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From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler)
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Subject: Re: Compact Pro 1.30 vs. StuffIt Deluxe 2.0.1 (performance)
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Date: 18 Feb 91 08:42:17 GMT
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In article <107@s5000.RSVL.UNISYS.COM> piper@s5000.RSVL.UNISYS.COM (Piper Keairnes) writes:
>owen@raven.phys.washington.edu (Russell Owen) writes:
>
>>Anyway, I personally WANT a clean simple program. Many of StuffIt's options I
>>don't need, and some are intrinsically useless (all the different options for

I agree completely.
>>how to stuff, when most of them are markedly inferior to Compactor's, both in
>>speed and % compression). I like Compactor, and have gratefully dumped StuffIt
>>(although I paid for it, sigh).
>
>I'd switch in a minute if there were some Finder based extension added to
>Compactor, just like the INIT Magic Menu that interfaces Stuffit Deluxe.
>Until Compactor's ease of use reaches that level, there is no need to
>switch.

Maybe I'm stupid for paying twice, but I use DiskDoubler for online storage
and Compact Pro for off line storage.

DiskDoubler has a great Finder interface, and a good interaction with
SFGetFile. Compact Pro has the most compact fast storage. Online and
offline storage are two different operations for me and I feel no problem
with them being implemented by two different programs.

Stuffit does both OK, but neither one as well as the two different programs.
I see no compelling reason to give up excellence in favor of format
compatibility.

The many other things Stuffit Deluxe does have no appeal for me. I have
utilities for all of them, and feel no need for an omnibus program to do
them all.

If I want something small, I use Compact Pro. If I want something reduced
but available I use DiskDoubler.

I've found nothing that does these two jobs as well as these two programs.
I don't need these two functions to be implemented in on program.

Sorry, the only need I see for Stuffit Deluxe is done by Unstuffit Deluxe.
namely unstuffing archives created by Stuffit Deluxe.

jim

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