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Vicomsoft FTP Client Panther Compatiblity Upgrade version 4.0.2, now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.3, Panther. This is one of my favorite FTP applications, and I downloaded a copy to see if much has changed since Version 3. 
Changes seem to be incremental. FTP Client for MacOS X still offers top notch FTP speed & performance, claiming to deliver the fastest FTP downloads ever. At the same time, it uses only modest levels of CPU resources. I haven't benchmarked Vicomsoft FTP Client 4.0.2 against other FTP software, but it's definitely very quick. It also has an attractive, Aqua-themed interface, supplemented by not one, but two slide-out Cocoa drawers for access to extra functions. The developer says that FTP Client for MacOS X has been rigorously put through its paces in test conditions against rival FTP software. In most cases, FTP Client for MacOS X showed an average speed increase on downloads of up to 30% and was even found to be 70% faster than certain rival programs in SFTP mode. In addition to speedy performance, FTP Client also offers excellent functionality and ease-of-use, which has become such a feature of the application over the years with the origianl Vicomsoft FTP client, which was my Classic OS FTP software of choice. FTP Client for MacOS X also boasts many elements of the MacOS X interface, including Toolbars, drawers, live resizing and more. I did have a couple of unexpected quits with the 4.0.2 version, which has not been typical of version 3.0 in my usage. No indication of why. However, I was running the program in OS 10.2.6 -- not Panther.
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Checking in with the curmudgeon + answer for Mail question RE: GUI aberration in OS X? OS X Odyssey 428 - Checking Out Mozilla Firebird 0.7 XUL-Based Browser Re: The End (Almost) Of Dual-Booting David Johnson Charles I tried the same route on my 17 inch PowerBook but it bit me. I wound up having to reformat and do a clean install. Don't know what went wrong on it but it would boot to the desktop and then the Finder would crash. It was a viscious cycle of crash and restart. Classic was trying to boot at the same time. Every thing was all screwed up. I guess it depends on the machine you are loading on and won't know until you try it to see if it works. Just about have the PowerBook rebuilt and all is working fine except for Airport. My son set up a closed network to discourage freeloaders and I didn't see how he set it up so I have to wait for him to figure out what he did.
Cheers
Hi David;
Glad you got it up and running again. This sort of thing is why I tend to be a late adopter, but I'm gratefull that there are you adventurous souls out there to blaze the trail.
Charles Checking in with the curmudgeon + answer for Mail question From Wayne Folta Charles, It's been a long time since I've checked your column, so I thought with the release of Panther I might check back. Seems like you might still be running MacOS X in too-small a partition (anything less than 1 GB of free space), but hopefully as you let it loose in a generously-sized partition -- plus the Panther improvements -- you'll have a better experience. In answer to Kim's question regarding Mail's drawers: Panther's Mail does not resize a full-screen window when you pop out the mailboxes drawer. However, all you have to do is pop out the drawer and then hit the green ("+") ball in the window and it sizes down from fullscreen to mostly-fullscreen, making room for the drawer. Close the drawer and hit the green ball and it sizes back up to fullscreen. If you want, customize the toolbar so that the Mailboxes icon is on the far left, under the red/yellow/green so you minimize your mouse movement. (N.B.: Hit the green button twice by mistake, and the window resizes down to it's original non-fullscreen size. Just hit it a third time and it's back up to fullscreen, though.) Wayne Folta
Hi Wayne;
Thanks for the tips to address Kim's question.
As for me, there has been progress. I haven't booted back into OS 9 on my production machine for more than a few minutes in the past six months. I'm running Jaguar 10.2.6 on an 11 GB partition on my 700 MHz iBook, with about 4 GB free on a fresh bootup, and I'm pretty pleased with its performance. Quartz Extreme support helps a lot, I think.
Looking forward to Panther, but will hang back just a bit. I want to reformat the HD on my Pismo with a much bigger OS X partition, and will do a clean install on it first, I think.
Hope you'll look in again.
Charles Hi Charles:
RE: GUI aberration in OS X?
Yes, it is horrible. Yes, it is OmniWeb that shows how it should be done (auto-re-sizing the window if the drawer is due to open off-screen and then correctly re-enlarging the window again when you close the drawer). Yes, send feedback to Apple as I suspect Panther will not have corrected this. Cheers, Jonathan
Thanks for the comment and info, Jonathan.
Charles OS X Odyssey 428 - Checking Out Mozilla Firebird 0.7 XUL-Based Browser From Dawn D'Angelillo Hi Charles! I just came across your article, OS X Odyssey 428 - Checking Out Mozilla Firebird 0.7 XUL-Based Browser. I love seeing our name in print and I thank you for visiting our site and for mentioning that you visited us but I wish that it hadn't been associated with negative results. Can you let me know exactly what didn't work as we weren't able to recreate your problems with the beta Firebird? We want to resolve the problems quickly, especially while the product is in "Technology Preview". As far as associating our name with negative results, I guess that I will have to forgive you. Especially if you promise to say something nice about us one day. ;)
Dawn D'Angelillo
Hi Dawn;
I say nice things about you guys a lot. You have a great reputation as a Mac reseller. Also link to you regularly in the "This Week's 'Book Deals" section of my "The 'Book Review column on Low End Mac on Fridays. :-)
However, FireBird "didn't work so good" on your Website. In short. the navigation pull-down menus resolutely refused to respond and then the browser hung. This does not happen in Safari.
I should also note that I'm on a deadly slow rural dial-up connection, and your site, while the content is great, is one of the more ponderously slow ones I visit regularly.
Friends?
Charles Re: The End (Almost) Of Dual-Booting From Mark Vincent Hiya Just read your article in Applelinks- as a little tidbit you might be interested in, I received a shiny new eMac today, one of those released last week. It came with Panther, but as Im a little reticent to use it just yet (its an office workhorse/fax/server type), so I decided to clone the computer it was replacing using Firewire Target Mode. Using Disc Utility, I set about partitioning the drive as it appeared on the desktop, and in the app, an option to make the computer 'OS 9 Bootable' or something similar. I never checked the box, as the comp will not even use classic apps, but there you have it - the option was there. Wether it would be on the install disc for the eMac, I couldnt tell you, as I havent yet installed it. Just thought you might be interested - it appears it IS still possible. Cheers Mark Vincent
Hi Mark;
I think what you're referring to is the "install OS 9 disk drivers" option in Disk Utility. You need to check that box in order to create an OS 9 bootable volume or partition.
However, that being a standard element in Disk Utility, my inference would be that it doesn't necessarily mean the latest eMacs will boot into OS 9. I don't know, but all reference to OS 9 booting has disappeared from Apple's product pages for the eMac and iBook. They only refer to Classic Mode now.
It would be interesting to know that it is still possible.
Charles
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