Ffftp
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ftp client
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 17 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Performance: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, appealing UI and font/color choices
From 2 comments
There's this phrase, right? "Don't reinvent the wheel". I think it's central to the development experience. Don't re-do work your ancestors have already done, lest you waste your…
Zyst on HNThis looks great! I really like the old school style.
mosselman on HN
Good learning project and encouraging for a first Electron app
From 2 comments
I tried doing this exact same thing and it wasn't as quick/easy as I hoped so I bailed, so first off, thank you for making it, and second, don't worry that its messy at least you…
benmcnelly on HNI think it's awesome. Sure some people think creating an FTP client is like a hello world project but I appreciate what you have done for the reasons you have stated.
jgalloway___ on HN
Objections
Electron footprint (~50MB) is not minimal
From 3 comments
minimal is clearly referred to the UI, and not the ~50MB download.
drc0 on HNYeah, 'Minimal' and 'Electron' really don't go together. What is the need for a whole browser engine attached to an FTP client?
Finnucane on HN"minimal", "electron" ??? So running an entire web browser, separate from your actual web browser is minimal?
dkuntz2 on HN
Another FTP client is unnecessary; FTP itself should be avoided
From 2 comments
Okay, but why? No offense, but do we really need another FTP client in 2016?
cweagans on HNI get doing something like this as a learning project. All I'm saying is that we should actively be trying to kill off FTP for good. There are superior protocols (and workflows…
cweagans on HN
Possible copied code without attribution
From 2 comments
I am not a fan of the way you have copied and pasted code from multiple Github Gists and/or StackOverflow without attribution.
no_protocol on HNI only looked at one file. [0] The 'filesize' section is from [1], only the word 'bytes' has changed to 'B' and 'filesize' in two places. It looks like there are other copies of…
no_protocol on HN
Login credentials could not be pasted; connection showed no file list
From 2 comments
could not copy paste my username and password into text fields!
andrewfromx on HNwhen I entered info it said connected to servername but then nothing happened. Could not get list of files.
andrewfromx on HN
Requests
Add SFTP support
From 1 comment
Nice work. Does it support SFTP too? From a operational perspective FTP itself should be avoided for anything except public drop-box applications (IMHO). Also, best practice in…
throwaway2016a on HN
Clean up code and split into smaller files
From 1 comment
Yeah, I really have to spend some time cleaning everything up. The code itself is pretty messy too and needs to especially be split up into smaller files. This is the first…
mitchas on HN
Questions
Does it support SFTP?
From 1 comment
Nice work. Does it support SFTP too? From a operational perspective FTP itself should be avoided for anything except public drop-box applications (IMHO). Also, best practice in…
throwaway2016a on HN
Why another FTP client?
From 1 comment
Okay, but why? No offense, but do we really need another FTP client in 2016?
cweagans on HN
Alternatives named
FileZilla
From 2 comments
Try FileZilla .. https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=osx
jgalloway___ on HNFilezilla? Cyberduck? FTPFS? The FTP functionality that's built into Finder (or at least, it was the last time I used FTP - this was some time ago)? There's no shortage of…
cweagans on HN
Cyberduck
From 1 comment
Try Cyberduck
reaktivo on HN
WinSCP
From 1 comment
Filezilla and WinSCP are precisely the apps I was referring to. "Straight from XP". Pfft. Windows explorer maintains about the same look in most places as well as most other…
problems on HN
Transmit
From 1 comment
I made this because I just switched from Mac to PC. On Mac I was using Transmit, which was super easy to use and looked pretty good. I don't use FTP frequently - I just needed…
mitchas on HN