Smallest compressed files, attractive, generally easy to use GUI
Disadvantages:
Displays are sometimes hard to follow
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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I have used the main 3 compression programs to find out which one is the best and my conclusion is that WinACE offers the overall best program for compressing and decompressing files.
WinACE supports lha, gzip, tar, zip, rar and ace files, to name a few. This means that if you wanted to you could dump your other compression programs and use this one exclusively. The compression achieved using the ACE file format is slightly better than RAR, this doesn't add up to much when you're compressing small files, but if you compress a large file you soon save several megabytes.
Unlike WinRAR, WinACE features a nice GUI, which is easy to use. Although its displays can be hard to follow during compression/decompression.
Many options can be set to vary the amount of compression and decide exactly how you want your archive to be created, including the option for self extracting archives.
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Reliability
Good
Range of extra features / functions
Excellent
Manufacturer Support
Satisfactory
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(+) Classic look but some new tab interfaced areas, Easy to set up, Extra Features (-) Tasks can be given to you by anyone, interface needs modernizing.
