[kwlug-disc] Firefox doesn't support FTP

[Rick Moen]

Quoting William Park via kwlug-disc (kwlug-disc at kwlug.org):

> I just found out Firefox don't support FTP link.  Online search
> says "about:config" and search for "ftp" to enable.  My Firefox
> (140.3.1esr) doesn't have any "ftp" parameter, at all.  I had to
> use an old SeaMonkey all-in-one browser.

Yes, the Firefox (Gecko) and Chromium (Blink) engines, and thus all Web
browsers based on them, dropped in 2021 the code for ftp client-side
support.

> So, how do you open FTP link?

I like /usr/bin/lftp .  ;->

Er, well, also see if the FireFTP extension is still available for, and
functional in, current Firefox versions.  Unfortunately, I see
indications that Mozilla, Inc. _probably_ killed compatibility (probably
when they killed XUL), but that you could make a lateral move to
Waterfox and still be able to use that extension.

Personally, I have come around to the view that Firefox is a problem.
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/kicking.html#linuxbrowser