Yummy FTP 'Lite'

[Tekl]

Yes, mixing an alias with a browser is not a good idea. An alias should be an alias and nothing more.

Wolfgang

[Old Salt]

I used Cyberduck for months then switched to Yummy FTP, owing to its auto-reconnect and resume features.
I have only basic needs and would have bought a Yummy Lite version, provided it had the following features:
- auto-reconnect and resume after error/disconnection
- upload and download
- pause/resume

I was in touch with another MacUser who tried the Yummy demo and was fully satisfied with it, but he has only basic needs and is reluctant to pay $25 for the auto-reconnect and resume features, free FTP clients doing all other tasks he needs to do 

[JD]

The next major update of Yummy FTP is imminent and won't include a Lite option. But don't think I've forgotten about it... I haven't

[Tekl]

Hi Jason,

just to continue for the masses ...

> This is why Yummy FTP Lite is a subject I raised in the User Forum not 
> so long ago. I wonder if those CyberDuck
> people would pay $10?

I think they would pay if it has such an easy interface like CyberDuck and all features CyberDuck has. Then it should have some advanced features CyberDuck does not have like the error-handling and fast transfers. But it's not easy to get people to 'upgrade' to Yummy, even becuase Yummy is still missing some features like the bookmark-drawer, Bonjour, Localization in many languages, considering http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/ and maybe the Widget or Growl-Support.

In the beginning Yummy Lite should be advertised for emigrants. (disappointed with slow ftp-transfers?)

Yummy Lite should automatically import Bookmarks if it detects CyberDuck (or others) in the system.

Also interesting are event-prices for Yummy FTP, like a x-mas discount. On PC I bought my first Mail-Client TheBat because of that x-mas discount (less than the half price). Later then I bought two major releases. Without the discount I would never have bought TheBat. The x-mas-version was shipped with a custom x-mas startup-screen and as I remember right it also had some different presets to make it look more simple.

Wolfgang

[JD]

For some background for the 'masses' ... Wolfgang is the author of the German localization of Yummy FTP 1.5 We started discussing this topic via email, but thought it was best to continue here.

Just to put the record straight, Yummy does already have Bonjour and Growl support, the Bookmark drawer is planned for later and further localizations are already under way. I think that the Widget provides little more than eye candy, so I won't waste time on it, especially considering it's one item drop limitation, and the existance of Yummy's own FTP Alias feature.

Certainly, one of the major features of Yummy FTP is it's speed. The Lite version will of course tout this as a major advantage over the competition, free or otherwise.

The automatic Bookmark import is a nice idea. I should definitely do that for new users, even non-Lite ones.

The discount ideas are interesting. I'll have a think about those.

[Tekl]

Oups, I was sitting infront of a PC.