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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Aladdin System releases info on ShortCut, Stuffit Deluxe
Keywords: Raymond Lau, StuffIt, StuffIt Deluxe Aladdin
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Date: 18 Nov 89 04:27:57 GMT
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Came home to find a note from Aladdin Systems, the new home for Raymond Lau
and StuffIt, and was happy to discover that they remembered I registered for
StuffIt oh those many years ago.  They mention that StuffIt can now be
purchased directly from Aladdin for $25, and that StuffIt Deluxe will ship
in late December.  Features in D. StuffIt include:

    Opening multiple StuffIt archives at once.
    Faster, better, more powerful compression methods
    DES and NewDE encryption
    Drag files between archives
    Standard & Expert modes
    QuickStuff and QuickUnStuff one-step compression/decompression
    PKZip and ARC support for IBM compatibility
    Online Documentation (Help)

The main purpose of the note appears to be the announcement of a new INIT
called ShortCut.  It's a major extension of the SFVolumeInit INIT.  Besides
the standard pop-up menu in Open and Save dialog boxes allowing for new
folders to be created, it contains frequently used folders (like Boomerang)
and a search facility.  It also allows searching and decompression of
StuffIt files from ShortCut.  It also keeps lists of frequently-used folders
and documents for each application, and has some basic file capabilities
(delete, rename, lock) capabilities.  Goes for $79.95, but for StuffIt
owners, $49.95.

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General impressions: looks like a very nice utility (especially the
application-specific frequently-used documents and folders list);
unfortunately, I just bought the new version of DiskTop (well worth the
upgrade money), and between it and the Boomerang, things are pretty well
covered.  I'd like ShortCut, but it isn't worth $50 of convenience to me.

                           "You deliver a good argument, but speaking
                            personally, I'd rather have an exhibitionist
                            nymphomaniac, especially one who looked like Julie
                            Newmar."
                                           -- Jerry Boyajian
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