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Just found out Raymond.cc included Bandizip in the latest freeware/payware compressor shootout:

• 15 Archivers Tested to Find the Fastest Speeds and Smallest File Sizes
  http://www.raymond.cc/blog/best-archive ... and-uharc/

Good post ... I liked this quote:

The archivers that offer a good blend of performance and a high compression ratio are free programs, 7-Zip, HaoZip and BandiZip (and PeaZip).

Very interesting to see how some of the high compression tools outside of RAR and 7zip fared (not great).

Bandizip v5.17  (released 23-DEC-2016)  last available XP-aware, old-style Portable zip package
Bandizip v6.0    (released 26-MAR-2017)

Interestingly, the new 6.0 version introduces command-line support, but at the same time, summarily drops winXP support altogether...

For anyone interested, Ghacks recently ran a brief review of the new version:
http://www.ghacks.net/2017/03/27/bandiz ... interface/

following in the tracks of last-year "first-look" beta version review:
http://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/15/bandizip-6-0/

User comments indicate a general aversion for the "new-look", flat design GUI introduced in v6.0.

The UI bug present since Bandizip v1.x and reported several times around TPFC still hasn't been fixed in v6.01...



Edit 2020: I really liked Bandizip and would've stuck with the last freeware were it not for this OCD aggravating bug. As it is, I moved on to Winrar.

(update on former entry posted 28-MAR-2017)

Ultimate XP-aware portable package:



Download link

Just a heads up

... plans to launch Bandizip 7.0 soon; the new version has a new licensing system that divides the program into a free, advertisement powered, version and two commercial versions for professional and Enterprise use.

https://www.ghacks.net/2019/10/13/upcom ... -bandizip/

lintalist wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:13 am Just a heads up

... plans to launch Bandizip 7.0 soon; the new version has a new licensing system that divides the program into a free, advertisement powered, version and two commercial versions for professional and Enterprise use.

https://www.ghacks.net/2019/10/13/upcom ... -bandizip/

Thanks for the heads-up.

I sort of get it as almost every company I've worked for has had some kind of internally available download for 7zip and I don't get the sense that any of them gave the developer a dime, so I understand why Bandizip is trying to get some dough back. However, it's 7zip's status as open and free is exactly the reason it's so ubiquitous; your software can't get in the door with a closed or adware license without some lengthy internal evaluation.

Welp, time to remove Bandizip. I'm probably going to move to 7-zip or WinRAR (even though it isn't freeware).

Over react much?

Was going to report Ghacks.net findings -- but I'm glad to see it's taken care of.

Special wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:30 pm Over react much?

I don't think I'm overreacting. A lot of people are moving on from Bandizip. Check the comments on that ghacks.net article.

I'm not overreacting, see, look at all those other overreactions.

Alright. Glad you like Bandizip that much.

Don't use it, try again.

An updated version of the series 6 from Jan 23, 2020 is available --> 6.26.

https://www.bandisoft.com/bandizip/old/6

https://www.bandisoft.com/bandizip/history

From the 6.22 history/release notes section..

v6.22 Mar 18, 2019

New: Support for ACE extraction (Based on Public UnAce Package. unacev2.dll is not used)