Then uploaded the images and html files right from Textastic. I copied it then tapped the html file in Files which opened the file right up in Textastic. The client also had text in the body of the email for an update to one of his pages. A simple drag and drop and my images were in the folder they needed to go to. In two taps I had the project folder open in Files. I opened Files into split view with Mail. Say, for example, I’ve gotten a new images emailed from a client as happened today. While I’ll often get into editing mode and just work from an app, in this case Textastic, every so often I might come at the task from another app. Or, from the list view, I can select the photo to share/copy to Affinity Photo (or any image editor). Also, from a list view of either Files or FileBrowser, local or remote, I can easily drag and drop an image to import into Affinity Photo for editing. Fantastic and not something offered by Transmit or Coda. If I need to browse through a folder of images at a much larger view I can do that too as it has a full screen image display that allows for swiping through. In the file view thumbnails on the remote server are nicely displayed. One benefit of FileBrowser is the display of images. The new workflow is now much more open and with less friction. Coda/Transmit do not support drag and drop between apps and are a closed silo. Or, just as easily, because I’ve got all of my website projects stored in iCloud I can drag and drop from anywhere right into the appropriate project folder in the Files app then use the ftp server in Textastic to upload. I’ve set-up ftp servers in FileBrowser and now it’s a simple action to select multiple files from practically anywhere and drag them right into my server. Unlike Transmit and Coda, the developers of FileBrowser have implemented excellent drag and drop support. Coda requires switching out of the edit window to upload changes. Also, and this is really nice as it saves me from extra tapping, uploading right from a standard share button within the edit window. The html editor is excellent and is, for the most part, more responsive than Coda. Local files on the left, server files on the right. And I get the two pane file browser I’ve gotten used to with Transmit and Coda. Next, Textastic’s built in ftp is excellent. So, unlike Coda, my files are now synced between all devices. Textastic allows for my “local” file storage to be in iCloud. Not only is this going to work, it’s going to be much better than I expected. In it’s place are Textastic and FileBrowser. I’ve moved Coda off my dock and into a folder. This is going to stick and I’m pretty excited about it. So, I’ve been checking out my options.Īfter two weeks with the new workflow on the iPad I can say this was a great decision and I no longer consider it tentative or experimental. But they’ve been slow to adopt new iOS features such as drag one drop while plenty of others are already offering that support. To summarize, yes, Transmit will continue to work for the time being and Panic has stated that it will continue developing Coda for iOS. A couple weeks ago I wrote about my website managment workflow changing up a bit due to Panic’s recent announcement that they were discontinuing Transmit.
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