Usage
Drop the files / folders to compress onto the Zipper's Dock icon.
Hold shift as the app launches to use Windows-compatible zip compression.
Launch the Zipper (without dropping any files) to browse for files to compress.
Philosophy
File compression is awkward. Most other apps require some effort or some time to configure, specify files, then compress. This Zipper changes all that. You drop your files onto the icon. The icon bounces once (twice if it's a big file) and that's it. Job done.
Because The Zipper is written for speed and convenience, the archive is given the same name and location as the compressed file but with the appropriate extension. If the archive already exists, it is overwritten.
The compression formats that work best have been determined to be tar and bzip2 for directories or multiple files, and gzip for single files. The Zipper will use these by default. Otherwise hold shift during launch to use the zip format.
License
Copyright © 2007 Vacuous Virtuoso Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by Vacuous Virtuoso (http://lipidity.com/)", in the same place and form as other third-party acknowledgments. Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, in the same form and location as other such third-party acknowledgments. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
The Zipper icon is from the Crystal Clear icon set by Everaldo and is licensed under the LGPL.