Reviewer, 2011-09-25 07:17:00

This is a FTP client that is useful for web development work.

CoffeeCup Free FTP is a fast, no-frills FTP program. It lets you drag and drop files to and from your Website. If you are involved with site development and maintenance, regular yet dependable and reliable FTP tool is a necessity. This being a free to use tool, makes it very attractive for adoption into your tool chest. It can transfer files in binary, ASCII, or in the auto mode. What makes this tool quite easy to use is the interface. You are able to see the files in the local node as well as the remote server and thus manage them easily. The drag and drop mentioned earlier lets you drag and drop files from one window to another and get the transfer done.

You can set up multiple server profiles. What is useful, particularly with jittery connections is the ability to resume transfers correctly whenever there is an interruption. It is possible to pause or cancel transfers initiated already. Initial set up is easy, just enter your username and password and click Connect. Free FTP remembers your server information, so reconnecting to your site is very quick. On both the local and the server windows you get to see the files size, file creation date & time etc. so that file management is easily done. This is a easy to use and a very handy tool you can add to your web site activities, does not cost you anything!