Cyberduck v3.0.2 Update
This morning I was checking on a few remote sites and decided to pull up Cyberduck to see how it was doing with the relative speed of access to my home network. When it launches, Cyberduck uses the Sparkle framework to check for updates, and there was a new version released - 3.0.2. Of course, I got it.
Now I have paid for Transmit, and I'll still use it from time to time, but I have to say that I like the minimalistic GUI layout of Cyberduck more. No unnecessary border, no wasted screen real-estate - that's what I like. But with 3.0.2 they've added a default Bookmarks view. All of a sudden, it's not as clean as it used to be.
There's a menu item to toggle the bookmarks on and off - that's nice, but you can't really get rid of the bar right below the toolbar. You used to be able to just have the toolbar and the list of files - very nice and clean. You drag things out and that downloads them, you drop them in and it uploads them. What could be simpler?
I've looked around the program and I can't find a way to remove the second toolbar. Maybe they'll get requests to make it optional - maybe even from me. If they can remove it I'll be a lot happier. I just want a simple interface... nothing fancy or anything I don't need.
After reading several posts in the Cyberduck forums, it's clear that I'm not the only one that thinks this is not a step in the right direction. So I'll bide my time. I'm guessing that there's going to be a compromise here about how the bookmarks are handled. For now, If I get rid of the toolbar, I have only the one I can't get rid of, and that's a reasonable number for me to deal with. Still... too bad.
