Existing users, 
I have tried just about every FTP program there is for OS X, and I always end up coming back to Transmit. It is no different this time--except that I didn't even get to try this version of Captain FTP for the reason that as soon as I open the program, I get the message: "The Captain FTP trial period has expired ..."--and that is even though I previously removed all traces of previous trials of Captain FTP that I could find (the program itself, the preference files, anything at all that might be related).
I'd really like to be able to like Captain FTP because there are some things about it that are quite appealing (in previous trials), but there has never been a version of Catptain yet that I have tried that hasn't had problems that make it unusable for me: using SFTP wouldn't allow returning to a previous directory, sometimes crashed on opening, sometimes crashed on closing. The developers have always been responsive to my e-mails, but seem to be unable to fix the bugs.
-Don-
Captain FTP
FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, iDisk client with scheduled sync.
Version: 6.2
Perpetual problems
Feedback Type: Troubleshooting Report
Contributed by: PQXYZ33 Friday, May 06 2005 @ 12:18 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
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Perpetual problems - PQXYZ33
Hello John,Thank you very much for your prompt reply to my e-mail detailing my plight in not being able to try this latest version. You did send me a 30 day trial key, and that made it possible for me to try Captain--once again. And once again, unfortunately, there are problems which make the program unusable for me in SFTP mode (although it seems to work OK in FTP mode):
1) The program once locked up on download of a simply 8k text file (the progress bar showed continuous download). Had to force quit the program in order to try again.
2) Although uploads in SFTP get where they are going just fine, downloads in SFTP don't occur at all. Even though the program indicates that they were completed satisfactorily. The downloaded file(s) don't show up at all, either in the default download directory or the directory to which "dragged." It/they are nowhere to be found even via a Finder search. Note: I have tried just every pref configuration that would likely affect this.
This is as far as I have gotten. I don't want to experiment, rather I want to upload/download files.
Regards,
-Don-
Friday, May 06 2005 @ 05:39 PM PDT
Perpetual problems - john109
Hi Don,I was under the impression that your problem with SFTP was resolved. This was a small bug in the initial release of version 4.0 which we subsequently rectified.
I have sent you a new trial key for 4.0.1 so that you can try it out, and I will look forward to receiving your comments.
Best regards,
John
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Friday, May 06 2005 @ 02:59 PM PDT