Existing users, 
This is a great replacement for those that used to use StuffIt, however it really needs a double click option to extract compressed files in the finder and a contextual menu option to compress files without having to open the application itself.
Other than those small “wants” this is an inexpensive all in one compression utility that handles nearly everything.
BetterZip
Archive & compression tool: zip, tar, gzip, bzip2, rar, 7-zip, cpio, sit, hqx.
Version: 1.8.3
My new go to compression application
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Rod1976 Wednesday, November 07 2007 @ 07:10 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 6-12 months
Recommend Product: YES
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Comments
My new go to compression application - Rod1976
Your not getting my point, I don’t want to have to open/have open Better Zip in order to decompress a file (similar to how The Unarchiver works) for what I’m looking for. I don’t want to have redundant applications on my machine your app can deal with all the formats I need, why should I have to keep The Unarchiver around? I just want system wide double click decompress without having to deal with the application at all.Thursday, November 08 2007 @ 02:53 PM PST
My new go to compression application - MacItBetter
Maybe I am really not getting your point. If you hold down the command key while double-clicking an archive in Finder, BetterZip will not open the archive in a window, but decompress it immediately and then quit. Just like the Unarchiver. Or are you missing archive formats in BetterZip that the Unarchiver supports? Let me know, and I'll see whether they can be added.Friday, November 09 2007 @ 01:51 AM PST
My new go to compression application - Rod1976
BetterZip handles all the most popular formats, I just want to use it without the need to think about or need a “Modifier key.“ As in, I double click an archive and BetterZip decompresses it.I was referring to The Unarchivers use of headless like background decompression by double click without any other action (i.e. without modifier key/s).
I don’t want to piss you off here, this is not my goal. Your application is rock solid and very useful and doesn’t crash on spanned rar archives, like The Unarchiver likes to. I’m just trying to get the simplicity of one application on my system by removing redundancy (using The Unarchiver for its double click mindless ease of decompression).
Friday, November 09 2007 @ 02:28 PM PST
My new go to compression application - MacItBetter
Ah, now I understand. Yeah, it should be easy to add an option to switch the default behavior to extract everything immediately and only open the archive in a window when the command key is held down. Not a bad idea actually. :-)Saturday, November 10 2007 @ 01:13 AM PST
My new go to compression application - MacItBetter
Hold down the command key while double-clicking an archive in the Finder. This will immediately extract the file. The context menu plugin is on my to-do list.Reply to This
Thursday, November 08 2007 @ 01:30 AM PST