ArchView

Displays the contents of compressed files before.

One of the good features of Firefox, is the possibility to use extensions. And even more so, when there are extensions like ArchView, the purpose of which is really useful.

  Once installed in our Firefox, ArchView will allow us to see the contents of ISO, RAR and ZIP files before downloading them. To do so, we have to activate the extension (in the icon that is will show when we install it) and click on the extension that we want to investigate.

  This will save us a lot of time, because on many occasions we download files because we think they are one thing, and then they end up being something completely different. With ArchView we will be able to make sure that the contents of the download is correct, without having to wait for them to be on our hard drive, and once we are sure, we will be able to download the full file like we usually do o just one of the files that inside the RAR, ZIP or ISO.

  ArchView has support for http://, ftp:// and file:// protocols when it comes to opening compressed files, and it can be shown as XUL or in HTML interface, as if it was a Firefox tab.

  Requirements: It works with Firefox 2.0 to 3.6.