• Familiar Finder-like interface

The same commands that you use in the Finder work in SpeedShare. Most "commands" in SpeedShare are just dragging files from one place to another, just like the Finder. Although SpeedShare windows are not Finder windows, files can be moved or copied between the two with a click and a drag.

• File transfers without complexity

SpeedShare takes the complexity out of Internet file transfers, without sacrificing the rich nature of Macintosh files. Creation and modification dates and icons are preserved for files, both while viewing them and as they are copied.

• On-the-fly compression

When SpeedShare transfers files, they are compressed transparently, "on-the-fly". This means that portions of a file are sent as they are compressed. Once a file is received, it is decompressed and converted to its normal form.

• Use any dialup Internet connection

One of the strengths of SpeedShare is that you don't need a permanent connection to the Internet, for the client ... or the server. This means that as long as your Mac is connected to the Internet at the same time as another Mac running the SpeedShare server, you can see the files on the server Mac, and copy files to or from the server Mac at will.