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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: ShortCut vs. Boomerang: Opinions?
Keywords: ShortCut Aladdin Boomerang
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Date: 16 Jan 90 23:27:13 GMT
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Any opinions on the superiority of Aladdin's ShortCut utility over
Boomerang, or visa-versa?  These are two INIT/cdevs which allow a number of
fast menu searches and "jump to" operations (among others) through the file
open or save dialog boxes.  I've been using the Beta versions of Boomerang
for quite some time, and am inclined to go with it's release version because
the author has made it available to the public for trial via shareware.
(Which I think should be encouraged.)  I.e., given a close call, I'll go
with Boomerang.

I'm not as interested in bells & whistles (i.e. being able to open StuffIt
files from the dialog box), as opposed to a) bugginess (I've seen
Boomerang's occasional wipe-itself-out bomb in beta -- the only annoying
thing is having to build up the list of Reserved Folders again; I've
understood from the net that this happens less frequently in the release
version, which I haven't gotten yet), and b) compatibility with particular
applications and other INITs & cdevs.  Boomerang seems to work with just
about anything I have these days, no problems (not counting SFVolInit and
other INITs which duplicated some of it's functionality); is the same true
for ShortCut?

Any and all info and opinions are appreciated; thanks in advance.

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