ANONYMOUS  Apparently this utility doesn't support the Panther ZIP enhancemnets, large files, resource forks, etc. I couldn't find mention of it on the website or in the docs, and dropping a 20GB Panther ZIP on it results in an offer to repair the archive.

Shame, it looks like a nice interface.  
(Version 1.42)

ZIPPER  I use it all the time. Works without problems. Well done...  
(Version 1.42)

JIMBO  I love this app. For some reason the other zip applications (including the apple one) are not robust enough for me. I am also french and use special characters that are not usually supported.  
(Version 1.41)

STEVE  I found the interface and CMM easy to install and navigate and don't agree it's just an interface to something that's there already.

When I found a glitch I informed the writer and he was fast to accomodate it into the next rewrite - this one.

All in all, it's a neat little app that helps with the more complex issues of zipping when the Apple zip becomes stuck.  
(Version 1.4)

ANONYMOUS  Thanks to the previous poster who explained how to get rid of that contextual menu item that was crashing my Finder. I spent a couple hours hunting down the problem.  
(Version 1.4)

REVERB  This program is just a graphical interface to the command-line zip and unzip utilities that come with OS X. And a bad one at that.

It does not come with any Read Me file. The first time you run the app, it installs a contextual menu plugin **without asking your permission**. It also associates JIMZip with the .zip filetype in the OS. If you hunt around, you find an option in the Preferences to uninstall the plugin -- but it doesn't actually work. You have to manually locate and remove the plugin in your ~/Library/Contextual Items/ folder. Very lame.

This app is $7 shareware and brings up a nag screen at startup. IMO if you're charging users for a front-end, and it's someone else's software that does all the real work, then it better be a really *good* front-end. This isn't even close.

My advice: take the money and buy yourself seven songs on the iTunes Music Store. 10.3 users can just use the Finder instead. To create a .zip file, control-click a file or folder and choose "Create Archive". To expand a .zip file, double-click it. 10.2 users can use ZipIt, which a far superior shareware program; or you can use the zip and unzip commands from the Terminal.  
(Version 1.4)