On 22 Dec 2003 21:01:03 GMT, r (Mike Knudsen)
wrote:

In article , "Kenneth D. Grimm,
K4XL" writes:

Web browsers are designed primarily to read html
code and have ftp capability tacked on as an afterthought. A few,

It's not so much a case of getting it right, but of integrating
applications. Where as MS sells "Front Page" which can up load in
addition to editing HTML and SHML pages, the others have their editing
software package integrated with the browsers.

Explorer will download just fine.

such as Mozilla, Netscape and Opera, got it right. Internet Explorer
seems to have a few problems!

Well, Explorer does tend to download a file not to your normal hard drive

Mozilla, Mozilla Firebird, and Netscape do that as well.

space, but to its own Temporary file space, and then try to display it

It uses either the temp files of the OS, or it will use the temp files
for the particular user. It also creates a temp file directory/folder
for each instance operating. If you open three instances of Explorer
there will be three different temp files.

Again Netscape, Mozilla, and Mosilla Firebird do this. I've never
checked into how Opera handles it as I prefer either Firebird, or
Mozilla. I've used netscape for years, but have been moving away from
it to the core, which is Mozilla.

immediately on your screen if it's graphics, play it if sound, etc. There
should be a button to just download it to disk and leave it.

Also, Explorer lacks an "Upload" button -- I went to upload a file to RTSI.com
and couldn't -- there was no way to "manually" start an upload, since the
screen page didn't have a button.

It's a straight browser. Most of the other features are ... well...
added features or plugins.

Indirectly you can upload using Front Page which is their composer.
Netscape, and Mozilla use "composer" as an integrated function.

Even using Netscape, Mozilla, Mozilla Firebird, and Opera, (all are
installed on this machine and I use Agent as a news reader) I still
resort to a separate FTP utility for normal up and downloading and I
do the majority of my HTML editing in a text editor rather than Front
Page, or one of the others. I once used Netscape's composer on my home
page and it took me over three days to get it straightened out. I've
never been willing to try it again. Maybe some day on a small page.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com
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Any other problems I should know about? Thanks, Mike K.

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