When and why did ftp break in some browsers?

[rprosperi]

(05-09-2021 12:53 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  FileZilla has been known to surreptitiously bundle adware in its installer. I'd recommend going with WinSCP or Cyberduck.

Well, it's not surreptitious in my opinion. The download page clearly warns of this, and the setup wizard lets you opt out, so anyone that ends up with (non-malicious!) bundle-ware on their PC deserves it for not paying attention.

FileZilla is a great, free product which performs better than the others, is constantly being updated and has been free for many years. I have no problem at all with the author bundling other s/w, if it's done responsibly, which IMHO it has been; committed freeware authors need to pay the bills to keep it free, I have no issues with this method.

WinSCP is a good product too, but is slow by comparison. Can't say about Cyberduck, never used it, but I was surprised to see it's not free (even though not expensive!).