Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> This is probably better anyways - first, HTTP typically goes through 
> firewalls (FTP often doesn't, such as where I am right now) and second 
> you're sparing people immense griefs if they happen to use an inferior 
> browser (e.g., IE) which depending on your FTP server often just chokes 
> and gives weird error messages. So I think we should use the HTTP 
> download as the "primary" location and for people who ... well I don't 
> know why but hey ... for people who for some reason want to use ftp they 
> can still use ftp.
> 
> Cheers,
>     - Andreas

Yup. :) Agree in full.

Sidenote: I installed pure-ftpd on my own server yesterday and I noticed
it has a "compatible-with-broken-clients-feature" to cater for IE among
others. Sigh.

regards, Göran