I prefer the number of search results in Phex to Limewire, which, usually, gives about 400 results. BUT .. I would like to be able to limit certain results in Phex before the event, since, afaik the filter can only be used once the search is complete. I'm off to look at the manual right now

I do find the latest Phex does slow down things rather more than previous versions on my ageing Mac ... G3 OSX 10.3.9 400Mhz 320MB Memory.

Perhaps the usefulness of a splash screen is that, while it is showing it's best not to do anything else on the computer. But they can be a pain I agree