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jsmooth - December 9, 2005 - 5:03pm

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Awsome job, great idea!

FYI:

I have found I can get the compressed portable_firefox_1.5_en-us.zip down from 6,643,139 bytes to 5,258,684 bytes using Tugzip, http://www.tugzip.com/ ,and 7z compression.

This is a significant savings especially for download bandwidth.

Results

portable_firefox_1.5_en-us.zip
Original (download from sourceforge) - 6,643,139 bytes
7z Ultra Compression - 5,258,684
7z & a Self-Extractor - 5,343,676 (79% current file size) 1.29MB saved

I would recommend considering use of 7z and self-extractor to lower your bandwidth overhead.

Regards
Joe

Disclaimer: I am in now way associated with tugzip or the makers of 7z. I am a recent convert from the zip/tar world. My plans for world domination will continue through my many nefarious compression schemes... Bwa haha!


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I'm aware...

Actually, I'm aware of that, but wanted to keep it as a ZIP for now as it's pretty universal.

I'll be using a self-extractor or a full installer (with upgrade support) in the near future.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Sourceforge is very generous

Sourceforge is very generous when it comes to bandwidth and webspace.