minus-square@setsneedtofeedlink12•4 months agoI just get teased by my computer guy because I still use WinZip. Apparently that’s now considered “retro”. Ow my dignity.
minus-square@setsneedtofeedlink17•edit-24 months agoApparently 7-Zip. I’ve never felt bother enough by WinZip to stay en vogue with the times I guess.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•4 months ago7-Zip is open source while WinZip is not. Also, 7-Zip’s native format, .7z, is superior to Zip.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•4 months ago7zip has been “the standard” for like twenty years
minus-square@SeabassDanlink7•4 months agoMan, I’m over here still using my paid version of WinRAR like a boomer, and it seems to work just fine.
minus-square@wolfpack86link2•4 months agoI was wondering where this left WinRAR. I never felt like WinZip was ever cool.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•4 months agoI used 7zip for so long I thought it was retro by now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•4 months agoif winzip is windows only, the cool new zip utility is stock windows explorer
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•4 months agooh thats good, that means everything will start using .7z because of how much better it is at compressing files, right? …right?
I just get teased by my computer guy because I still use WinZip. Apparently that’s now considered “retro”. Ow my dignity.
What’s the cool zip utility?
Apparently 7-Zip. I’ve never felt bother enough by WinZip to stay en vogue with the times I guess.
7-Zip is open source while WinZip is not. Also, 7-Zip’s native format, .7z, is superior to Zip.
7zip has been “the standard” for like twenty years
Man, I’m over here still using my paid version of WinRAR like a boomer, and it seems to work just fine.
I was wondering where this left WinRAR. I never felt like WinZip was ever cool.
I used 7zip for so long I thought it was retro by now.
if winzip is windows only, the cool new zip utility is stock windows explorer
It even supports .rar and .7z now
oh thats good, that means everything will start using .7z because of how much better it is at compressing files, right? …right?