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Has Anyone "Bought" Winrar

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I still have my sealed legally purchased copy of WinZip on a floppy. At the time they promised free lifetime upgrades (as best as this old brain can remember), but they did not keep their word. They gave me a download link and also mailed me a hard copy.
 
GeekNick said:
OK, to make the point, here's what I meant:

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The programs interface looks like explorer. So, whether you want to create an archive or extract it, you only have to click it and the appropriate button on top (Create, Open, Extract). Of course the same thing can be made by right-clicking.

And here's WinZip:

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I don't even know where to start from when I simply want to pack some photos! All this functions that I never need to use make WinZip so confusing that it fast became my least favorite zipper. Come to think of it, I expect something better from a program that you have to pay for.

7-Zip is a little bit better. But still... Here's the zipping process in 7-Zip:

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And here's B1 Free Archiver:

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While having mostly the same functionality, somebody going to argue that the second option at least looks better? That's what I call "intuitive".
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lol those interfaces look so much like those fake antivirus spyware programs. Is that really what devs are going for now? :awe:
 
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