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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Shortcut vs. Boomerang
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.211306.5009@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 3 Jun 91 21:13:06 GMT
References: <1991Jun2.150413.11444@midway.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
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In article <1991Jun2.150413.11444@midway.uchicago.edu> ahj1@quads.uchicago.edu (andrew howard jaffe) writes:
>Well, now that system 7 is here I want to get one of
>thoseSF(Get/Put)file extenders: ShortCut or Boomerang. I hear
>the SW version of Boomerang is kaput forever in 7, so I'm
>curious as to what the consensus on the 2 commercial products
>is. Is one obviously better? Is it worth getting NOW Utilities
>just for Super Boomerang?

I use SuperBoomerang, and have been using Boomerang since the 'early
days'.  This is by far the best Shareware money I have ever spent.  I
have also used ShortCut (beta-tested 1.5), and I SuperBoomerang wins
hands down.

The main thing I like about SB is keyboard shortcuts!  One key to move
to the previous folder in the list, and SNAPPY speed while doing it.
SB's "Bounce Back" is quick and painless; ShortCut's is slow.
Organzation is better in SB, and menus in the SFDialog are a boon to
productivity.

All my opinions, of course.  I'd have to hesitate on whether the NOW
Utilities package is worth the money JUST for SuperBoomerang.  There are
a couple of other useful utils in there, so I'd probably vote "yes" if
you can get it relatively cheaply.