New Features in Version 9.0
Security - OpenPGP Support including:
• Integrated solution for automatic decryption and signature verification on download
• Wizards for key importing, exporting and creating keys and keyrings
• PGP mode for automatically encrypting all files before transferring
• Four global cipher settings: Blowfish, 3DES, CAST5 and IDEA
File, Folder and Connection Management
• Support for multiple simultaneous local views
• Support for multiple simultaneous remote views
• Ability to move local views to right and remote views to the left
• Integrated Folder View for displaying remote or local connection contents with a folder tree like Windows Explorer
• Direct Access to special folders like Desktop, My Documents, My Pictures
User Experience and Customizable GUI
• Updated interface with new icon artwork and Windows XP® and Windows 2000 look and feel
• Five new getting started flash tours that step users through the basics of WS_FTP from creating favorites, to connecting and transferring files
• New Information Windows with quick access via tabs to Transfer Manager, Transfer History and Connection Log
• Ability to customize the user interface by shutting off the transfer pane
• New user guides (pdf) that focus on Security (SSL, SSH, SFTP, PGP) and on the Utilities (Synchronization, Scheduler, Scripting, Find) and Command Line Interface
• Tabs allow easy navigation of multiple local and remote views
• Use drag-and-drop with tabs to move files from one FTP site to another FTP site
• Standard Windows file commands are now accessed from the file command bar
• Customize the menus, toolbar, address, or file command bars
• New Connection Wizard walks you through creating a connection to an FTP site
Power and Programmability
• New return codes for the Command Line Interface
• Bidirectional file renaming (uploads only, downloads only or both).
