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I have been using this file transfer client since it was in version 1.x. The latest re-release is a total disaster. It's just wasted an hour of my life.
I rarely write about geeky stuff like this but this is so aggravating and disappointing that I can't help it. It's such a stupid thing, and such a small bit of software, but it's so central to what I do that it's become an integral part of every work day of mine.
And now it's dead to me.
I'm not the only one. See the support forums for Interarchy's new, appropriately named owners, Nolobe.
This guy points out my issue:
Edit button doesn't work. I do almost 100-200 edits a day... having to crawl through menus and submenus each time is a complete frustration. I can't even choose my preferred edit application.
Dreamweaver. Interarchy now wants me to use Dreamweaver for my edits and I cannot change it.
There isn't a single thing about Interarchy 9 that I like.
Even under its original publishers they've come up with inane features, features with much promise that delivered nothing or worse than nothing (Netdisks, mirroring, etc etc) but they've always kept innovating and improving the program's basic functionality.
Now, in addition to messing up basic stuff, they've gone and blown a fashion fuse. They have made the Interarchy window look like the Mac OS X window, which I'm sure they're really pleased about, but I hate hate hate hate hate it.
I like the way OS X looks. It's fine I suppose but I liked the fact that Interarchy windows looked different. That way I could tell which listing of files was local and which listing was on my server without averting my gaze. Now, I have to look up at the menu bar to check to see whether I'm in Interarchy or in the Finder.
Who finds that helpful?
I'm furious. Bring back Peter Lewis. Bring back Stairways. Please.
Apparently they're promising to go back to the old Command-J in version 9.01. And they're promising a beta "really soon." But what a bizarre step to take. Do they really think that someone who wants to edit a file on a remote server is going to be using Dreamweaver - with its built-in client and publishing rigmarole - to do it?
