Perpetual Newbie Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 WordPress, Invision Community etc. All of them are distributed in zip archives. Why? As far as I know, the 7z format in the 7zip archiver is much better than zip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.M. Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 ZIP support is built into most operating systems by default. Therefore, distributing archives in ZIP format, their authors can be sure that customers can open them. For 7z archives, installation of an archiver is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capybara Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Windows 11 will soon have built-in support for 7z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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