on 29/06/03 4:12 AM, Dean E. Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> What is the point of the web based file manager? > To eliminate Local Accounts, and so that they don't have to upload files > via ftp or ssh. > Plain ftp is very unsecure, and using a secure ftp server can be very > confusing to less advanced users. Also if a user wants to edit web pages > on their lunch hour, they may be behind a corporate firewall that will not > allow them to connect to a secure ftp server, or use ssh, but http is > always available.
Bleh. I hope you're not charging for this service, because every time a service provider has forced me to use a web-based file upload system for anything more than one or two files, rather than something clean, quick and to the point like FTP, I've turned away really quick. Can you imagine trying to update 10 or even 100 files via a web based file upload system? Every file has to be selected from it's own file input. You were talking about confusion? I'd say this takes the cake. Also, I wouldn't use "Plain ftp is very unsecure" as an argument, because so is http, and I can only imagine how much slower this sort of app would run under https. If this is something free you're offering, geocities style, then that's fine, but on a paid-for service, there is a certain level of simplicity and speed which users expect. FTP being the obvious answer. Justin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
