Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library
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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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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.
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.
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.
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
You can though, Windows just prompts you to extract it if needed and it's all fairly user friendly.
Yes. How to change it?
Pay Microsoft to the point where they make more money from you than their current target audience.
Get the majority of computer users trained to the point of understanding how computers work.
Microsoft is just catering to their biggest market.
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.
Maybe they're like that because they've been trained that way by shit software
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.
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.