuickBasic translation: PrintHelp: PRINT Help! Goto PrintHelp :)

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Bamm Gabriana
If I dragged a file onto what to me as a user appears to be a ftp program, it should upload, if I drag it onto a browser window, it should display. But if the browser window displays a URL that begins with ftp:// and end with a / (signifying a directory) I would intuitively imagine I was

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Garth Almgren
Bamm Gabriana wrote: If I dragged a file onto what to me as a user appears to be a ftp program, it should upload, if I drag it onto a browser window, it should display. But if the browser window displays a URL that begins with ftp:// and end with a / (signifying a directory) I would

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread Bamm Gabriana
There should be a pref: Dropping a file into an FTP folder should ( ) Open it (x) Upload it If not, at least a user pref. Bamm Maybe a popup? What do you want to do with this file? [Display] [Upload] [Cancel] Maybe both. The popup would be fine the first time, but I should be

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-22 Thread grayrest
Bamm Gabriana wrote: If I dragged a file onto what to me as a user appears to be a ftp program, it should upload, if I drag it onto a browser window, it should display. But if the browser window displays a URL that begins with ftp:// and end with a / (signifying a directory) I would

Re: Uploading to FTP

2002-03-21 Thread dman84
Patrick Gallagher wrote: With Netscape 4.xx, you could upload a file to an FTP server by going to that server in a broser window and dragging files onto the window (not an effective way to upload an entire website, but perfect for a quick fix) - in mozilla, dragging a file into the window