Re: lynx-dev FTP vs HTTP

[Klaus Weide]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Philip Webb wrote:

> this doesn't really make sense:
> it may be that a direct FTP client is faster once it gets started,
> but you haven't explained why (using Lynx) each FTP is slower than each HTTP .

FTP is a more complex protocol than HTTP, especially when used for
accessing a URL, in terms of number of connections and messages exchanged
per retrieval.

Any evidence from a different browser that would indicate it's specific to
Lynx?

   Klaus