Using the protocol_handlers for browser extensions, developers can specify which application to open when users click on FTP links in Firefox, providing an alternative to using Finder. FTP file view in Finder app on macOSįirefox 90 is expected to have a similar prompt, but Mozilla has also provided an alternative for developers. Users can then view and download files via Finder. Chrome browser prompt when attempting to access an FTP server On macOS, Safari and Chrome prompt the user to open an FTP server in the Finder app.
The removal of FTP means that users can no longer view and access files from FTP servers in the browser. Mozilla will then altogether remove it from Firefox in version 90. As everyone found out, the pandemic situation did not improve, and it delayed Mozilla’s plans to remove FTP from Firefox for an entire year.Īlmost a year to the day, Neiman announced that Firefox 88 would be released on April 19, 2021, and will have FTP access disabled. Mozilla planned first to disable it and then remove it in a later version – a plan that mimicked how Chrome removed its FTP functionality.Īt the time of the announcement in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning, and to mitigate the risk of potentially causing breakages during the COVID-19 pandemic, Caitlin Neiman, Add-ons Community Manager at Mozilla, stated, If the pandemic situation has not improved by J(the expected release date for Firefox 79), there may be further delays. Jon Henshaw | | 10:39pm CDT | ProductivityĪround the same time Google removed FTP access from Chrome in April 2020, Mozilla announced they were also removing it from Firefox.
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