Ubuntu Security :: Use A "secure" Proprietary Web-based Java FTP Client?

I was given the responsibility at work to upload some files to an offsite 3rd party FTP server. Apparently we use a "secure" proprietary web-based java FTP client.

The FTP client was buggy and repeatedly crashed. While I was waiting for it to work, I decided to look at the HTML of the website when I was logged in to their FTP server. It contained the following lines:

Code:
hostname="-------------"
username="--------"
password="--------"
connectionType="ftps"
mode="binary"
enableHost="false"
enableConnectionType="false"
enableAnonymous="false"

I substituted dashes for the sensitive information that was in the website. I do not have access to analyze the network traffic to see if our username and password is being transmitted in plain text to the website. It makes me nervous to see the username and password plainly written out in the html for a website; however analyzing the network traffic and securing networks is not part of my job description. So my question for people here who have this as part of their job description is as follows: