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Great for compressing images for web usage or saving harddrive space.
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Pros
Pro Losslessly compresses PNG, GIF, and JPEG images
Great for compressing images for web usage or saving harddrive space.
Pro Fast & Simple
Pro Simple drag'n' drop interface
Simply drag images (or folders) into the window.
Pro Tries several different image optimizers before picking the best one
Pro Edits files in place
It does edit files in place, overwriting the original. This is exactly what I want, so I love it, but it's good to know beforehand.
Pro Can handle PNG, GIF, and JPEG images
Great for compressing images for web usage or saving harddrive space.
Pro Fast to start up
It starts up fast because is not bloated. It has all the essentials of a text editor.
Pro Free
Free but capable alternative to BBEdit.
Pro Built-in FTP/STFP browser
Edit remote files easily.
Pro Robust
Cons
Con Compression algorithm not as good as counterparts
Con Cannot abort an optimization
Optimization can run for a long time. Sometimes it reaches 20% quickly and then spend a long time to attain 21.2%. But you cannot interrupt the process.
Con Does not work on SVG yet
Con No Longer Maintained
Bare Bones, the developers of TextWranger, recently ended maintenance and support for the product. Per the Bare Bones website (https://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/): "We have sunsetted TextWrangler, and we encourage anyone interested in TextWrangler to download and use BBEdit instead."
Con Not Compatible with macOS High Sierra (10.13+)
Per the Bare Bones website (https://www.barebones.com/support/new-os.html): "TextWrangler is not compatible with High Sierra. We suggest that you use BBEdit as an alternative . . . ." Since Bare Bones officially sunsetted the product, it will unlikely be compatible with subsequent macOS release versions either.
Con Featureless
