I don’t know if this was part of BeOS in the past, but I would really like to see the abililty to explore remote sites - ftp, ssh, maybe even cvs and subversion - built in. I suppose the best place would be the Tracker?
For example, if you type sftp://domain.tld in a MacOS Finder window, you’ll be able to authenticate and browse the remote server as if it was stored locally.
I don't know if this was part of BeOS in the past, but I would really like to see the abililty to explore remote sites - ftp, ssh, maybe even cvs and subversion - built in. I suppose the best place would be the Tracker?
For example, if you type sftp://domain.tld in a MacOS Finder window, you’ll be able to authenticate and browse the remote server as if it was stored locally.
Cheers,
togs
Best place is at filesystem level, and already exists for a number of protocols:
SAMBA - built into the OS in BeOS R5. Unreliable as hell, but it does work for a while. cifsmount at the terminal, or the buggy World O’Networking demo app that acts like the Windows Networking browser.