PowerArchiver 2010 version 11.62 is now available to download. Order Professional and save 10%!
Dear users,
as some of you might know, we are already working on PowerArchiver 12.00 (aka PA 2011). One of the things we are looking at is improving our setup, together with the brand new update that we are already finishing and that will be ready for 12.00 (shhhh, dont tell anyone, but update will be…awesome).
We have been working on PowerArchiver since 1998, and we think that our opinion of what the setup/installer should or should not look like might not be fashionable anymore.
So we have decided to let YOU decide… as you are ones that will be using and (hopefully) paying for it 
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What we have here is screenshots of new look, modern, Windows 7 like installer and screenshot of good old Windows Installer, as it has been for decade now. Keep in mind that Microsoft has not made any suggestions to what newer installers should look like as we (developers) would prefer, even Microsoft’s own product use different looking installers, which (to myself) makes little sense. 
So vote away and let us know which one you preffer. Keep in mind that new look also has penalty of 400kb to the total size of installed package. Personally, i am not sure myself – functionality is completely the same, new one looks fresh while old school is just that, something we have been used to by now. Thanks everyone!
UPDATE – closed the polls, 72% of people voted for it so new installer it is! Thank you!
Dear all,
we know how many of you use PowerArchiver – hundreds of thousands use it actively. We want you to get more involved into development and behind the scenes action @ conexware, so we will be starting to give free PowerArchiver copies to lucky users that sign up to follow us at twitter or facebook.
For starters, 5 lucky users will get free copy of PowerArchiver 2010 Standard. Everyone who signs up to follow us on either tweeter or facebook (or both for doubling the chance) until end of May 1st 2010 will be entered into the draw for free copies. We will announce winners in the first week of May 2010.
If you already own PowerArchiver, you will be able to gift license to someone else!
Thank you and please use follow us buttons on the top right of the page.
p.s. working on new update features is progressing well (if late)!
Dear users,
After pre-release testing (thanks to everyone who tested latest files via our Facebook and Twitter pages), here is our latest PA 2010 11.62 release. While we are still heavily working on v11.70 new features, we decided to refresh final build to make sure you get some improvements and fixes that we could give you right away.
Backup Changes
Here is what has been added to this release:
A lot more is coming in upcoming beta of 11.70, which is still few weeks away (no promises yet). You can download PA 11.62 from the download page. We expect rest of translations to be ready during the day tomorrow. Thank you!
Hello boys and girls,
now that holidays are behind us, we can go back and work on PowerArchiver 2010 11.7. Did you really think that this was it for PA 2010? If so, you do not know us well. We have been working on completly revamped web update feature that will introduce much better update system for you, our beloved users.
Old style update from PA 2010
We got the idea when one user told us via email, how much he liked PA but at the same time he also mentioned how constant updates are getting on his nerves. We were baffled, suprised, taken back even. How could someone not like updating PowerArchiver? We always believed that constant improvements made us what we are today. We laughed it off, replied how that is one of our assets and that he can disable updates if he wishes so (politely of course, eastern european way!).
Then I proceeded working on my computer: opened up Calibre to send some books to my PRS-505 and quickly cancelled update check, opened SE manager suite and quickly cancelled update check, turned on VLC and quickly cancelled update check… and I thought to myself – all these updates are quite annoying! Wait a second – could this be what our user was mentioning? Could it be that PowerArchiver is not the center of his universe (like it is to us)? Quite possibly! So i took it as a hint, and went on to time how long it takes PowerArchiver to update on my fast dual core computer and 4 Mbs connection… It took around 65 seconds until PowerArchiver 2010 11.60 was installed and running again (upgrade from PA 2007) and 8 clicks of the mouse. Now thats really not that bad… if you use PowerArchiver on daily basis. If you turn it on every once in a while, and get update screen each time, you might not like it that much. I might be getting old but i also remember how few of our standard forum dwellers also wanted better update system (less clicks).
After indentifying the problem, i went to contact our engineers to see what can be done about it. Answer was completly custom update system that is based on binary diff (bsdiff) and custom set of supporting tools developed from scratch! Since this was also mandatory for our upcoming Super Secret App, we got it greenlighted right away!
PowerArchiver 2010 - New Web Update for 11.70
Here are our design goals (everything is based on user feedback from forums and emails, as always!):
I hope you like this upcoming update. There will certainly be an beta release for this version, and quite possibly we will have few other things lined up. Rest assured, you will be informed on these new changes. We are not sure when exactly is this update going to hit the streets, lets hope it will be done during the February 2010. Check screenshot and let us know what you think on forums (currently you cant comment here with your forum account, we are in midst of reorganizing blogs). Once we have the system working (currently it looks pretty and does nothing 
), we will also post benchmarks to see the actual difference in old and new update when updating from latest 11.61 release to 11.70. You can comment it on forums here.
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