tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956572409605655558.post16259020646419860..comments2024-03-27T09:53:31.346-07:00Comments on Alek Davis: Technoblog: Free WinZip alternativesAlek Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00436676606581042455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956572409605655558.post-30908060483599572112010-07-28T03:25:49.085-07:002010-07-28T03:25:49.085-07:00One day I unpacked my zip files and unexpectedly t...One day I unpacked my zip files and unexpectedly the light switched off. My data were lost. I decided to use the Inet. For luck I stumbled across there - <a href="http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/corrupt_zip_file.html" rel="nofollow">how do i work on my corrupt zip files</a>. The software solved my proposition quite hands down and I didn't waste the money.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892788277177092618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956572409605655558.post-72980291312580450082010-07-08T09:24:59.745-07:002010-07-08T09:24:59.745-07:00NXPowerLite (www.neuxpower.com) is interesting to ...NXPowerLite (www.neuxpower.com) is interesting to try as it reduces file size - quite significantly in some cases! - without changing format or appearance. Only drawback being that it only works with Office and JPEG files.<br /><br />Fascinating to try though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956572409605655558.post-81593120526747012612009-07-20T23:56:18.455-07:002009-07-20T23:56:18.455-07:00jZip works perfectly fine. When encrypting only pa...jZip works perfectly fine. When encrypting only password is needed twice. Sneaky. No! It works perfectly fine. Fast and reliable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956572409605655558.post-74249665279036011912009-07-13T12:18:56.279-07:002009-07-13T12:18:56.279-07:00Well, when I was in college, I used to like vi, bu...Well, when I was in college, I used to like vi, but the fact that I was able to master it does not mean that it was friendly for an average user. If "7-Zip often get bashed," it means that it's not very usable, at least for a significant number of people. And I understand that you can learn any program, no matter how bad it is (hey, there are people who do not mind working with SAP on a daily basis). My point is that some operations and most of UI features in 7-Zip can been improved; otherwise, people would not spend time writing their version of UIs on the top of the 7-Zip engine. Regarding Unicode file names, it works fine with its own archive, but as I said, in my test it corrupted one file name during extraction from a WinZip archive, so it's definitely not perfect.Alek Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436676606581042455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956572409605655558.post-54101761586223952052009-07-13T11:57:01.599-07:002009-07-13T11:57:01.599-07:007-Zip often gets bashed for interface but really I...7-Zip often gets bashed for interface but really I find it perfectly usable for daily tasks.<br /><br />I mostly extract archives so it goes like:<br /><br />Open archive > drag'n'drop what is needed out of 7-Zip window.<br /><br />Nothing confusing about that. <br /><br />Also while it have some display issues with unicode file names, it can extract them perfectly (unlike many other tools). Tested on stuff with japanese file names more than once.<br /><br />It may not be most fancy tool but I find it adequate, free without strings and with decen portable version.Rarsthttp://www.rarst.netnoreply@blogger.com