Don't let the name "Browser" fool you! FTP Browser is a superior full-featured Internet FTP client program designed to replace the IBM FTP-PM program included with Warp. However it is far more convenient to use and contains many, many additional features. Some of these features include:

1. Firewall support
   • Provides support for accessing sites protected by firewalls such as internal sites of corporations or universities.

2. Parallel and directory tree transfers.
   • This feature allows you to transfer an complete tree in one operation, leaving the directory structure in tact.

3. Optional automatic conversion of filenames to lower case.
   • If you maintain a website on a UNIX server and run into case problems when uploading from OS/2, you'll appreciate this feature.

4. "Point and Click" and "Drag 'n Drop" support.
   • Imagine transferring a file or complete directory to or from a far-distant site with a simple drag or double-click!

5. Total configurability.
   • Almost every conceivable function of this program is configurable.

6. Automatic restart file transfers. (Tired of restarting long downloads that almost finished?)

7. Auto-redial busy sites

8. Log containing all communication with the servers. (If a connection failed, now you'll know why!)

9. Caching of Directory lists.
   • No more repeatedly waiting for the same high-level directory list to be displayed as you travel down a tree, as is the case all often with FTP-PM.

10. You can save several configurations on the same or different sites; FTP-Browser saves them safely within files, so they are secure across version or fixpak changes.

11. Files selected along with their specifications for download are stored in a temporary file, and if something happens to terminate the download, FTP Browser detects the file, notifies you, giving you the option to restart the download without having to reselect any files.

12. Automatic execution of a program determined by the file extension. This means you can double-click an HTML file at the remote site, and FTP Browser will download it, load the default browser, and display the document--all using a simple double-click! That still amazes me when I do it.

Problems:

I can find only two things in this product to "gripe" about, and both are really quite minor:

1. the window positions and sizes cannot be saved between sessions;

2. Occasionally the transfer rate displayed is obviously wrong.