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jeffb.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Jeffrey Boser) writes:

>     These posts are for the most part forgetting one important
>aspect of macintosh implementation:  FREEDOM!

>1) Putting multiple files in a folder to be compressed inhibits *my*
>   freedom to extract them where I want them to go.

You've missed the point: If someone gets an archive without everything
in a folder, and then wants to just extract everything (as is easiest
on a Unix box), you end up with a mess of files all over your current
directory unless you first create a new directory for the un-archived
files and move the archive there to extract things. When there is only
one file in the archive, this is not necessary. I like the idea of the
person putting them all in one directory if there is more than one.
I can always move them later, and current versions of Stuffit now
allow me to go through the folders in the archive anyway.

>2) Using Text files for docs does not let the creator to use graphics
>   and picts (as complicated programs sometimes require) as he wishes.
>   Besides, MacWrite, Word, and WriteNow have fairly standard formats
>   and can be handled by most word processors.

Using programs which create mini-applications for docs is much nicer
than MacWrite, Word, or some other thing that at least *someone* is
bound not to have. You can also put graphics and picts in TeachText,
though it is less fun.

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