Thank You, Anil

Ok...I am a Windows power user -- the type that has multiple boxes, configures it to the point where I forget what a standard install is (much like Firefox!), and provide support to many people (though, Christoph will tell you that I throw more his way! ;). Anywho...Anil just posted a little tidbit about something I have been extremely lazy with FOREVER! I constantly hit the "Register Later" button on Winzip...though sometimes it is fun to watch it count the number of days it was installed. DUH! Thanks, Anil. My right click menu thanks you as well...

Anil Dash: The Windows Apps You Never Need To Install

Never Install: WinZip

This one makes me poke my eyes out. Guys who grew up using WinZip on Windows 3.1 are always foisting this on newbie users, who are then doomed to spend the rest of their days clicking on the "please stop making me feel bad" nag button. All they're trying to do is unzip a file -- it's built into Windows! This was something Windows actually got right before the Mac did, and there are still people suffering through the bloated, overbuilt WinZip experience.

If you must extract some of the more esoteric compression formats out there, go get 7-Zip. It's free, open source, supports every common format out there, and doesn't spew links all over the place when you install it.