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From: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe
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Date: 28 Jul 90 21:11:33 GMT
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In article <1990Jul28.085949.16498@diku.dk> klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen) writes:
>I havegot an upgrade notice for StuffIt. $55 is (to me) a lot of
>money, so I would like to know if it is really necessary to
>upgrade.

The upgrade to StuffIt Deluxe for registered StuffIt owners is $40.
(You can buy it new from MacConnection for $63).

I've been playing with it a bit.  One bus error and one dialog error
in the first 5 minutes.  And they told me they didn't need any more
beta testers.  Guess again.

>The letter claims that StuffIt Deluxe will be necessary to get
>software from the net in the future. Is this lokely to be true?
>(I know, makin predictions is tricky, especially predictions
>about the future.)

No, it won't be.  You can use UnStuffIt Deluxe.

The good news is:

o Custom compression optimizers for color and sound.
o Magic Menu -- Stuff and Unstuff from the finder.
o Three levels of compression.
  (I haven't compared speeds or compression with Diamond or Compactor
   yet)

The bad news is:

o Worst feature I've ever seen on a software product.
  Sign your name with a MacPaint-like pencil at startup along
  with your Name, Company, and Serial Number.  I can't sign my
  name in MacPaint worth anything, can you?  I can't believe
  they put such a STUPID feature in and made it MANDATORY.
  (You can't just leave it blank and hit "OK")
o Bus Error in my first 5 minutes of playing with it.
o I decided to reinstall after I didn't like my signature so
  I tried to reinstall over it.  The SFPutFile had the bottom
  and left sides cropped off -- losing half of the buttons on the
  left and a couple on the bottom.

Let's hope that the compression part is better debugged than the
user interface.

*sigh*

Ken



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