Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!claris!drc From: drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: System 7.0 and Suitcase Message-ID: <240@claris.com> Date: 28 Mar 91 00:21:55 GMT References: <13724@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <17322@venera.isi.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA Lines: 27 jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >This may be great for current Suitcase owners, but can anyone justify >the expense of purchasing it for Sys7? Or for use now if they plan to >go to 7 as soon as it's out? >All it does now is let you group DAs in places other than the system >subfolders, right? (Actually, DAs in the above sentence can be >replaced by suitcases, right?) >It seems to me that this product is history, realistically. Unless >the number of people who continue to use sys6 is great, and they don't >now own Suitcase, but would buy it in the future. Well, I think that it is actually far more useful for fonts than DAs under System 7. To install a font, you need to quit from all running apps (other than the Finder). Suitcase allows you to add fonts without this hassle. Additionally, it supports FKEYs and sounds, which the "mover" doesn't deal with too well -- at least getting them into the System. Suitcase's usefulness is tied directly to how often you might have fonts that you only want to use, temporarily, or with just one app. I don't like modifying my System file and I like to keep my ATM stuff outside the System Folder. -- | Dennis Cohen drc@claris.com COHEN2 AFC DCohen 71076,1377 | Internet AppleLink AmerOnline CompuServe | Disclaimer: Any unattributed opinions expressed above are _MINE_!