Do you prefer .zip or .rar?
 

Gonna zip some cropped thumbs for ready hosted galleries and was wondering which is used more by webmasters.

zip for me

Definitly zip

zip for webmaster stuff definitely.

I only deal with rar because of newsgroups. :upsidedow

Raawwwrrrr!

I have WinRAR on my desktop, as well as rar tools on my servers. So, as a compression format, for me, zip is obsolete.

However, since you're archiving media, you won't get much compression from either zip or rar, so it makes sense to put them in the more ubiquitous format (zip)

i dont understand the large support for a nonstandard protocol?

zip is supported by all.. and although rar is a bit more efficient who gives a shit about those extra % compression with current dataspeeds?

Have both on my pc and our servers, so doesnt really matter to me. I chose zip since I am fairly certain nearly everyone has it.

Many people have rar, and it only takes 30 seconds to install if you don't.


Why not?

zip tar.gz rar all the same i ftp it to my server and use whatever :)

I dont care either way I have winrar and winzip .. but if I have to make one, I zip.

I'd go with zip, it's more of a standard for newbies.

If I'm downloading to my PC then ZIP if I'm uploading to a linux server then rar

i really dont care

i prefer to unzip :winkwink:

Rar 5678

zip :pimp

go zip go! oldschool style!

L$

rar is better, however if you wanna stay sure that everybody opens that, use zip, everybody on earth should have it.

Why not? Whats the advantage then?

for non-media stuff, rar offers a much higher compression ratio

.zip all the way, never downloaded a rar file before.

I have both WinZip and WinRAR, but I prefer .zip files. I always see it as a pain in the ass when I have to open a .rar. No idea why since it takes the same amount of effort and time.

definatly prefer .zip files
i downloaded the rar program and only used it for about a week before i uninstalled it.
not too many things come as .rar , most commonly used are zip files.

Thanx for the votes
Decided to go with zip cause thats what I used as a n00b :)

.rar all the way.. Winrar rocks.

I'm not speaking for anybody's behalf but I always prefer Zip.
Most webmasters also do..

zip

:pimp

Either or for me. I guess if I had to choose I would say Zip.

I prefer .rar, but .zip is more standart !

zip it good!