It' Okay but could be better - trance

I think you forgot yummy FTP ....considerably more powerful and efficient than Transmit, but that's just my opinion.

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Sunday, April 06 2008 @ 04:52 AM PDT

It' Okay but could be better - versiontracker2007

I really don't understand this need to have a 2-pane view. You know what your files look like; they're your files. And the system already has a way to manage and view your files locally, and it's better than any 2-pane client could come up with, so why duplicate that all over again? Transferring files between an smb/afp server doesn't open a separate mine/theirs view, neither does transferring stuff to/from an iPod, flash drive or other external drive, so why should transfers between an ftp/sftp/webdav server?

Web browsers transfer files in single pane. Ditto BitTorrent clients. Everything else transfers files via a single pane except, for some reason, FTP (and adjacent) programs; it's an archaic UI convention from old OSes that had ratsh!t (or non-existent) file managers and an absence of any concept of drag-and-drop. Mac OS X has none of those problems. You're going to have to eventually open the Finder window to get to the files anyway; 2-pane UIs require twice the navigation, once in the client and again in the Finder, even if it is via a "Show in Finder" command.

Stick with the one-pane UI. Srsly.

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Saturday, May 24 2008 @ 09:27 AM PDT