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View Poll Results: Can you handle rar format for download files?
Yes, I have a program installed that can handle RAR archive files. 29 93.55%
No, I do not, but I would be willing to install one. 1 3.23%
I am unwilling or unable to install a program to handle RAR archives. I need self-extracting .exes instead. 1 3.23%
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Old December 24th, 2004, 01:48 PM
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Default Re: RAR File Format

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I know that its difficult to word a poll in an unbiased manner but sheeeesh....
"I am unwilling or unable"? If the poll just said rar, zip, gz, exe, or installer.. and had no other words to give any clues.. then I would probably have chosen zip.

I guess if my only choices were between RAR or EXE then I would choose rar for SEIV mods.
Zip was never an option... There was no bias. This was never meant as a general format poll; it was only meant to determine if there is any need to continue adding the self-extracting modules. I may not have made that entirely clear...
Ahhh I had the impression that it was seeking a general consensus of all of the modders and download sites. That it was a personal question wasnt clear.

There are obvious pros and cons I guess. RAR's give a time-download boost for a "but you must first download and install" instruction. EXE's give less personal control on the install but can be more helpful for automating where things should go and a level of newbie friendliness. Also EXE's involve an extra layer of trust on the part of the user.

Personally I have a RAR extractor. But then I have a couple dozen different format extractors and Im always a slight bit irritated when Im told to go get another.
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