Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library - eviltoast

Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

  • MrFlamey@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is great, but I honestly hate the way that windows treats zips like they are just folders on your computer when they are fundamentally different, and I want to do different things with them. Sure, it’s nice to be able to browse the files inside, but I can do that with 7zip.

    • lmaydev@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The whole point is most people don’t want a third party app.

      I also think for most users treating them as a normal folder makes complete sense.

      Chances are you aren’t the target audience of the default configuration of windows. It’s aimed at people who have trouble checking their email.

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        1 year ago

        It’s aimed at people who have trouble checking their email.

        Opening ZIP natively in folder app really is just user friendly practices. Ofc it’s easier to able to browse its content that way.

        You shouldn’t need 3rd party software for things that simple.

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          The problem being average people don’t tend to understand what a zip file is, I regularly have to explain that you can’t run an executable from a zip

          • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            You can though, Windows just prompts you to extract it if needed and it’s all fairly user friendly.

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        Chances are you aren’t the target audience of the default configuration of windows.

        Yes. How to change it?

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          1 year ago

          Pay Microsoft to the point where they make more money from you than their current target audience.

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          Get the majority of computer users trained to the point of understanding how computers work.

          Microsoft is just catering to their biggest market.

          • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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            1 year ago

            So does KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon, Mate, Pantheon… But i can fit them infinitely more to my taste than Windows Explorer-extension (aka Windows Desktop). Well, ok, not Gnome. Not without unsupported extensions. Gnome Foundation is almost as bad in their ignorance of userbase.

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        Maybe they’re like that because they’ve been trained that way by shit software

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            1 year ago

            What are you even talking about? Archives have been so much easier to use on Linux for many years, because that headline was built-in.

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            What distro do you use which thinks an archive file needs executable permissions?

            Alternatively, what distro / file explorer can’t recognize the MIME types for archives (which has nothing to do with permissions but it’s the only relevant error that makes sense)?

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      1 year ago

      It’s nice when you can use the file browser of an app and I can open a file from a zip directly but I see your point.

      • MrFlamey@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, it’s probably best for most users, but I just personally prefer to treat them separately so I know what I’m dealing with.