Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!sri-spam!rutgers!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!swatsun!garth From: garth@swatsun (Garth Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Reasons to avoid StuffIt. Message-ID: <1368@pompeii.swatsun.UUCP> Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 16:37:05 EST Article-I.D.: pompeii.1368 Posted: Wed Nov 4 16:37:05 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 18:07:55 EST References: <1562@sics.se> <7499@dartvax.UUCP> <7507@dartvax.UUCP> <2103@tekig4.TEK.COM> <5096@utah-cs.UUCP> <298@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> Reply-To: garth@swatsun.UUCP (Garth Snyder) Distribution: na Organization: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA Lines: 28 Keywords: stuffit packit binhex unpit I am writing to throw in my two cents about stuffit. First of all, I think stuffit is beautifully executed and reliable. There is no question in my mind that it beats Packit hands down. I really wish the author of stuffit had gone whole hog and included a couple of other features. These would not have been trivial, but would have made stuffit a guaranteed smash shareware success. To wit: 1) It should subsume all the functions of Binhex 4.0. 2) It should have complete (encryption, etc.) Packit compatibility. 3) It should do DES encrption. 4) It should be able to pack up folders. It will pack all simple files in a given folder now, but should be able to do recursive folder packing. 5) It's contents display window should have a neat-o way of dealing with #4, i.e. selectively show contents of folders. Of these, #4 is the one that makes me drool the most. If the author of stuffit wants to add these features or someone wants to write yet another program that can handle this type of thing in as classy a way as stuffit, I promise to buy it. -------------------- Garth Snyder UUCP: {seismo!bpa,rutgers!liberty}!swatsun!garth Swarthmore College ARPA: garth@boulder.colorado.edu Swarthmore, PA 19081 ALSO: {hao,nbires}!boulder!garth --------------------