Perth, Western Australia -- 9 Dec 1999 -- Stairways.com today announced the
release of Anarchie 3.7 - the new version of the premiere Macintosh
Internet engine. Among numerous upgrades and improvements to the file
transfer engine version 3.7 boasts a new set of low-level networking
functions.

Anarchie 3.7 offers the fastest Internet file transfer speeds of any client
available on the Mac OS platform.

NB: Anarchie 3.7 is a complete replacement of all previous versions
including Anarchie 3.6, Anarchie Pro 3.5, 3.0 and Anarchie 2.x/1.x. The
"Pro" extension was simply dropped from the name since version 3.5 for
simplicity.

New features in 3.7 (not in 3.6) include a a new Watch menu that allows you
to do low-level networking functions including getting a report on the
current state of your Internet "stack", and getting a list of the current
connections your Macintosh has with the Internet. It also includes Ping,
Trace Route, TCP test and Lookup Domain Name functions.

NB: The new features makes our lesser known product Mac TCP Watcher
redundant and it will be recalled in a separate announcement coming up soon.

Downloading Anarchie

Anarchie 3.7 is available for immediate free anonymous download from

ftp://the.ausmac.net/pub/mac/Communication-SW/anarchie-37.hqx

-OR-

ftp://ftp.stairways.com/stairways/anarchie-37.hqx

What is Anarchie?

Anarchie is the premiere Internet engine for the Macintosh, currently it is
used by over 500,000 Mac users. It lets you search and browse web & FTP
sites, upload or download files, mirror remote folders, download entire web
sites, edit remote files, find files using Sherlock plugins and watch the
state of your networking.

Anarchie integrates seamlessly with Netscape Navigator and Internet
Explorer. It makes the perfect controller for your web browser of choice,
to give you total control over the Internet with its many powerful features.

Anarchie is a mature, robust and reliable application suitable for all
Macintosh users from power-users to Internet novices.

Features

Anarchie Network Status Report -NEW
List Internet Connections -NEW
Trace Route, Ping, Lookup Domain -NEW
Modern carbonized Internet engine.
Sherlock-compatible Internet searches.
(including a Sherlock plugin testing function)
Keychain support for storing passwords
Browser-like address navigation.
FTP upload and download files and folders
(now including VMS)
Web downloads - HTTP download files and web pages from web sites.
(including password-protected sites)
Mac OS 8 Finder-like listing windows.
Resume failed FTP and web transfers.
(even if you crash your Mac half-way through.)
Progress bar in Finder icons.
Mirror Upload - maintain your web or FTP site from a local folder.
Get Entire Web Site - download entire web sites.
Edit remote FTP files with BBEdit transparently.
Stairways Software Finder - find Mac software quickly.
Extensive Documentation, FAQ and Tips.
Support for Appearance and Themes.
Save passwords in bookmarks or in the Keychain.
Internet Config support.
Version control support.
Drag Manager support for easy interface with with Finder.
AppleScriptable and Recordable.
Switch web browsers to use Anarchie for FTP.
Apple Internet Access Detector actions to use Anarchie for FTP and
web downloads.
Internet Config override that maps HTTP files to Anarchie.
Firewall support.
Proxy FTP (for FTP uploading and downloading).
Proxy Web (for web downloading and Mac Search).
MacBinary uploads and downloads.
Connectionless FTP.
Comes complete with bookmarks to many popular sites.
Supports UserLand's MenuSharing.
Supports Marc Moini's Smart Scroll.
Much more.

What Other People Have Said About Anarchie

Nominated for the 1999 Editors' Choice Award for Best Internet Client
Software, the most prestigious award in the Macintosh industry.

Nominated for the 1998 Editors' Choice Award for Best Internet Client
Software, the most prestigious award in the Macintosh industry.

As seen on TV (MacNeil/Lehrer Show)

Outstanding Programming for a Shareware Product, USENet Macintosh
Programming Awards.

As demoed at several Apple World Wide Developers Conferences.

"I wouldn't connect to the net without Anarchie!"
- Carl B. Constantine.

"Anarchie is the best Internet client available for the Macintosh today -
bar none." - David Blache, Metrowerks.

"For most people, Anarchie is quite simply the best Internet client
available on any platform." - Adam Engst, TidBITS.

Licensing

You may download it and use Anarchie 3.7 for free until you decide if it is
worth registering it. The registration fee is 35 USD per copy. Site
Licenses are given on a case by case basis, please contact Andrew Tomazos
(andrew@stairways.com) for more information.

About Stairways

Stairways Shareware was founded in April 1995 by Peter N Lewis. Peter
started Stairways to distribute his extensive range of Macintosh Internet
applications. Peter was joined in Feb 1997 by Andrew Tomazos to help Peter
manage his product line. Stairways is best known for its flagship products
Anarchie, Assimilator and NetPresenz - and for co-authoring the public
Internet Config system. Stairways has always been a reliable source of
high-quality Macintosh software.

Contact Information
Andrew Tomazos (andrew@stairways.com)
Peter N Lewis (peter@stairways.com.au)
World Wide Web (http://www.stairways.com/)