KnoWare, Inc. has just released Version 1.2 of Internet Neighborhood, a Windows 95 shell extension that allows you to browse remote FTP sites as if they were folders on your local computer.
There is no longer any need to run a separate application to download your files from an FTP site--now you can do it all from within Windows Explorer. Since Internet Neighborhood is a shell extension, all of Windows Explorer's file management features can be used with FTP sites on the Internet, including full drag and drop capabilities, all of the different View options (large icon, small icon, list, and detail) and the ability to sort files according to name, date, and size.
Internet Neighborhood supports both anonymous and private login sites and includes all sorts of FTP related capabilities, such as automatic file name conversion, symbolic link resolution, firewall support, an integrated debugger client, default transfer directory option and file transfer status/progress bars. Internet Neighborhood supports multiple FTP sites for browsing and downloading.
Version 1.1 of Internet Neighborhood had a few problems with Internet Explorer 4.0x, but all problems seem to have been worked out with this new release. However, there are a few other shortcomings that should be mentioned. The shareware release is quite crippled in that many of the features do not work until the product is paid for and registered. Another peculiarity is that you can not delete the desktop icon (because Internet Neighborhood is a Windows shell extension). Still, if you are looking for an FTP client that integrates seamlessly with Windows Explorer, Internet Neighborhood is your product.
