Alex: Sounds to me like you should meet ncftp. On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > The only command line app I hate with a passion is the command line ftp > client. I'd rather use a gui ftp client under winblows to get files off of > ftp sites, and the only time I use the command line client is when I know > the exact path of the filename, and not for unfamiliar servers. If a better > ftp client was written, i.e. Allowing one to use arrows to select the file > or dir, and press enter on it to download. > ------------------------------- > Alex Snow > Email: alex_snow at gmx.net > BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org > web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org > The Computer Repair Guy: > If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: General question about Linux > > > > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > They say that Linux is better than Windows, but they probably want to > tell > > > that the command line is better than the graphical interface also. > > > > Absolutely right. The number of people who are pleasantly surprised when > > I show them faster ways to do stuff without their mouse, well I would be a > > millionaire if I had a hundred pounds for each one! > > > > It's also a scientifically proven fact that, while good for beginners, > > advanced users can perform tasks much faster with the keyboard than the > > mouse, and in fact in some offices, even those that use MS Office etc, > > mice are banned! > > > > HTH > > > > -- > > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > > ICQ: #61744808 > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
