I've always told my friends that in the future, the connection between my hard drive and the Internet would become transparent. Data would be so accessible on the global network, any tidbit would be just a click away.
Web browsers come close to this ideal - only you can't send files and information with them. Snatcher comes even closer. In theory, it's an ftp client for the Mac. In reality, it's so easy to use, I hardly know it's there.
The program takes the Mac desktop metaphor and applies it to the once-complex task of transferring files on the Net. Type in an address, and Snatcher's files and folders pop up in a window. Drag a file to your desktop and - presto! - You've started a file transfer. Send it to the background and keep working, or queue up other files.
You can finally get rid of that long list of arcane ftp addresses you've been maintaining by making an alias and saving it to your hard drive. I've saved all my friends' and co-workers' public directories; now, sending them files is as easy as dragging and dropping. At last, the command line is ancient history.
Snatcher: US$49.95. Software Ventures Corporation: (800) 782 9333, +1 (510) 644 3232, e-mail snatcher-info@svcdudes.com, via the Web www.svcdudes.com.
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