Client Interoperability
All WebDAV clients fall into one of three categories: standalone applications, file-explorer extensions, or filesystem implementations. These categories broadly define the types of WebDAV functionality available to users. Table C-1 gives our categorization as well as a quick description of some common pieces of WebDAV-enabled software. You can find more details about these software offerings, as well as their general category, in the sections that follow.
Table C-1. Common WebDAV clients
| Software | Type | Windows | Mac | Linux | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Photoshop | Standalone WebDAV application | X | Image editing software, allowing direct opening from and writing to WebDAV URLs | ||
| cadaver | Standalone WebDAV application | X | X | Command-line WebDAV client supporting file transfer, tree, and locking operations | |
| DAV Explorer | Standalone WebDAV application | X | X | X | Java GUI tool for exploring WebDAV shares |
| Adobe Dreamweaver | Standalone WebDAV application | X | Web production software able to directly read from and write to WebDAV URLs | ||
| Microsoft Office | Standalone WebDAV application | X | Office productivity suite with several components able to directly read from and write to WebDAV URLs | ||
| Microsoft Web Folders | File-explorer WebDAV extension | X | GUI file-explorer program able to perform tree operations on a WebDAV share | ||
| GNOME Nautilus | File-explorer WebDAV extension | X | GUI file explorer able to perform tree operations on a WebDAV share | ||
| KDE Konqueror | File-explorer WebDAV extension | X | GUI file explorer able to perform tree operations on a WebDAV ... |
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