FTP client "FFFTP", volunteers gather and resume development · Continue version upgrade

At the end of AugustDevelopment of "FFFTP", which was a standard FTP client, endedDid. However, there should still be demand, so volunteers gathered up to launch the FFFTP Project and continue to develop and upgrade in the future using the released source code. The top image is a screenshot of the latest version.

FFFTP Project Top Page - SourceForge.JP


FFFTP that appeared in 1997VectorYaWindow Forest, It was picked up as a classic software in various PC magazines, and there are many people that many people say that FTP client that first touched was Kore. At the 2002 Online Software AwardsWinning the Grand Prize with Sleipnir, TMPGEnc, Operadoing.

Speaking of the FTP client, even now, there is still the idea that "beginners should introduce FFFTP for the time being", the demand is still large, continuation of development by volunteers is very pleasing news.

On October 12 the latest version of "FFFTP 1.98"Has been released.


With this latest update

· Change the internal character code to UTF-8
· Support conversion to UTF-8 newly with Kanji code conversion performed in ASCII mode transfer
· If the Kanji code of the host file name is UTF-8, so that file names including Unicode dependent characters such as Chinese can also be handled
· FTP over Explicit SSL / TLS enabled

The points such as are corrected.

As for open source software,NetscapeSource to co-develop the IE's presence to threaten the existenceMozilla FirefoxA great success is known. There are about as many open source projects as famous and unnamed, of course, not everything will lead to success, for example download software "IrvineOpen source project "OpenIrvineThere seems to be movement within the project, but there are no products yet, rather it is the state that Irvine main family side is steadily adapting to the latest environment with script updates by volunteers.

The latest version of "Irvine" is "Irvine 1.3.0" updated on July 15, 2008. However, scripts corresponding to a number of download sites have been updated by volunteers, so there is no problem even without update of the main unit. Since anyone can update the script, it may be said that it is a slightly different form of open source project.


Today, from the viewpoint of a general user, the frequency of using FTP is drastically decreasing, it is easier to use blogs and Twitter than to update a website, even when it is necessary to use FTP You can add FTP client function to browser as Firefox add-on without installing software "FireFTPThere will be.

Although it is FFFTP which seems that this is just a lifetime, it is not because the business use has started yet, and it has not become zero in turn, and there is nothing that can withstand heavy use yet in the free FTP client , I would like you to achieve dramatic evolution by introducing new blood.