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- From: ltchean@rambutan.iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)
- Subject: AutoArk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.055606.10289@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Organization: Institute Of Systems Science, NUS
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 05:56:06 GMT
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- Subject: AutoArk 1.0.1
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- To those who like to know about AutoArk, read on...
-
- (BTW, the name of the software is no longer AutoArc...)
-
-
- I just tried AutoArk last night, oh boy, I am impressed. And I am also a
- little disappointed, but that's no Econ's fault.
-
- When AutoArk arrived, I just bought a new 120MB harddisk, replacing my
- old 40MB, so it does not excite me a lot, especially after hearing bad
- things about it, such as "you cannot do this... cannot do that..."
-
- But after I used it for about an hour, I like it, and suggest everybody
- in need of such utility to buy it.
-
- Here's why:
-
- 1. It looks really cool...
-
- From the first moment after I run it, I like it. The interface is really
- well done! The configuration dialog box is well designed, the colour
- is nice, you can see that they must have put a lot of effort in the
- interface design.
-
- When you compress file, instead of using a thermometer, it uses a file
- icon, fill up with blue ink. When the whole icon turns blue, compression
- is done. When expand, the blue ink leaks, and the icon turn white again.
- I think it looks great, especially when you are going to see this
- dialog box for many times...
-
- 2. It works cool...
-
- I didn't expect this, but this feature is there: even after you compress
- the file, you can make the file appear in their usual icons. To many
- users, by just looking at it, the compressed files look like the normal
- one, only until you click on it, then you know. I think this is a big
- plus! And you can get not only the new file size from the icon, you can
- also get the original icon size, and the percentage of reduction.
-
- It works for me fine, did not encounter any problem. All I need is to
- select the application folder, and choose compress. That's it. AA will
- do the rest.
-
-
- Unfotunately, it is slow. The compression and decompression takes up a
- lot of time, and I don't think this is the fault of AA. Perhaps I shall
- blame my GS or my Rev. C SCSI. I have a 9 MHz Zip, compressing a near
- 800K sound file takes so long, I can go and take a bath.
-
- Worse, compressing is not done only once. When you open a file, AA will
- EXPAND it. Upon quitting, it will COMPRESS it again. So for my previous
- example, everytime I want to load that sound file, I can take two baths.
- So I suggest use AA only on those files that you will use only once in
- your life time (like those PDs that you intended to keep).
-
-
- Basically, AA works as advertise or better. Despite the lack of speed, it
- is a very good program. Perhaps now somebody can do a review on
- HardPressed?
-
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- %% GS Lover Loves GS %% Author of Super Magic 3 & Mandelbrot II GS
- %% and Avatar too. %%
- Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
- My address: LTCHEAN@ISS.NUS.SG, or 9, College Green, Singapore 1129
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- %% GS Lover Loves GS %% Author of Super Magic 3 & Mandelbrot II GS
- %% and Avatar too. %%
- Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
- My address: LTCHEAN@ISS.NUS.SG, or 9, College Green, Singapore 1129
-