efield:
That will probably do it. I completely forgot about the library tab.

I can't check right now, though. I shut down yesterday and haven't been able to load past the "Upgrade to Pro" dialog since then. Error is:

Assertion failed: (lock & JAWT_LOCK_ERROR) == 0, file CBanner.cpp, line 36

I'll keep hacking unless someone can tell me what's changed.

bobomon:
Yes, but if I want the ability to minimize to the system tray, then both the default close button in the top right and the "Close" function of the file menu will minimize, and then I have to shutdown through the context menu of the system tray icon. I just think there should be an "Exit" function available to shut down the application regardless of the selection of the above option. This is infinitesimally trivial, but maybe the developers could knock it out one afternoon when things are moving slowly. Or maybe I'll get the source sometime.

Thanks,

Brandan L.

Re: -- Refined Search/Filter tools --
 

i'd like a retine search option too. possibly on the tab down like repaet search add 'refine search '
can remind us why and or " " & - [not] can't be used or added

example: b**tles *or* W*ngs *not* cover
*"J*t Plane"*

just an idea using *'s to enclose the meta-words

*and* must have both
*or*
*not*
*[* *]*

any comments welcome... hey trying to help...

Re: Re: -- Refined Search/Filter tools --
 

oops forgot *"* *"*
and should be *"*jet plane*"* in second example

NO to video player
 

I think that even the built in mp3 player/library is a waste of time. Other programs are available which will organize/play your files, and they do it better than Limewire.

A program shouldn't try to be a jack-of-all-trades. Limewire should concentrate on downloading files and that's all. Time spent on other things is time not spent improving the p2p client,
and that's bad.

Trying to be all things to all people is impossible, you'll just end up mediocre in all categories.

Totally agree. Limewire should concentrate on *downloading files* and nothing more.

Re: NO to video player
 

i agree.
how about keeping what theygotbut having an application-file format information in options:
mp3......winamp
avi.........media player
mov......quicktime
mpeg....media player
wav......mediaplayer


etc, etc

you get the idea...

Its been requested before but I want to add my voice;
BRING BACK NUMBER OF HOSTS!!!!!
I bought Limewire Pro (back when it was $15 I might add), but have since reverted to an older version specifically so I could have this feature.
It makes no sense to start a search if you haven't even connected to anyone!

The network topology doesn't allow for LimeWire to calculate the number of hosts you can reach anymore.

It still works for me in the version of Limewire I am running.

number of hosts
 

i use my most recent version and only get number of host by going to statistics. it is there, but a prolbem to get to. real hassle.
limewire CAN determine number of currently connected hosts.
some folks it would seem really want people to rather not consider that... but then these could be the same ones that gave certain individuals bots to spam other users... can't tell how many are on without a hassle, somebody(s) got a bot(s) that takes qeries and renames spam files as those query parameters .

hey, if it can't measure why do older versions do it, and if ya twist your way through it statistics tells you?

why not just put it up front?

are the guys who got the bots paying limewire? if not why not?
they spam the network, they might as well compensate limewire...

1. we can get our own players/viewers/etc
2. we want number of host
3. we want browse host shared files
4. i for one am sick of bot spammers
5. anyway to block out certain ip's from search results [currently only blocks chat - i would like to give those twits a piece of my mind.]

Re: number of hosts
 

No it can't those numbers are wrong by a factor of 10 - 500.

Those numbers do not reflect the size of your network horizon anymore since the introduction of ultrapeers.

Because they are all wrong and the LimeWire developers know that they are.

2. is not really possible
3. is already possible
5. is already possible, too - although not with one click yet

Re: Re: number of hosts
 

okay number of host may be a no can do, but your possible list have not been implemented.

5. [blocking ip addresses on search] definately not - it blocks chat. that's all it does.
filtering out bot spammer ip addresses would help a lot.
of course the spammer wouldn't want the rest of us to be able to tune him out... but then the rest of us could careless what spammers want. possible yes, implemented, no.

