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Yes, the download might be conducted via FTP but it might also be conducted by HTTP.
Yes, some of use access FTP without a Web browser. What does it look like?
At a command line, for example under Windows XP, something like:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ftp
ftp> ?
Commands may be abbreviated. Commands are:
! delete literal prompt send
? debug ls put status
append dir mdelete pwd trace
ascii disconnect mdir quit type
bell get mget quote user
binary glob mkdir recv verbose
bye hash mls remotehelp
cd help mput rename
close lcd open rmdir
ftp>
Does it happen? Well I use FTP, most commonly, for moving network IOS files to a Cisco router or switch and/or to backup config files. Not so much on user host.
