BetterZip 1.6.1 Released

Submitted by Robert on Wed, 2008-04-09 12:49

Small update to version 1.6. The most critical bug was the handling of international characters in archive file names. This issue has been fixed.

Another important change is the elimination of the message box that popped up when you dropped an archive into an empty BetterZip window, the "Matryoshka warning." I thought that Matryoshkas are globally know, but it led to some users being confused, so I decided to remove the question and do what the user most likely intended to do: open the archive. If you drop an archive into a window that already contains files, it will be added. And if you really want to add an archive into an empty window, just hold down the command key while dropping the archive.

See the other fixes and changes in the version history.

Comments

Submitted by Erik Swanson (not verified) on Mon, 2008-04-21 02:32.

I'm trying out BetterZip and really liking it thusfar, except for this detail.

While assuming that a user wanted to open an archive when they drag and drop it onto an empty window is reasonable, I do consider the current behavior of opening an archive when I explicitly click the "Add" button (on an empty window) to be flat-out wrong.

Submitted by Robert on Mon, 2008-04-21 09:16.

Yes, this is definitely wrong and will be fixed with the next update.

Submitted by Robert on Tue, 2008-04-22 11:15.

Version 1.6.2 fixes this bug.