Rhino Software's FTP Voyager is another 32-bit FTP client that patterns itself
after the Windows 95 Explorer interface. Like both FTP Explorer and FTP Icon
Connection, FTP Voyager only displays the remote site's files, as opposed to
clients like WS-FTP and CuteFTP which use a side-by-side display that shows both
the local site and the remote site. As a result, you can only upload files to
FTP Voyager via dragging 'n' dropping them from the Windows 95 Explorer. One
advantage of this over CuteFTP is that you can transfer entire directories as
well as normal files. Many of Explorer's best features have found their way
into the FTP Voyager interface, including multiple file display listings (icon,
list, and details views), quick sorting on multiple keys (including name, size,
type, and date of last modification), right-mouse button functionality, and
property details for files.
FTP Voyager does have a few quirks that keep it from being more competitive with
the current fare of FTP clients. Most noticeably, the client is quite slow
relative to the likes of CuteFTP, FTP Explorer, and WS-FTP. And without a
status or progress bar to let you know how much longer a file transfer or
directory refresh will take, the sluggishness of FTP Voyager is even more
pronounced. Another oddity is that you can't scroll up and down by using the
Page Up and Page Down keys. FTP Voyager also lacks extensive configuration
options, firewall/proxy support, file mask filtering, an extensive list of
default FTP sites, automatic renaming on transfer, quick searching, a
customizable toolbar, and similar features found in the competition. Overall,
even with a rather inexpensive price tag ($19), FTP Voyager lacks far too many
critical features to stand out in such a competitive crowd of FTP clients.
Pros: Solid set of features, Windows Explorer-like interface, easy to use
Cons: Slow, lacks many critical features found in the competition
For the latest information on FTP Voyager for Windows 95, check out:
www.stroud.com/95ftp.html#ftpvoyag
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