zip archives only?

[vinnie-bob]

Is this for convenience or will .sit files not work with the forum software?

v

[Scott]

Hey Vince,

I chose zip files for two reasons. I want folks to compress all uploads, and everyone using the current version of SuperCard under OS X will be able to extract them. The latter can't be said of .sit archives.

But if you have a compelling reason for why .sit files should be allowed I am certainly willing to consider it.

[vinnie-bob]

I don't have strong feelings either way, but perhaps one more reason not to upgrade Stuffit next time. I was just curious....

vince

[Scott]

I can't remember whether it was in Tiger or Leopard, but Stuffit Expander no longer ships with new Macs.

[Lisa]

Well I kind of have strong feelings on this -- .zip is the Mac standard now, users should not have to download a third-party app based on a proprietary format to be able to access SC-related files. Stick with .zip only.

[Dan_Kelleher]

Nice to see you on this Forum Lisa.
I agree that .zip to the way to go now.
I slowly and reluctantly have given up sit this and sit that.
StuffIt still has some nice features though and I use the 'Magic Menu' all the time
although there may be some contextual menu built into OSX that I'm not aware of.
-Dan

[1nperson0z]

Leopards built in zipper does not support password protected archives, whereas stuffit does, but that shouldn't be a problem for the SC archive - the user would need a copy of stuffit expander in this case. Also .sit or sitx archives will often be smaller than zip files. I don't know how much file space there is here, so whether that is a factor is up to Scott.

Ian B

[Scott]

there may be some contextual menu built into OSX that I'm not aware of.
-Dan

Control (or right) click the file or folder to be zipped. Depending on your OS version there will be an option to archive or compress.

[Dan_Kelleher]

Thanks.
-Dan