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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

...and kids, this is why you (A)GPLv3 your code. Always.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I feel like this will only make life easier for everyone. I hate Windows as much as the next guy but this will help open archive formats be more accessible.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (11 children)

On macOS, the default double click behavior just unzips the archive into a folder of the same name with no additional interface. I always thought that was a nicer implementation than opening the archive to browse the files how Linux distros usually do (and maybe Windows; I’m not a frequent Windows user). It’s probably what 90% of people want 90% of the time. Why not just make that the default and put the other use cases behind the right click menu?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Windows does basically what you think it does.

And I'd rather it not unzip the contents of a file that I haven't looked at yet. I also sometimes only need one or two files from the zip folder and don't want to unzip the entire thing.

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