OT perhaps? Old vs New Internet (was Re: BBSs & PPP)

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Nov 3 17:56:00 2002

On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
>
> > Well, by efficient I meant finding files. The current state of most
> > websites often makes it very difficult to find a particular file -- even
> > when you know exactly what you are looking for. A well maintained FTP site
> > on the other hand, is pretty straightforward to navigate.
>
> Um, I hate to interrupt your rant, but a "well maintained" HTTP site is
> pretty straightforward to navigate, as well.
>
> I've navigated plenty of horrible FTP sites. A service implemented badly
> is a horror, HTTP or not.

I can't argue there, but the number of well maintained FTP sites was much
higher than the number of well maintained HTTP sites. As the FTP sites go
away, HTTP sites for the most part haven't improved much, unless you
consider javascript only download pages an improvement.

-Toth
Received on Sun Nov 03 2002 - 17:56:00 GMT