WinRAR Interface Update

[Miran]

Hey,

I sent this message to the WinRAR team recently:

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WinRar Developers,

I know you guys probably don't have much time, so I'll make this

short.? I would buy WinRAR if it wasn't so ugly - it looks straight

out of Windows 3.1.? No offence of course - you guys have an amazing

program - but it REALLY needs an interface update.

Keep up the good work!

and I received this reply:

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Hello,

If we find a good designer able to improve WinRAR icons, we'll update

the interface. Thank you for suggestion.

Eugene

So... Any icon/image customization experts (I.e. Food, Kol, ppl like that) want to take a stab at it? Who knows you might get a nice royalty, plus you get to make WinRAR not only the best archive app, but the best looking!

Current WinRAR interface:

[QuarterSwede]

Yeah, they really need to update the interface no doubt about it. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. And please, please, update the winrar icon. The Stacked books is ugly in my opinion.

[xpehbamxyu]

come on, dudes, the interface is great! I love it, seriosly. If they change it WinRaR is not going to be WinRaR anymore!

[b3ta]

Winrar is great software but the user interface and icons :x

[Mister Lamar]

the interface is kind of stale, but it unzipps, zip, conpress and rar for me so I can't complain, its not like im paying to use this ****

[Nexus-]

i hope someone heeds the call and makes a good set of icons. Maybe xp like icons?

[xpehbamxyu]

Can someone tell me what I wrong with the icons, I do not understand...they look perfectly good to me...I challenge someone to convince me.

[rayjin]

i think WinZip's interface looks nice, but i dont think WinRAR wants to copy them tho..

[imtoomuch]

They should pay somebody to make these icons or at least give the person a free registration. Companies pay big money for icons and graphics that are used in their apps. I love WinRar too, but with all the money they are making I wouldn't make anything for them without compensation.

[QuarterSwede]

What's wrong with the interface? For one thing the up one folder icon at least ought to be the one that comes with XP. I personally think that the interface should at least go with XP's.

[b3ta]

  rayjin said:

i think WinZip's interface looks nice, but i dont think WinRAR wants to copy them tho..

Winzip (Y) UltimateZip (Y) (Y) - Rarlabs can learn a lot from them.

[SOOPAH256]

agreed. i like the design of tugzip

i'm still waiting for v3.0 to come out. but meanwhile i still use winrar 3.30

[GSDragoon]

Uhh, what's wrong with it's interface? It looks fine and it really easy to use.

[xpehbamxyu]

  GSDragoon said:

Uhh, what's wrong with it's interface? It looks fine and it really easy to use.

Exactly my point!

[JK1150]

i wish it had a cleaner more simplistic look. but i'm still gonna use it

[b3ta]

The icons are sharp / harsh and terribly colored.

[dreamthief]

interface and etc is not such of an issue. But i do hope that at least the icons get some make up.

With all the icons looking alike, i have no idea whether the file is a zip, 7zip, rar or etc.

Powerarchiver icons are good in this department..but i still prefer winRAR

[rayjin]

  GSDragoon said:

Uhh, what's wrong with it's interface? It looks fine and it really easy to use.

there's really nothing wrong with it.. just needs a eyecandy touch up :whistle:

[QuarterSwede]

  dreamthief said:

With all the icons looking alike, i have no idea whether the file is a zip, 7zip, rar or etc.

That is my biggest complaint!

[Plarkster]

  Jstphish said:

That is my biggest complaint!

Yeah mine too, although if you look at the file type description it states WinRAR Zip archive for zip files and WinRAR archive for everything else - I only really use rar and zip so I can live with this.

I would like it if they used Powerarchiver type icons - they're perfect IMO. I hope they keep the standard WinRAR icon though and just add a small section to display the file type.

[Bearded Kirklander]

I would not change a thing. It is great just as it is.

Besides, most people use the right-click menus anyway, right?

[SentientPC]

I made a related post at https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=12&t=209443 ;)