Well, there are a few exceptions to the rule of simplicity if you ask me. So here are  a few options of FileZilla that make life a bit easier:

• Filter Every website project has files that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual website itself like Thumbs.db and *.bak-files. One thing that really add up in file size and upload time are all the source control data like SVN that are spreaded throughout the folder tree. With this button you can actually set what not to download or upload. Left-clicking on the button let you configure the filter while right-clicking will toggle the filter on or off. The filter is also ideal for making sure you don’t accidentally upload important files like web.config or .htaccess.
• Synchronization Do you always click on, say, the images folder on the left and right? Well, you’re free to do so, but I’m lazy. So I always toggle this button on if the folder structure is (almost) identical on both sides. It saves me 50% clicking.
• Compare I don’t want to rely on automatic comparison too much, but if you have to update just 5 files and you cannot easily find it between the 500+ other files, this can be a time saver. If you toggle this on, the different files on the server and your local folder will be highlighted. You can compare either by time stamp or by file size. Left and right mouse click either configures or toggles.
• Sitemanager You do use it, right? It’s easy to just use the Quickconnect option and it has its purpose. But finding the right connection can be a bit hard between all the dead links. That’s because Filezilla remembers all connection attempts.
  Another advantage is the fact that there is a lot you can configure with each FTP connection. I always set the standard local folder and remote folder and sometimes I also check the folder synchronization option. That way I don’t have to look for the right path after I logged in.
• Drag & drop Something that wasn’t in it when I first used Filezilla. It’s handy to sometimes just throw something on your desktop.
• Centralized configuration This is something we are about to try at my work. You can set the path to alternate configuration files of FileZilla. This enables you to set configuration and FTP connections once for everybody. Jonathan Stegall has written an article on how to do that.

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