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On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:25:49 -0400, Nil <[email protected]>
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>On 19 Jun 2024, [email protected] wrote in alt.comp.freeware:
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>> I don't know about improvements, but it installs dang near
>> instantly and is so simple to use. I tried 7Zip yesterday before
>> I found Peazip. It didn't load right and came up with a screen
>> full of junk. That's when I kept searching and found Peazip.
>>
>> Like most software choices, it's a matter of preference.
>
>I wonder what didn't "load right" and what "junk" you saw.
I don't remember. I might have been using my XP box. I get a lot of
sites that don't like XP. But this really doesn't matter. Peazip is
enuf for me. I need only a basic zip/unzip app.
> 7-Zip
>presents you with a few obvious setup choices the first time you run
>it, then never again unless you manually call them up. Forever after
>you get a typical, unglamorous file manager-type window. It made
>immediate sense to me. Peazip seemed to offer me nothing over 7-Zip and
>seemed to obscure some of the things I most often do. Maybe it's
>improved, or if I had stuck with it I might have gotten more
>comfortable with it, but I could see no advantage for me.
I don't know what about it was uncomfortable at the time you tried it.
But it is now a super simple interface that even a 5-year-old could
use. Matter of fact, more than once my wife of 50+ years has accused
me of being that exact age at times. But that's another story for
another time.