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In article <rcbamhl.662290131@rwa.urc.tue.nl>, rcbamhl@rwa.urc.tue.nl (Marc
Heijligers) writes:
> I also think that Stuffit has become much too large. I believe this thing is
> meant to compress and decompress... Well, I prefer Compacter now (it is faster,
> and has a higher compression rate). The user interface is not so good though..
> 
	I guess this is the general crux of the matter, and that is the 
purpose of Stuffit Deluxe, especially WRT Compactor & Disk Doubler.   
	Given its feature set, the original Stuffit was primarily used simply 
for the compression and decompression of files for transmission/distribution, 
and for the purpose it was well suited - small size,  & reasonably fast (we 
didn't know better back then ;-).  In the same vein, Stuffit Classic continues
by providing new compression methods, and improved speed & user interface
(and some other stuff), and Compactor enters as the new player on the block
in this arena.
	However Disk Doubler and Stuffit Deluxe, especially as commercial
products should not be grouped into the same catagory as they are NOT designed
for the same primary usage as the original Stuffit - they serve a different
need.  
	Disk Doubler is designed and marketed as a product which, by keeping
all of your files compressed on your disk, will 'double' your disk space.
It also employes a mechanism which makes working with the compressed documents
quite transparent.  This concept is quite good, and many users of DD are
happy and content, BUT DD is not the kind of product that you would use for
compressing documents for transmission or archival storage..Its limited 
'archival' capabilities and definate lack of 'viewing archives' make it
inappropriate for that task.  
	Stuffit Deluxe was designed primarily as an 'Data Storage & Archival'
application, and as such the features that it provides (over Stuffit and
Stuffit Classic) are those which aid that goal.  Things such as scripting,
multiple archives, Copy/Move, Viewers, etc. make it perfect for use by those
who need to keep archival copies of things, or just like to keep seldom used
things compressed to save space (I do this A LOT!).  True to its heritage,
it also provides all of the capabilities for dealing with transmission of
archives, both Mac and other (with Externals you get DeArc, UnZip, and soon
UUDecode, MacBinary, and more as they are written).
	Enough rambling...The bottom line is that if all you want is a program
that you can compress/decompress files for transmission, then stick with
Stuffit Classic or Compactor - but if you plan to use compression to your
advantage then you would best served by Stuffit Deluxe...

Leonard Rosenthol
Disclaimer: This is my own PERSONAL opinion, and not that of Software Ventures
or of Aladdin.
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