Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!midway!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!adm!cmcl2!esquire!esquire.dpw.com
From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: I just downloaded StuffIt Classic and...
Message-ID: <2780@esquire.dpw.com>
Date: 6 Nov 90 01:27:53 GMT
Sender: baumgart@DPW.COM
Reply-To: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten)
Organization: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Lines: 32

I have to say that in my opinion, Compactor seems to beat it hands
down in terms of general ease of use, speed, and Multifinder
friendliness.

Archive sizes seem comparable, and in both you can double-click on
folders to see their contents (something you couldn't do with the
original Stuffit).  But Compactor is fast as all get-out, even in the
background, and Stuff Classic really just pokes along.  (This is using
Stuff Classic's default "Best Guess" mode).

Ray Lau and Alladin seem to have spent a lot of time adding all sorts
of bells and whistles to the Stuffit package, but I was astounded at
how slowly it operates -- even on my FX.  I'm also less than thrilled
with the bloated size of the package itself (Compactor, including
User's Guide and Release Notes, comes to about 140K; StuffIt Classic
is well over 600K, including documentation), and the fact that the
installer goes and creates two or three folders in my System Folder.
Makes it difficult to give the program to someone else, since you have
to remember to also give them the "Optimizers" folder and the "Help"
folder, etc., etc.

This is the first time I've used any version of the "Deluxe" package
(I've been using 1.5.1 until now).  I paid my Stuffit shareware fee a
long time ago, but I don't have any intention of spending any more
money on it -- at least until performance is improved.  Compactor is
small, fast, easy to use, and works well.  What more do we want?

--
   Steve Baumgarten             | "New York... when civilization falls apart,
   Davis Polk & Wardwell        |  remember, we were way ahead of you."
   baumgart@esquire.dpw.com     | 
   cmcl2!esquire!baumgart       |                           - David Letterman