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Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore

From	Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore
Date	2021-06-07 07:13 -0700
Message-ID	<ii6nrpF8046U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 6/7/2021 12:30 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
> Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:44:37 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>> 
>> <snip>
>>>
>>>What I have found, so far, is that FTP was originally designed to work
>>>with NCP.  How could a *client* (FTP is both a client and a protocol) be
>> <snip>
>> 
>> FTP is just a protocol. There are clients that use FTP, just as there are
>> clients that use HTTP, Telnet, SSH, etc.
>> 
>> More examples of clients:
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_network_protocols_(OSI_model)#Layer_7_(Application_Layer)>
>> 
>> You wouldn't say that any of those clients is the protocol itself.
> 
> Some users have gotten into FTP means a client as HTTP(s) is a client.
> It's like saying Kleenex instead of facial tissue.  Genericide.
> Nowadays many users say Internet when they really mean Web.



Change "many" to "most" in that last sentence, and I'd agree with you.


-- 
Ken

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Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-17 08:20 -0400
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-17 13:27 +0100
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-17 08:27 -0400
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-17 16:01 +0200
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-17 10:18 -0400
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-17 14:43 +0000
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-17 12:09 -0400
          Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-17 17:23 +0100
            Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-17 17:09 +0000
              Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2021-06-08 19:47 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-06-10 01:21 +0000
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-17 23:17 +0200
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-17 14:23 +0000
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-17 10:38 -0400
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-17 14:50 +0000
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Sailfish <NIXCAPSsailfish@NIXCAPSunforgettable.com> - 2021-04-17 08:26 -0700
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-19 08:15 +0100
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-10-25 05:00 +0000
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-17 16:22 +0100
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-17 16:41 +0000
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-17 17:13 +0000
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-17 13:20 -0400
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2021-04-17 11:23 -0600
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-04-18 09:57 +0300
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-04-18 09:29 +0200
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-18 07:39 +0000
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-18 08:14 -0400
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-18 13:51 +0000
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-19 12:17 -0500
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-19 17:26 +0000
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-19 16:44 -0500
          Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-06-07 01:12 -0500
            Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-06-07 02:30 -0500
              Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-06-07 07:13 -0700
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2021-06-08 20:10 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-06-08 21:07 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2021-06-09 01:37 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2021-06-08 18:04 -0700
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2021-06-11 02:25 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-06-10 18:41 -0700
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2021-06-11 17:15 +0100
              Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-06-07 23:57 -0500
                Terminology (Was: Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2021-06-08 10:00 -0400
            Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-06-07 20:19 +0000
              Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Seamus <fucksSakeUseThis@chinet.com> - 2021-06-07 20:30 +0000
              Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2021-06-07 14:03 -0700
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "NY" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-06-08 14:50 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-06-10 01:31 +0000
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Sailfish <sailfish@unforgettable.com> - 2021-04-19 10:28 -0700
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore John McCue <jmccue@jmclin1.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> - 2021-04-18 14:05 +0000
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-18 15:49 +0000
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-18 19:06 +0100
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-04-18 11:41 -0700
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2021-04-18 22:54 +0200
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-04-18 21:09 +0200
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-19 08:29 +0100
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-19 08:44 +0100
          Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-19 09:05 +0100
            Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-19 10:18 +0100
              Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-21 04:15 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-21 08:31 +0100
                Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-21 02:34 -0500
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-19 17:52 -0500
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Michael Uplawski <michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu> - 2021-04-19 07:26 +0200
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-19 05:41 +0000
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-19 11:20 -0500
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-19 13:24 -0400
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-19 17:28 +0000
        Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Sailfish <sailfish@unforgettable.com> - 2021-04-19 11:02 -0700
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-19 19:03 +0100
      Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-19 21:04 +0100
    Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-19 19:17 +0100
  Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-06-09 19:20 +0000

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