Looking 4 Best Free Zip Program

[Fizzikal]

Looking for best free zip program with high-compression.
Many Google hits, but unsure which one to try. Suggestions
appreciated.

 

[Francesco Ghirlanda]

Il Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:07:35 -0400, Fizzikal ha scritto:

Looking for best free zip program with high-compression.
Many Google hits, but unsure which one to try. Suggestions
appreciated.

Hi, I personally use IZArc: http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
Another one I like is Zip Genius: http://www.zipgenius.it/
If you want higher compression you could try 7-Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

Bye

 

[rm]

Le Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:07:35 -0400, Fizzikal a écrit :

Looking for best free zip program with high-compression.
Many Google hits, but unsure which one to try. Suggestions
appreciated.

Hi,

Tugzip can compress using 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR,
TGZ, YZ1

7-zip algorithm is great.

SQX is also very performant... sometimes near RAR format !

http://www.tugzip.com/

@+

 

[Duddits]

Il Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:07:35 -0400, Fizzikal ha scritto:


Hi, I personally use IZArc: http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
Another one I like is Zip Genius: http://www.zipgenius.it/
If you want higher compression you could try 7-Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

2nd IZArc. Excellent program.

regards

Dud

 

[ceed]

Looking for best free zip program with high-compression.
Many Google hits, but unsure which one to try. Suggestions
appreciated.

TUGZip:

http://www.tugzip.com/

 

[B. Otsing]

TUGZip

TUGZip's interface and shell integration are excellent, it decompresses
almost anything and can compress in over 10 formats including the superior
7zip.

 

[Fizzikal]

Tx to all for your replies. Have downloaded & tried a few.
For now, will go with TugZip

 

[Howard Schwartz]

TUGZip

Over 3 and 1/2 megabytes for a zip utility? Call me old fashion, but
this still offends my sense of proportion. Perhaps it was programed in
visual basic or some such.

 

[CharlieDontSurf]

Over 3 and 1/2 megabytes for a zip utility? Call me old fashion, but

this still offends my sense of proportion. Perhaps it was programed in
visual basic or some such.

That's one of the reasons I've stuck with ICEOWS for years. At 739K,
it's svelte compared to most.

http://www.iceows.com

 

[John Corliss]

That's one of the reasons I've stuck with ICEOWS for years. At 739K,
it's svelte compared to most.

http://www.iceows.com

FINALLY! Somebody who agrees with me. It's the best for .rar files IMO.
Always works for me.

 

[CharlieDontSurf]

FINALLY! Somebody who agrees with me. It's the best for .rar files IMO.

Always works for me.

Heh. I've always been mildly perplexed that ICEOWS doesn't often get
included in "best of" recommendations.

I know that disk size doesn't necessarily correlate with execution size
and disk space is hardly a premium commodity anymore... but I look at
something like the small office suite-sized ZipGenius (9megs!) and
wonder how on earth does *that* happen?

 

[John Corliss]

Heh. I've always been mildly perplexed that ICEOWS doesn't often get
included in "best of" recommendations.

I know that disk size doesn't necessarily correlate with execution size
and disk space is hardly a premium commodity anymore... but I look at
something like the small office suite-sized ZipGenius (9megs!) and
wonder how on earth does *that* happen?

I wonder what language is used for the programming.

 

[Duddits]

That's one of the reasons I've stuck with ICEOWS for years. At 739K,
it's svelte compared to most.

http://www.iceows.com

The size is relative to the number of formats they compress.
ICEOWS - zip, arj and ice
Tugzip - 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 and ZIP

regards

Dud

 

[Mel]

The size is relative to the number of formats they compress.
ICEOWS - zip, arj and ice
Tugzip - 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 and ZIP

With ICEOWS you can extract, test, read properties and comments or view
files stored in ICE, ARJ, ZIP, GunZip, TAR, Microsoft CAB, RAR, ACE,
MIME, Mac HQX, UUEncode, XXEncode, Base64, JAR, EAR, WAR, LHA, IMP,
BZ2 files without external program. If the archive is an ICE, ARJ or
ZIP, you also can add, update, delete files stored in the archive.

 

[Garrapata]

Looking for best free zip program with high-compression.
Many Google hits, but unsure which one to try. Suggestions
appreciated.

I don't know which is 'best' but a couple of years ago when I was
looking for the same, I would use one until something about it annoyed
me and I would move on to another. After trying several I got to IZArc
and have had no reason to try another.

 

[Duddits]

With ICEOWS you can extract, test, read properties and comments or view
files stored in ICE, ARJ, ZIP, GunZip, TAR, Microsoft CAB, RAR, ACE,
MIME, Mac HQX, UUEncode, XXEncode, Base64, JAR, EAR, WAR, LHA, IMP,
BZ2 files without external program. If the archive is an ICE, ARJ or
ZIP, you also can add, update, delete files stored in the archive.

Iceows can *extract* all of those formats but can only *compress* zip, arj
and ice.
again

The size is relative to the number of formats they ****compress***.

Dud