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| Post #1 Oct 15 2003, 04:09 | |
Crucible  Group: Registered Posts: 9,549 Joined: 25-June 02 Member No.: 14,238 
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What are your thoughts on it? The format the program, etc. I am a WinRAR user but this other program seems to have potential, what do you all think?
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| Post #2 Oct 15 2003, 04:12 | |
....................  Group: Registered Posts: 3,551 Joined: 9-December 01 From: northeast, U.S.A. Member No.: 6,042
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I keep it around, if only for the occassional file that ends up in that file format.
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| Post #3 Oct 15 2003, 05:28 | |
Neowinian Super Cool   Group:  VeteranPosts: 18,461 Joined: 31-October 01 From: Swindon, UK Member No.: 2,629
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I've seen some of the optimized builds of Firebird being distributed in 7zip SFX files and they're insanely small. It seems really impressive to say the least.
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| Post #4 Oct 15 2003, 05:31 | |
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neowin mountaineer Group: Banned Posts: 8,777 Joined: 3-April 02 From: West Virginia Member No.: 11,321
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i tried it out because it was free, but went back to shareware nagging winrar because it just works better
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| Post #5 Oct 15 2003, 05:43 | |
Neowinian  Group: Registered Posts: 610 Joined: 7-October 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 18,041
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I use 7-zip instead of Winrar because I like the fact that it is open source, it does what it advertises, and isn't instrusive at all. Just right click on a file and select "extract". Simple, what else do you need in an extraction program?
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| Post #6 Oct 15 2003, 05:46 | |
-=53=-  Group: VeteranPosts: 36,316 Joined: 17-October 01 From: Brooklyn, NY Member No.: 1,798
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Quote - (Dazzla @ Oct 15 2003, 01:28) I've seen some of the optimized builds of Firebird being distributed in 7zip SFX files and they're insanely small. It seems really impressive to say the least. yeah no kidding, 2mb less than a plain zip version. |
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| Post #7 Oct 15 2003, 06:22 | |
Neowinian UNSTOPPABLE   Group: Administrator Posts: 6,992 Joined: 9-July 01 From: Netherlands Member No.: 1
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I needed to compress 2.8Gb on one cd just yesterday. Used 7Zip for that
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| Post #8 Oct 15 2003, 09:25 | |
Neowinian Senior Group: Registered Posts: 2,302 Joined: 11-August 02 Member No.: 16,525
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I use both 7Zip and WinRAR and they are both better than each other depending on what you are compressing. &Zip has potential however it is still in BETA. I have spoken with the developer of WinRAR and he plans to add 7Zip extraction support to WinRAR when 7Zip is finalised but not the creation of 7Zip archives (however this is possible via a module which he might develop if we ask him nicely
 )I still prefer WinRAR as it has more features and its compression levels are excellent. |
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| Post #9 Oct 15 2003, 14:58 | |
Neowinian DOMINATING Group: Banned Posts: 9,516 Joined: 6-December 01 Member No.: 5,786
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7zip is nice, but i wish author would pull the stick out of his ass and implement better for support for TotalCommander.
he's big fan of FAR and refuses to do anything for TC 
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| Post #10 Oct 15 2003, 16:00 | |
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-=53=- Group: VeteranPosts: 36,316 Joined: 17-October 01 From: Brooklyn, NY Member No.: 1,798
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Quote - (MxxCon @ Oct 15 2003, 10:58) 7zip is nice, but i wish author would pull the stick out of his ass and implement better for support for TotalCommander. he's big fan of FAR and refuses to do anything for TC I guess even the coolest of people have a little bit of a fan boy in them. I'm talking about ther author, not you. |
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| Post #11 Oct 15 2003, 17:23 | |
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Resident Elite  Group: Registered Posts: 1,259 Joined: 2-December 01 Member No.: 5,174
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To say something in defense of the aging old ZIP format, its the one format that's everywhere - chances are that down the road 20 years from now, we'll still be using it as the default format...
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| Post #12 Oct 15 2003, 18:20 | |
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Crucible Group: Registered Posts: 9,549 Joined: 25-June 02 Member No.: 14,238
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Quote - (Daybreak @ Oct 15 2003, 13:23) To say something in defense of the aging old ZIP format, its the one format that's everywhere - chances are that down the road 20 years from now, we'll still be using it as the default format... I sure hope not. |
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| Post #13 Oct 15 2003, 18:29 | |
draped in pixels  Group: +SubscriberČ Posts: 1,078 Joined: 10-December 01 From: USA Member No.: 6,186
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It's a mixed bag in my experience. Sometimes 7zip compresses better than RAR and vice versa so I just keep both installed.
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| Post #14 Oct 15 2003, 18:32 | |
Neowinian  Group: Registered Posts: 59 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Estonia Member No.: 34,645
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For tight compression I use cab format, for distributing I use zip or make an installer. The trouble with cab is that you can't modify archives after creation - I hope 7zip solves that.
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| Post #15 Oct 16 2003, 03:53 | |
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Resident Elite Group: Registered Posts: 1,259 Joined: 2-December 01 Member No.: 5,174
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Why not? Zip's been around for pretty long, and including PKZIP, its been around for close to 8 to 9 years... It's also the most portable compression format.. most OSes/architectures have some sort of zip utility lying around ... That simply can't be said for any competing format ( 7Zip, RAR, ACE, blah blah blah )
And while it doesn't' really compress VERY well, the tradeoff between size and speed is still amongst one of the best. |
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