"Mirko Pilger" <mirko.pil...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:jd005s$2kp3$1...@digitalmars.com... >> The ftp is not the fastest one and 7z reduces the size by 40%. > > *+1* > > on desktop i'm mostly a windows guy and since the days of windows 95 my > first step after a clean system setup has been always to install a 3rd > party file archiver utility. i remember it was winzip in the beginning, > shortly after replaced by winrar. i used those archivers until i > discovered a file manager (and norton commander clone) named total > commander which supports most common compression formats. instead of the > windows explorer i use this piece of software for about a decade now. >
I've had Total Commander on my computer for at least a year or two. Personally, I find it awkward, but I *love* the multi-rename feature. > > i use 7z myself for backups for a couple of years now and if i have the > choice i will always download 7z first, in absence look for tgz and choose > zip always last if there's nothing else available. > > yes, i might be old fashioned and i'm pretty aware that both ram and disk > space is cheap but shouldn't we (developers and engineers) also be at the > forefront to push and introduce new technologies? isn't this even our > collective responsibility? > Yea, this is exactly how I feel about it, too.