Isn't gFTP deprecated?

[Martin Alderson]

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:58:39 +0200, Daniel Borgmann
<spark-mailinglists at web.de> wrote:
> Just a quick question. I noticed that gFTP appears in the default
> desktop installation and I'm wondering if this isn't deprecated by the
> Nautilus FTP stuff. It doesn't seem appropriate to me to use protocol-
> specific applications for file managment in the 21. century. :)
> gFTP also doesn't follow the HIG very well, exposes file paths to the
> user and hidden files are not hidden by default. Hopefully I'm not
> offending anyone, but I personally don't think that gFTP matches the
> level of polish and usability of the other desktop parts.
> My suggestion would be to not install it by default, but maybe I'm
> missing something. Please excuse me if this was discussed before
> already, I couldn't find anything in the archives.

While I see where you are coming from, I think keeping gFTP is a good
idea because:

1) Many, many people are used to a double pane, drag and drop
interface for FTP and will not be happy with using a folder based
system or not be able to find it. Look how many people use Windows
Explorer for FTP vs SmartFTP, FlashFXP or whatever - everyone that I
know uses a client for the job. (Yes, I know Windows Explorer sucks
when it comes to FTP, but it works.. somewhat).

2) gFTP presents a very 'relevant' UI for FTP, at least in my opinion.
It has things like CHMOD and similar just a menu away.

However, I do agree with many of your sentiments and I don't really
like gFTP because it is very clunky. However with a nice iconset it
would intergrate much better, IMO.

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