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Netscape Ftp Switcher

Communication · v1.0.1 · info-mac
Filenamenetscape-ftp-switcher-101.hqx
Size10.0 KB (10239 bytes)
Downloads1
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It lets Netscape use Anarchie or Fetch as the default FTP client. In other words: When you click on URLs that begin with ftp://, Netscape sends the request to Anarchie or Fetch, instead of trying to do the job itself. Anarchie and Fetch tend to be a *lot* more stable than Netscape in handling such jobs. How does it work? It sends an AppleScript command to Netscape, which changes its internal configuration. This patch is squeaky clean - it's nothing like a ResEdit hack. What do I need? * AppleScript installed at the time you run the script. Note: You can remove AppleScript afterwards if you don't use it. * Netscape (hello?) * Anarchie or Fetch How much does this cost me? Hello? I didn't invent this feature in Netscape. I simply wrote a five-minute script which acts as a front end. Send me some nice email if you like. Or some bug fixes for PageMill 1.0, which really disappointed me. (If you consider "

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" good HTML, please disregard the last sentence.) By the way, it's really small: 9 KB Snorre Milde (smile@nordnett.no) http://www.nordnett.no/~smile/personlig.html
File Info

This file is from the info-mac archive. It is BinHex encoded — use The Unarchiver to decode it.

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