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Bo Fu Registered 02/04/2004 Points 413	24th October, 2004 at 01:36:06 - I like being able to play a game in the start menu... and if I hate it, I can uninstall it from the same menu! Still, let's face it... most games are one file. Installers have their place in the click world, though. WinACE has great compression - how does Tarball Bzipped 2 compare with it? If wishes were fishes then we'd all smell like ladies' underwear.
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating Registered 04/09/2004 Points 7998	25th October, 2004 at 03:11:10 - I once downloaded a 400 kb installer and when I installed it, it became 400 MB! The program didn't work either (naturally). And how can you Bzip a file? And is it better than Gzipped files? Old member (~2004-2007).
Arf :: FPP Games Registered 15/05/2002 Points 1364	29th October, 2004 at 15:37:20 - Surely the solution is simple? Give people a choice -- make an installer and a zip file. n/a
AsparagusTrevor Mine's a pint of the black stuff Registered 20/08/2002 Points 2364	29th October, 2004 at 15:57:27 - Sound idea if you've got the webspace to have versions.
Kris Possibly Insane Registered 17/05/2002 Points 2017	29th October, 2004 at 17:22:39 - 7zip has the best compression so far, you should try that "Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
醤油の兵士 Almost Human Registered 12/06/2002 Points 173	29th October, 2004 at 22:00:48 - My Quick Calculations: Tar:4.34 MB - 103% Uncompressed: 4.26 MB - 100% Tar Unix:2.88 MB - 68% Zip (UU Encoded):2.70 MB - 63% LHA: 1.99 MB - 47% Sit:1.97 MB - 46% Tar Gzip:1.95 MB - 45% Zip:1.87 MB - 44% Tar Bzip2:1.85 MB - 43% Install Creator:1.68 MB - 39% Rar:1.65 MB - 38% SitX:1.57 MB - 37% 7-zip:1.28 MB - 30% In order of worst to best, I made sure the files to archive contained similar amounts of multiple data types, it had a few CCA's, EXE's, JPG's, BMP'S, MID's, and TXT's. So Install Creator is actually one of the best and convenient ways to compress it, as most people don't have 7-zip, Stuffit, or WinRAR. Sorry WinaCE is excluded, but I don't have a compressor for that. Edit: Hey, just as aladdin systems claims, SitX is one of the best compression formats Edited by the Author. As a boy, I wanted to be a train. I didn’t realize this was unusual—that other kids played with trains, not as them.
AsparagusTrevor Mine's a pint of the black stuff Registered 20/08/2002 Points 2364	29th October, 2004 at 22:08:47 - It's a shame Zips are the standard, cos basically it sucks.
Batchman Registered 08/08/2003 Points 231	30th October, 2004 at 08:46:51 - while every format work in several OSes, install creator only works on Windows ... n/a
醤油の兵士 Almost Human Registered 12/06/2002 Points 173	1st November, 2004 at 01:33:26 - did a few more: ACE: 1.37 MB - 32% CAB: 1.41 MB - 33% JAR: 577 KB!?! - 12% ... I think windows got that size wrong or something... As a boy, I wanted to be a train. I didn’t realize this was unusual—that other kids played with trains, not as them.
ChrisB Crazy? Registered 16/08/2002 Points 5457	1st November, 2004 at 12:23:32 - 7-zip has a self-extractor n/a
醤油の兵士 Almost Human Registered 12/06/2002 Points 173	1st November, 2004 at 18:35:30 - so does just about everything else o_O As a boy, I wanted to be a train. I didn’t realize this was unusual—that other kids played with trains, not as them.
alexman Registered 31/10/2004 Points 8	1st November, 2004 at 23:42:19 - Installers are fine with me as long as I can uninstall them.
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	2nd November, 2004 at 09:36:57 - compression varies depending on both the program you are using and the file being compressed, 100 midi files can be zipped to 25k but an mp3 will be about2% smaller. I don't know if files inside a click game folder vary like this. .

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