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James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
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February 9, 2024
Question

ZIP file attachments

  • February 9, 2024
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Is there some reason the universal and efficient ZIP file format is not allowed as attachments for forum posts? I thought this had been corrected/allowed long ago. It's just a mess to attach huge XML/ASCII content files when they can be compressed and packaged for integrity by every user here.

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      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 13, 2024

      I fail to see why any unpaid forum volunteer would want to mess around with Zip files.  It adds an un-welcomed layer of complexity to downloading & unpacking untrusted files to one's hard drive and then scanning them with anti-virus software to ensure they're safe to open. Thanks but no thanks. That's not what I signed up for.

       

      Reach out to Adobe Customer Support, I'm sure they can help you. 


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      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      kglad
      Community Expert
      kgladCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 13, 2024

      @Nancy OShea 

       

      it's not unusual on the animate forum for us to request a problemtatic animate source (fla) file.  they're typically zipped, but uploaded to a file server because of forum limitations.

      kglad
      Community Expert
      kgladCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 9, 2024

      probably.  but because the forums are managed by a company hired by adobe, there's no convenient way to communicate with them.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPressAuthor
      Legend
      February 9, 2024

      Sigh. Probably the most important community I participate in, and it's a slow, clumsy, awkward platform from some corner of the 2008 internet.

       

      There are so many good forum platforms, but we have to drag along in this one that limply pretends to be up to date with the 'social media' world, without having the advantages of either approach.

        kglad
        Community Expert
        kgladCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 9, 2024

        at least there are no major glitches this week (so far).

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