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Old April 28th, 2003
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Default Why isn't LimeWire X using Java 1.4?

This is briefly noted in the sticky topic about running Software Update, but there was no discussion, so I'm making a separate topic.

LimeWire X (this is as of version 2.9.9) does not use the new Java 1.4.1 virtual machine which Apple released about two months ago. It is ridiculously easy for developers to "throw the switch" and make OS X Java apps use the new VM instead of the old one. LimeWire currently uses the 1.3.1 engine; the very same engine that came with Mac OS X 10.0!

I know that performance on my G4/450 is bogged down significantly when LimeWire is running. I also know that Apple has made huge strides in performance as of the new VM, including enabling Quartz Extreme for Swing-based Java apps (like LimeWire). My suspicion is that with about fifteen minutes of work, and without breaking anything, the LimeWire developers could vastly improve the performance of the Mac OS X version.

So does anyone have any idea why they haven't done this yet?

-Jake
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