Madhav Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Zip File Management Just Got Easier!Introducing WinZip 11.0 BetaWe're very pleased to announce that WinZip 11.0 is ready for its first public beta test, and we need your help. Our engineers have been hard at work, developing new features that will help make your job just a little bit easier. Did they hit the mark? You tell us – we're listening. Learn more and download WinZip 11.0 Beta now at http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi.What's New in Beta 11WinZip Beta AnnouncementView Thumbnails within WinZip Without Launching Separate ApplicationIf you have any images in a Zip file, you can now browse through them viewing the thumbnails, making it a lot quicker and easier to work with images in Zip files. What's more, WinZip 11.0 Pro includes a full-blown image viewer that allows you to take a closer look at your images within the Zip file. Learn more and download WinZip 11.0 Beta now at http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi.Maximum Efficiency with 'Best Compression'Starting with WinZip 10.0, WinZip supports two additional and more powerful compression methods within the Zip file format; PPMd and bzip2. Now WinZip can automatically select which compression method to use to create the smallest Zip file possible, helping you to save both data transmission time and valuable disk space. Learn more and download WinZip 11.0 Beta now at http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi.Zip .wav Music FilesWhen you select our Best Compression Method, we use a new compression algorithm for lossless compression of .wav files. A must-have for music lovers who don't want to compromise the file integrity or sound quality. Learn more and download WinZip 11.0 Beta now at http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi..BZ2 and .RAR File SupportIf you need to open a .BZ2 or .RAR file, WinZip can now be your tool of choice. Learn more and download WinZip 11.0 Beta now at http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi.WinZip Job Wizard Now Better Than EverWe used user feedback to enhance the Job Wizard for WinZip 11.0 Pro. If you depend on this great tool to back up data sets, archive important documents, or distribute information to others on a regular basis, you'll appreciate the enhancements available in WinZip 11.0 Pro. Now you can configure the Job Wizard to email the log file and/or resulting Zip file automatically after completion, use our new "browse" feature to find a specific folder on an FTP server, and select custom jobs directly from the Job Wizard and Quick Pick menus. Learn more and download WinZip 11.0 Beta now at http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi.Alternate Extensions Mean No More Trouble Receiving Zip FilesWe've heard from some of our users that their network administrators block various file extensions, including the "zip" extension. This can make it difficult to exchange Zip files, even if you know that you're dealing with a reliable source. Now you can agree on any fictitious alternate extension (e.g., ".abc") and simply associate WinZip with that extension. WinZip will open them just as it opens any .zip file. Learn more and download WinZip 11.0 Beta now at http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi.These new features and enhancements make WinZip 11.0 our most complete compression offering to-date. We look forward to your feedback.I just downloaded it and its great :-)Support for rar files B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1K Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I just downloaded it and its great :-)Support for rar files B)But only EXTRACT of RAR files... That's not a full support of RAR files for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhav Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 oops sorry i didnt try Making Rar files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 ya, winrar is definetly a necesity these days. no point for winzip imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 TugZip anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdyer Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 TugZip anyone? TugZip is cool.. However, you have to add the RAR.EXE as a plugin to use it.Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 7zip:Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSISAll in 818Kb.Tugzip:Unpack only: A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, CPIO, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, LIB, RPM, TBZ, TAZ, YZ1, ZOO, BIN C2D IMG ISO NRGPacking/unpacking: 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 ZIPNot bad, but nearly 4Mb.WinRAR:Pack/unpack: RAR ZIPUnpack only: CAB ARJ LZH TAR GZ and TAR.GZ BZ2 and TAR.BZ2 ACE UUE JAR (Java Archive) ISO 7Z ZNot bad for 1010Kb, but not free.WinZIP:Pack/unpack: ZIPUnpack only: RAR BZ2 and 5.65Mb just for that, and not even free? My choice would definitely be between Tugzip and 7zip. Tugzip for more extensive support of the rarer formats, 7zip for its small size and portability.I lol'd at this:Alternate Extensions Mean No More Trouble Receiving Zip FilesWe've heard from some of our users that their network administrators block various file extensions, including the "zip" extension. This can make it difficult to exchange Zip files, even if you know that you're dealing with a reliable source. Now you can agree on any fictitious alternate extension (e.g., ".abc") and simply associate WinZip with that extension. WinZip will open them just as it opens any .zip file. Just right-click, Open With... winzip.exe (or whatever other prog you want)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Size is mostly irrelevant really. As long as:-it supports the formats I want-it has good compression ratios and decent speed -the GUI is not bad-preferably has decent shell integration-well pricedThen perhaps, after all these, a very significant change in size/resource usage might matter, but they're FAR from being tie on all of the previous important points, so...I use winrar for the most part (mainly rar files and some zip files too), but I'm seeing more and more 7z files, so I'm using 7zip a bit. 7zip compression is nice, price is right and all, but I don't like their GUI too much (the icons make it look like an early Delphi app for win95 - even though I'm FAR from being a eye candy person), and the shell integration isn't as nice either (no extract to, and it's one sub-menu deep) IMO. (Never heard of tugzip, I'll have a look)Winzip's long been bloated useless junk IMO. Since day one it never did much more than pkzip did (except LFN support), cost as much as better archivers with more features/formats and better GUIs and all such as winrar, and regardless, it's the same old zip format (not overly great compression), which i've dropped as main archive format over 10 years ago (splitting zip files on floppies was a real PITA compared to using rar instead, you needed another app to make sfx'es, etc). Even if winzip was free, I still wouldn't want to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Actually the main format I'm using for archives at the moment is LZH/lh7... compression is better than ZIP, comparable to RAR and decently fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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