Firefox FTP Viewer Question

[Lydon]

Why is it that for some reason when visiting an FTP site Firefox displays it all nicely in a format where you can sort files via "Last Updated" etc, yet other times it simply lists them as if you're viewing a text document? It seems to randomly swap and change between the two. Anywhere I can change this? Thanks!

 

[LazyLion]

I think it has to do with the FTP site. I am guessing. I think it has to do with whether the FTP site can serve up its contents formatted for HTTP. look for an .html file in the directory.

 

[seymour7]

Lydon, I think its a new feature in Firefox 3. ftp://ftp.saix.net/ for example doesn't have any .html files in the directory. The only reason that I can think why sometimes an ftp directory is being viewed like a text document may be because you're viewing that dir using an older version of firefox?

Here's a link with more info: http://lifehacker.com/396469/firefox-3-improves-ftp-browsing

 

[Lydon]

It happens with Firefox 3. Sometimes when I'm viewing ftp.agasa.co.za it's in the html format and other times in the text format. It's so strange!

 

[seymour7]

Yeah, that does seem strange. It always loads in the html format for me, and I'm using FF3.

 

[Lydon]

^ In case anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about