🚀 go-pugleaf

bldflame@pnet06.cts.com(Stu ?) writes in comp.sys.mac

>The upgrade notice for Suitcase has been sent out, but so far (even at the
>EXPO) it was a no show RSN product.  Looking at the comparisons between
>Suitcase and "Master Juggler", Suitcase is slipping in this race.
>
>I just got Master Juggler from the show and it is probably the most
>impressive utility yet of it's breed.. but BIG.. the thing is still an INIT
>and it's 212K in size.
>
	I too bought Master Juggler at Boston, after being a Suitcase user since
day 1 (or before that actually!), I thought that some of features in there were
nice and worth the $$.  It was not until I got it home, put in on my Mac and
then went about configuring it to work with my already existant setting that I
realized I was in trouble!!
	To begin with my Suitcase setup is probably unique.  I have Suitcase patched
so that it loads files from a folder called Suitcase Folder.  I have also 
modified Suitcase so that it loads not only Fonts/DA's and FKEYs but also sounds
(like many others) and some special international resources that I use for my
work with the Script Manager.  So in this Suitcase Folder I have a couple of DA
files organized by function (Text, Graphic, etc.), Font files by type (LW fonts
LW+ Fonts, Other Laser, IW Fonts, etc.) and then one sound file, one FKEY file
and one International file.  All in All about 15 files!!
	So with Suitcase removed and Master Juggler installed, I rebooted and then
tried to configure MJ to work with my setup.  This is where my complaints began!
To begin with MJ does not recognize folders, so that you can't just say - Load
all files in this folder - you have to specify each file individually. O.K, I 
can live with that since I only have to do it once and it remembers from boot
to boot.  So off I went opening each of my files into MJ.  The fonts and the
DA's and the FKEY's went just fine, but then it couldn't find my sounds file.
So I went into their Prefs dialog and told it to display ALL files (this is
a nice feature in general, and would love to see it in Suitcase!) and tried to
load in my sound file - WHOOPS!  A dialog that says that I can only have 12
files open at once.  O.K., I figure, Suitcase did the same thing until I fixed
it, so I just do the same thing with MJ.  A look through the docs revealed 
nothing, and after a good run though the program with ResEdit I decided to call
the company - Isn't that what tech support is for anyway?  Well, what do you
know?  MJ does not supprt more than 12 files and the program is HARD CODED to 
not use more than that!!  I asked if they had any plans to correct this, and
was told that (GET THIS) I was the first person ever (with any of their
products) to request more than 12 files!  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?!?!
	
	Enough of this stuff...Overall I must say that I like MJ as it now only does
all of the things that Suitcase does, but also includes features found in OnQue
and SoundMaster - so it may save me some memory - but I had to do a LOT of
reorganization just to work with it.  When Suitcase II comes out I may switch 
back, but for now I'll use MJ


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