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Offline chrisNova777

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FIREFOX dropped support for FTP protocol
« on: March 13, 2023, 10:56:04 AM »
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/07/20/stopping-ftp-support-in-firefox-90/

i really dont understand why they would do such a thing.. trying to make their filesize smaller???
ftp is a pretty important part of the internet.. still.. i dont understand this move on the part of the firefox developers
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Re: FIREFOX dropped support for FTP protocol
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2023, 04:26:05 PM »
Because dedicated FTP clients are so much better than a web browser for this?
It was already the case in IE5 era, even more today.

Filezilla or WinSCP ftw.
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