What's the deal with JAVA??
 

I don't know anything about writing software. I just use it. I'm a MAC (OS 9.2.2) and a PC (windows 98) user. I absolutely prefer the MAC for everything except file sharing software. Lime Wire for the MAC works, but it is highly unstable compared to the software that’s available on the PC. It seems that most of the crashes and general problems that I’ve researched here on this forum are due to the fact that Lime Wire is written in JAVA language. I’m sure that JAVA has it’s benefits. But I suggest that someone write a version in “normal MAC” language so that I can download files on my MAC instead of on my clunky PC, and so that all MAC users could have “normal” file sharing software without all the problems that JAVA causes.

Once again, I know NOTHING about writing software. But I do know that I would pay a decent amount of money (much more than $9.50 for no ad banners) for a version like that.

This is just my opinion....

Well the deal with Java?
Java can run on many many many many many many many platforms, Mac, Windows, Linux, Sun etc.
Thats the benifit:
You just have to code one application and it runs everywhere.
If there was no Java LimeWire would had to be translated in the mac coding language (no idea which language it may be).

When LimeWire crashes its not Java's fault but the programmers
(No offense, LimeWire Team :eek: ).

Or maybe you should get the newest Java Runtime.

There is no newest Java Runtime Environment for Macs.
for MacOS there's Java2 v1.1.8, for MacOSX there's Java2 v1.3.1.

All others (Linux, Solaris, Windows...) can have Java2 1.4.1. So MacOS is lacking two years (of java releases) behind the rest of the world and MacOSX 'only' one year.

Krieger88:
Macs lacking anyway :)

By the way,
I tried to email you under 3 emailaddresses but you
have deactivated all accounts.
Why so?
Can I get your email?