>>1
It's not because the format itself was constructed by a "fellow" Jap is it?
Yes, it is.
All computer choices are made for convenience.
HA! If that were true, we would be using RAR or 7Z.
Compression is really irrelevant when it comes down to it.
Except when you pay for your bandwidth and a million users downloading a file that's 100 KB smaller means you save 95 GB, or when you're backing data up and realize you can save one whole CD, for example.
>>4
since you can't download a folder (can that ever be changed? fuck MS)
Are you stupid? No, wait, that's not a question. You ARE stupid. Please read RFC 2616.