BAMA

[Malcolm Leonard]

Ok.But why are most other sites so much easier to download from if FTP is
still king?Or to put it another way,why can't Bama use a more browser
friendly protocol... or whatever...since almost everybody else now does
so...apparently.
I don't buy it that Bama is somewhow *better* for using its
not-so-easy-for-all-browsers setup.
It is very helpful of course(when you can get it to work),but such a sacred
cow that people fear questioning it in any way or suggesting a more browser
friendly protocol.
Very few things in life are so perfect that no improvement is possible.
The bottom line here is the undeniable reality that huge numbers of would be
users have frustrating problems with it and that other,similar sites don't
expect users to download an FTP program in order to access the information
they provide.
Malcolm
----- Original Message -----
From: "James True N5ARW" <n5arw at AUTOMATION-WORKS.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: BAMA


> In defense of BAMA, the easiest way to download files from the site is
> with a true FTP client.  The site provides an HTML web browser interface,
> but web browsers are not designed to make file transfers convenient.  FTP
> is not "old fashioned", it is the protocol of choice for transferring
> files over the internet, hence the name File Transfer Protocol.  A number
> of shareware or freeware FTP clients are available on TwoCows
> http://www.tucows.com/ftp95_default.html
>
> My favorite is a commercial product, WS-FTP from
> http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/file-transfer.html
>
> The only problem with BAMA is that Sweet Briar College,  where it is
> hosted, limits the number of concurrent users to 10 in order to control
> the network bandwidth requirements.  We really cannot complain since they
> are hosting the site for free.  That is also the reason the mirror site
> http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/  is so valuable.  The mirror site also
> supports FTP.
>
> 73
> James True N5ARW
> in beautiful Hot Springs National Park, AR
> http://www.boatanchor.com
>
>
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:07:27 -0500, Malcolm Leonard wrote:
>
>>Bama problems have generated an incredible amount of e-mail in electronic
>>hobby discussions all over the net;one of the toughest sites for many to
>>use,apparently.I guess this is due to its old fashioned FTP based nature.
>
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