I wish everyone knew. I also thought FTP was a 20th century relic, until I started doing freelance web development full-time. It turns out FTP is still the preferred (and often only) way to manage web sites with the cheap shared hosting plans that small businesses gravitate to.

I started a group on Facebook called "7 Billion Strong Against FTP" to cope. 6,999,999,993 more to go.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130658460303379