Improvement Suggestion for Binary File Comparison in Winmerge

[caojunshuai]

I am writing to suggest an improvement regarding the binary file comparison feature in Winmerge.
When comparing two binary files, in a situation where one file has only 8 additional bytes starting from the 4th byte compared to the other file, and the rest of the file contents are identical, Winmerge fails to identify this specific type of difference in an intuitive manner. Currently, it performs a byte - by - byte comparison, which makes it extremely difficult for users to quickly determine the real and meaningful differences between the two files.
It would be highly beneficial if Winmerge could have an option or a mechanism to handle such cases more efficiently. For example, a feature that can detect and highlight differences like the one described above, rather than simply presenting a long list of byte - by - byte comparisons. This would greatly enhance the usability of Winmerge for binary file comparison tasks.

The following two screenshots show how winmerge and beyondcompare compare