m2ftp

FTP clients can range from the utterly incomprehensible to the ridiculously easy and this one definitely falls into the latter category.

This means that it doesn't necessarily feature everything that you'd expect from an FTP client but it's certainly an excellent start for beginners and you can be sure your files will get transferred when you want them to. That's not to say m2ftp is short on features. Indeed, it includes everything you'd expect from such a client including a very easy to use and well presented GUI for administration of data files and simple but straightforward buttons for delete, renaming copy etc.

Connections are established with minimum fuss and you can display just about any type of data located on the server. Sometimes the browsing through server files can lag a little but it's nothing serious and can depend on your server response time anyway. There's an easy to use drag and drop interface so it's easy as using Windows Explorer to move and manage files plus you can move huge batches of files at the same time. What's also nice is that there's a clear status bar telling you exactly the status of your transfer, how fast it's going and when it should be complete.

It may only be limited to uploading and downloading but m2ftp is a refreshingly efficient, easy to use and very well presented client that's an ideal start for beginners to FTP.