Cyberduck 3

The freeware FTP client of choice here at thriftmac has hit version 3 with some spiffy new features. The two we like the most are increased speed and Quick Look. There are no claims for better speed, but connecting to a server with the SFTP protocol seemed a lot faster. Quick Look is one of the gems of Leopard and it’s good to see it integrated into Cyberduck. The only catch is that the previews aren’t quite as quick as they are in the Finder. Still, it’s nice to have.

One thing that will take some getting used to is the removal of the side drawer for bookmarks. Instead they appear in a way similar to the method used by Safari. You click on the Bookmarks icon and the entire interface switches to your list of bookmarks. I’m not sure whether I like it or not. If anything had to be integrated, why not the Activity Window? I find that it often gets lost among all the other windows I have open. If it was built into the rest of the interface, it would be easier to find.

Also new in Cyberduck 3 is support for the Amazon S3 and WebDAV protocols. Plus, there is the ability to open the corresponding web URL of a selected file in your web browser. In limited testing, though, this feature turned up a bunch of Not Found messages.

Overall, Cyberduck is a worthy upgrade. A tip of a the hat goes to developer David V. Kocher for continuing to maintain this essential freeware program. And don’t forget to send in those donations.

Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in

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  1. Maybe I’m completely missing it, but is there a link to the Cyberduck Web site in the article? If not, I think you should add one. Kind of pointless without it.

    I realize I could Google it, but your readers would probably appreciate it more to not have to go through the hassle.

    Jim

  2. A link has been added. Sorry for the oversight.

    Mark

  3. One of my favorite little features in the new Cyberduck is it’s ability to recognize system wide ‘open with’ preferences. ‘Apple + K’ will now open PHP files in TextWrangler and CSS files in CSSEdit, which are my defaults. Even the Edit toolbar button changes depending on what kind of file is highlighted. This saves a good deal of right clicking!

    PeterVk





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