FTP Voyager

Pros

If you get version 15 then you'll get a fast, intuitive, well designed FTP client that's feature filled and with a UI that's a pleasure to work with.

If you get this version (16) you get a mediocre piece of software that does the job, but in a "that'll do" fashion rather than really feeling like it's enjoyable.

Cons

* Clunky
* Unintuitive design
* Slow, each time I wanted to sync a folder it had to re-read the entire site, when version 15 used a cache to speed things up.
* Had to keep inputting my password despite clicking to remember it.
* Did I mention slow and clunky?

Summary

I admit, the fact that the previous version was great despite it's age (I first purchased it almost a decade ago) was in danger of colouring my judgement, so I tried to clear my mind, start afresh and came to a simple conclusion.

If this was what I'd been offered at first when I went with FTP Voyager (when they were Rhinosoft) I wouldn't have used it, I would have gone elsewhere.

If you download this you will get a usable FTP client, but it's frustrations may soon overwhelm you. If you can deal with them you'll find it does what it says on the tin, you will be able to do FTP actions and keep a website updated.

In car terms it'll get you from A to B but you won't enjoy the ride.

How a company have taken something so good and made it so bad is bizarre, it's like they looked at the Windows 7 to 8 debacle and thought... hey, we can mess things up way worse than that.

Just goes to show, you get what you pay for, and in making this software totally free, they've made sure to ruin it as well, just to match.

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