Package: gftp Version: 2.0.18-16 Severity: normal gftp-gtk should jump to a particular file when you press the key coresponding to that file's first letter, and allow you to continue to refine this search method by typing more or use the cursor keys to navigate between all matching files, as Nautilus or GTK allows elsewhere.
This feature greatly speeds up the finding of files when you have lots of files in a directory.