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From: Poutnik on 15 May 2010 13:40 In article <Xns9D796D263D22Cbearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net>, bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com says... > > > > > ZipGenius is better than 7zip > For you. For other it may be the opposite. Such statements are conditional and subjective. -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: alvey on 15 May 2010 16:35 On Sat, 15 May 2010 10:10:39 +0100, JohnG wrote: > Hi, Is there a freeware RAR program available, preferably able to unzip > all the rest too. > > Many thanks, JohnG 7-Zip. I did some comparison testing a while ago and it was the fastest of the lot then. alvey
From: Klaatu on 17 May 2010 13:22 On Sat, 15 May 2010 10:38:52 GMT, Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) posted to alt.comp.freeware: > On 5/15/2010 17:10, JohnG wrote: >> Hi, Is there a freeware RAR program available, preferably able to unzip >> all the rest too. > > 7-zip decompresses RAR fine. And the 7z format is better than RAR. > > http://www.7-zip.org -1 -- .... Monotheism is a gift from the gods
From: s|b on 17 May 2010 13:34 On 17 May 2010 17:22:32 GMT, Klaatu wrote: > > 7-zip decompresses RAR fine. And the 7z format is better than RAR. > > > > http://www.7-zip.org > -1 Could explain why? -- s|b
From: Klaatu on 17 May 2010 13:47
On Mon, 17 May 2010 17:34:55 GMT, s|b posted to alt.comp.freeware: > On 17 May 2010 17:22:32 GMT, Klaatu wrote: > >> > 7-zip decompresses RAR fine. And the 7z format is better than RAR. >> > >> > http://www.7-zip.org > >> -1 > > Could explain why? Do you ask people that post "+1" as their response to explain why? Regardless, I've tried it and can't stand the interface. At least I assume it was the interface that made it seemingly impossible to do something as simple as add a file to a zip file. Now, IZArc: there's a nice zip program. -- .... Monotheism is a gift from the gods |