baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) (11/09/89)
In article <894whiteheada@yvax.byu.edu> whiteheada@yvax.byu.edu writes: >I called them last week, and they said that it will be shipped between >then and Thanksgiving. I just got my upgrade yesterday; here's a quick review: The upgrade contains DiskTop 4.0 and GOfer 2.0. It was a wonderful surprise to get GOfer 2.0, since I was considering buying it (I think it sells for around $60 from MacConnection). DiskTop itself has been enhanced in a number of subtle, but important ways, although the interface has remained largely the same. One of the biggest enhancements was to add a launch facility much like OnCue's: from the Apple menu, or by clicking anywhere with a certain combination of modifier keys held down, you get a menu that allows you to launch any application or document. Applications and documents are easily added to the menu, either through DiskTop or the DT Launch Apple menu choice. DT Launch also allows you to launch any arbitrary application, even if it hasn't been added to the menu. There's also a way to go directly to DiskTop's Find File dialog from the Apple menu, avoiding the main DiskTop screen. Both the DT Launch and DiskTop Find "DAs" can appear at the top of the Apple menu (a la Suitcase), or sorted with your other DAs. DiskTop now allows you to manipulate the files you find (via Find File) or see in a directory window: you can print or save a listing of these files to a text file. Lots of other nice touches have been added. For example, you can now create a new folder while copying or moving files, which saves a surprising amount of time. Disks can be unmounted from within DiskTop -- no more dragging floppy icons to the trash. You can access/set AppleShare privileges. The DiskTop window itself is resizable (via a standard grow box). And there's more -- I only played with it for 15 minutes last night, so I'm sure I overlooked some other goodies. The enhancements to DiskTop alone were worth the $30 upgrade fee, but in addition CE Software includes GOfer 2.0, the full-text retrieval DA. As I said, this was something I was considering buying, so to have it included for the price of an upgrade was especially nice. GOfer works well and is quite speedy, and although I only did a couple of searches, I am very impressed with it. All in all, the DiskTop 4.0 upgrade is well worth getting. CE Software remains one of the best Macintosh software companies around, consistently producing useful, bug-free utilities for reasonable prices. Needless to say, I a *very* satisfied customer of theirs (although I am not connected with CE Software in any other way). -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman
ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) (11/11/89)
In article <2913@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@hub.UUCP writes: >What's in the upgrade, out of curiosity? From the registration sheet and upgrade offer: GOfer (TM) FREE (searches file contents) Powerful Find -Directly from Apple menu or from configurable hot key -Retains list of files found for use in copy, move, delete, etc. -Faster searching -Designate where to search File Launching -Hierarchical configurable menu for applications and documents -Access from Apple menu, etc. -Open multiple documents -Does not require MultiFinder -Fully MultiFinder compatible Print or save list of files Command key equivalents throughout Pop-up menu for drive Big screen support Supports 48 drives Show file path at any time Restart Create New Folders while copying and moving Set AppleShare access privileges for folders and files. Of course, all of this comes from a document that's trying to convince you to buy the upgrade, so Caveat Emptor. I don't have anything to do with anybody. Hey, I'm probably just an AI program from deep within Bell Labs anyways....;-) -- Ralph Brandi ralph@lzfme.att.com att!lzfme!ralph Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.