Software Update: FileZilla 2.2.1

Jive tipped us off that a new version of FileZilla was available. Contrary to what the name suggests, the program has nothing to do with the popular browser Mozilla. It is an FTP client that can handle normal FTP transactions but also, for example, the SFTP protocol† The following changes have been made in the current version 2.2.1 of this software:

The two most important changes in this release are a new comments field in the site manager and a fix for the slow upload speed some users have reported.

Here’s a complete list of changes:

New features:

• added comments field to Site Manager, moved default local/remote directories to advanced page.
• added Russian translation
• added support for servers with send multiple code 1yz replies on RETR/STOR/APPE commands
• remember and restore focus of last active window if main window loses and regains focus
• slightly improved compatibility of directory listing parser

Fixed bugs:

• the problem with the extremely low upload speed on certain servers has been fixed
• fixed problems with disabled quickconnect bar
• don’t create local folders if deleting empty dirs on the server
• fixed crash if clicking backspace if remote filelist was empty
• possible fix for the file exists crashes
• fixed storage GSS transfers