fplanque: dev blog

Besides the basics, there's three simple things I'd expect from an FTP client:

1. Symetrically navigate in subfolders locally and remotely with single clicks;
2. Upload files and overwrite the server side only if the local file is newer;
3. Search the server for old files that no longer exist locally (with an option to ignore folders that contain user uploaded content).

I have never ever found a Windows tool doing all 3 !

• CuteFTP 8 Pro does #1 and that's about it (Its folder sync tools are basically a joke : it compares dates without comparing times!)
• FileZilla 2.32 does #2 but that's about it.
• My old DreamWeaver MX does #3 but is so painfully slow that it's barely bearable!

I'm so impatient to see FileZilla 3 as well as the new DreamWeaver CS3... but I fear I'm gonna be disappointed again...

Maybe I should start to figure out how to run rsync on Windows right now...