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From: maniac@arrakis.nevada.edu (ERIC SCHWERTFEGER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: zip vs. other archivers
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Date: 24 Oct 89 21:14:16 GMT
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> I also doubt you have ever even seen the StuffIt program and how it works. It
> is *completely* mouse driven and requires absolutely no keystrokes.  Your
> assurtion that combining mouse and keyboard is valid, however, not in the case
> of StuffIt for the Mac.

My two cents on this issue is this:  I've used stuffit, and while it is usable,
I don't like the interface.  Archiving and dearchiving is one of those things
that I find easier from the CLI ("zoo x snap" rather than "open archive,
select all the files, then select extract").

I'm of the opinion that the archiver should be usable either way, or have
two different versions.  Sure, you prefer the intuition interface in this
case, but you forcing your opinion on others that may not like it is just as
bad as them forcing their opinion on you.  (I don't think you are advocating
intuition-only, but you also haven't said otherwise).
 
Eric Schwertfeger, UNLV, maniac@arrakis.nevada.edu