Chapter 1: So What’s All This Web Jazz?
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Calling such a procedure complex would be an understatement. Of course, FTP is fast and easy to use after you learn all the magic. However, using a computer should enable you to focus on what you want to accomplish instead of how to accomplish it. Compare the preceding example with the following procedure that shows you how to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access the same archive directly (see Figure 1-3). Instead of typing all the information required in the preceding method, you simply choose File ➪ Open and type ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/MISC1 in the Open box. In this example, ftp indicates what kind of service you want, the :// part is some fancy (if mysterious) notation, and ftp.microsoft.com/MISC1 is the name of the remote system and the directory to view. Finally, you just click on OK or press Enter.
Figure 1-3: Microsoft Internet Explorer visits Microsoft’s FTP archive.
The location format (ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/MISC1) is called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Ready to visit a listed directory or folder? Click it, and you move to that spot. Ready to grab a file? Just click the file, and Explorer automatically figures out the file type, asks what you want to call the file on your PC, and transfers it across. No fuss, no hassle.