On a related note, I've been trying to use FTP with Visual Web Developer Express Ed. and it seems like a total dog. I think this is a VWD issue because other FTP clients connect and transfer files much more quickly. I've tried the 2008 version and it seems even worse...10-15 secs to save a single ASP file of 15K or thereabouts.
All the other servers I've been using VWD with are 2000/2003 with FPSE installed, and VWD seems to work much more quickly via FrontPage than over FTP. Are other publishers installing FPSE on IIS 7? Microsoft is pretty clear that they don't support it, and I'd rather go with the "recommended" solution.