StuffIt Lite 3.5 Ships ALADDIN SYSTEMS UPGRADES STUFFIT SHAREWARE Watsonville, CA (December 12, 1994) -- Aladdin Systems today began shipping StuffIt Lite(tm) 3.5, a major upgrade to the company's award-winning shareware product. StuffIt Lite is an easy-to-use application that provides compression, encryption, and archiving capabilities. Improvements to StuffIt Lite 3.5 include accelerated speed for Power Macintosh computers, more "drag and drop" functionality for improved ease-of-use, and better AppleScript support. Faster Stuffing and UnStuffing StuffIt Lite 3.5 is now accelerated for Power Macintosh. Stuffing and UnStuffing now occurs approximately five times faster on a Power Macintosh 6100/60 than on a Macintosh IIci. In many cases, expansion of files which were originally compressed on other platforms is also accelerated, including those files compressed into Compact Pro (.cpt) and BinHex (.hqx) formats. StuffIt Lite works by compressing files (an average of 60%) into a document called an archive. Archives assist in saving disk space, speeding modem or network file transfers, and making backups easier. StuffIt is the international standard and accepted method of file compression and archiving on all major online services (including America Online, CompuServe, and GEnie) and thousands of bulletin board systems. Drag and Drop Support StuffIt Lite 3.5 adds drag and drop support to the package, making compression and expansion easier to perform. To expand a file from a StuffIt archive, the user can simply drag a file from an open archive onto the desktop (or a folder on the desktop). A file can be Stuffed into a StuffIt archive by dragging it from the desktop onto an open archive window. This functionality works under System 7.5, if the user also has the Macintosh Drag and Drop and Dragging Enabler extensions installed. This drag and drop functionality is available under System 7 Pro (7.1.1) and higher. The Drag and Drop extensions are not included with StuffIt Lite. AppleScript Support StuffIt Lite 3.5 features improved AppleScript support. A suite of Apple events for registered copies of StuffIt Lite allow the program to be automated using Apple's scripting system. StuffIt Lite is also fully recordable; just like a tape recorder, a user can perform a series of actions and the script will be automatically written. Other Information StuffIt Lite 3.5 features other capabilities found in previous versions, including the ability to password protect archives, and to create self-extracting segmented archives for fitting large files across multiple floppy disks. StuffIt Lite 3.5 comes complete with an online guide. Aladdin is offering registered users of previous versions of StuffIt Lite a special upgrade price to StuffIt Lite 3.5 for $9.95. Registered users of StuffIt Lite are also offered a special upgrade price to StuffIt Deluxe 3.5, Aladdin's flagship compression product for $34.95. This price upgrade is valid through January 31, 1995. StuffIt Lite is copyrighted shareware. After using StuffIt Lite for 15 days, users are honor-bound to send Aladdin a $30 registration fee. By registering StuffIt Lite, the user receives added benefits including AppleScriptability, free technical support and updates, enhanced features, and special pricing on other Aladdin products. StuffIt Lite is distributed through online information services, bulletin board systems, the Internet, user groups, and freeware/shareware collections. All Aladdin shareware and freeware is available from the various Aladdin online forums. Members of the press, user group ambassadors and disk librarians, and online Sysops should contact Aladdin Systems directly to obtain the software. Founded in 1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc. is credited with creating the compression standard for applications and communications for the Macintosh platform. The company's product line includes the StuffIt Family of products including StuffIt Deluxe(tm) and StuffIt SpaceSaver(tm), award-winning products which offer comprehensive solutions for compression, translation, and archiving. The StuffIt Family of products received Macworld's prestigious World Class Award for Best Compression Utility the past two years in a row. StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 also received the 1992 MacUser Editors' Choice Award. Aladdin's developer tool, StuffIt InstallerMaker(tm), is the installer of choice for leading software developers, network administrators, and MIS directors. Aladdin recently branched out into the telecommunications arena with the introduction of SITcomm(tm), which was a finalist for the 1993 MacUser Editors' Choice Award for Best Communications Product only three weeks after its debut. Aladdin is one of the few remaining pioneers committed to the shareware and freeware philosophy of software distribution and marketing. Their commitment has helped garner millions of users worldwide. In addition, over 1,000 software developers, including Microsoft, Claris, and Apple, have licensed Aladdin's data compression and installation technology. ### Copyright (c) 1994 Aladdin Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. StuffIt, StuffIt Lite, StuffIt Deluxe, StuffIt SpaceSaver, StuffIt Expander, StuffIt InstallerMaker, and SITcomm are trademarks of Aladdin Systems, Inc. Apple, Macintosh, and Finder areregistered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other products and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.   CONTACT INFORMATION Jennifer Lyng Aladdin Systems, Inc. (408) 761-6200 x251 pr@aladdinsys.com
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