Posted by Blinky the Shark on 08/26/05 10:55

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> _____/ On Friday 26 August 2005 05:07, [Blinky the Shark] wrote :
> \_____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> I recommend KDE and Konqueror if you were ever to consider Linux?
>>> You can edit the files over FTP as if they were placed locally. KDE
>>> does all the copying over FTP in the background.
>>
>> Hmmm. I would've never thought to use a browser.
>>
>> I used to use gFTP, and used kbear for a while, but found it buggy.
>
>
> I use gFTP because it's multi-threaded. It is relatively reliable too,
> running on Fedora Core II. I haven't used KBear, but I have it
> installed. As soon as I post this message, I'll go and give it a go.

It really pissed me off. The bugs were just frustrating. The
Full-Strength Over-The-Top-Deal Killer was that some kind of site
management utility would pop up in my kicker bar and WOULD NOT DIE. I'd
kill the process and it'd start right back up. It was The Util From
Hell. Believe it or not, even after I uninstalled kBear, I think that
util's bin was still there and I had to track the little bastard down
and remove it by hand. Grrrrr!

>> Then when I checked out the Firefox FireFTP extension, I liked it and
>> have been using it ever since.
>
> That FireFTP extension is getting my site about 500 visitors a month
> (I wrote about it when it came out). It is rather buggy though. I use
> it only at home when I make my bi-weekly backup of new photos. I just
> need to open a new tab and toss it in some Webspace. Very efficient...

The only thing I've seen with the version I have <clickety> (0.88.3) is
that once in a while I'll come back to it after not using it for a long
time, and it will still show as connected when it's really not. That
just requires me to click Disconnect before hitting Connect, so it's
not really even an aggravation for me.

>> Wait! I said I'd never have thought about using a browser...
>>
>> Well, I'm not *exactly* using a browser. ;)
>>
>> Datapoint: Mandrake/KDE here.
>
> Try KDE. You can't beat drag-and-drop that's also multi-threaded. I

Try it? I've used it every day for three years. :)

> think my version of KDE (3.1) does not support secure FTP
> authentication though, so I can't use KDE alone. That's why I
> sometimes use gFTP.
>
>
>>> I do the same thing with KDE's thumbnail gallery generator.
>>
>> Hey, what's that called?
>
> Open a location in File Management mode, Top menu -> Tools -> Create
> Image gallery.

No such animal. KDE 3.1.3 / Konq 3.1.4.

> With some enhancements, you can produce some beautiful pages, handling
> thousands of pictures with just the command-line.
>
> One among many...
>
> http://www.schestowitz.com/Family_Photos/Webcam/2005/07/10072005/images.html
>
> All generated by the Übergreat KDE.

I must have a crippled trial copy. ;)


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