3.[search host for their files] would be useful on spammer bots too. possible yes [used to be included] - implemented absolutely not.

Re: Re: Re: number of hosts
 

options->filters->hosts

LimeWire does not display results from blocked hosts.

The browse host button returned in version 2.5

correct. One click blocking would be nice. We'll see..

I like having the number of hosts up, even though I know it is horridly inaccurate. So, I do. Probably wouldn't be a good thing for everyone though

I added one-click blocking in openwire, I think... So you could certainly take it from the code, Otaru-kun. By the way I do have a couple of other patches you might want to add to AquaLime, for example checking for illegal characters in filenames to make "Could Not Move To Library" errors close to impossible, a patch increasing download success rate by making LimeWire more aggressive when downloading (retrying hosts even if the connection failed once) and one adding support for magnet links.

"Could not move to library"
 

Guys, guys, guys !!!!

If you continue to ignore the "Could not move to library" problem, it is going to kill this product !!!!!!!!!

I have spent considerable time experimenting with different solutions and nothing *fixes* it. I have tried every version from 2.6.3 to 2.8.6 and they all do it. I have uninstalled and reinstalled it numerous times. I have lost at least 50 downloads.

There are numerous complaints in this forum and I have only seen a few explanations. None of these explanations hold water.

Explanation # 1. The file has special characters. Response: I did not see any special characters in any of the 50+ downloads that failed. Are the special characters hidden?

Work-around #1. Kill the download before it finishes and restart it. Response: If the problem is special characters, then why does killing the download and restarting it work??? It should fail either way, right?

Don't take my word for it. Search through this forum and read all of the different comments where people HAVE had success with this work-around.

Explanation # 2. The file was corrupted. Response: Limewire only reported corruption in 1 of the 50+ files.

Explanation # 3. Hard drive is full. Response: I have over 50 megs. available on my hard drive.

Explanation # 4. The problem is caused by a Firewire drive. Response: I do not have a Firewire drive.

Explanation # 5. Insufficient system memory. Response: I upgraded from 128 megs to 256 megs of ram and still get this error.

Work around #2. Go to the Incomplete folder and move the file manually. Response: I have not been able to find any of the 50+ downloads that failed with this error. It appears that Limewire deletes the file from the Incomplete folder BEFORE it determines that it can't save it to the Shared folder.

Don't take my word for it. Search through this forum and read all of the different comments where people have NOT had success with this work-around.

At this point, I have completely given up on Limewire. I have not had a successful download in 2 weeks!!! I really like the product and I am not trying to slam it. I just want some one to take the problem seriously and fix it.

Thanks!
Lee

crap. Wish I'd read that a couple hours ago. I just did too. I'll take a look at how you did it, wouldn't surprise me if it was more efficient :)

Illegal characters patch is a good idea. Thanks for the heads up. I assume it doesn't display results with illegal characters? Magnet links certainly has my attention. Heck, there's a lot of stuff in there that could be fun :)

Lemme know if there's anything you'd like from AL, like the shareaza security file importing, and I can get my code up somewhere.

How's it going with that chat thing?

Not too well at the moment, - I have a very important exam next week, so I don't have much time for it right now. I think I'll have a working version ready early next month but for now I have other priorities.

>Illegal characters patch is a good idea. Thanks for the heads up. I assume it doesn't display results with illegal characters? Magnet links certainly has my attention. Heck, there's a lot of stuff in there that could be fun

i'm pretty sure greg sent an email to the dev mailing list a little while ago with a question regarding macs & magnet links -- since you're the local mac expert [and with good reason], any tips? (see the mailing list for the full question... )

I've gotten them to work in windows, it's a real pain (I'm prolly missing something) I'll see if I can work something out in Linux, but I would have no clue about OSX and have no acess to a Mac. You were prolly talking to trap_jaw anyway :)

The only way to use magnet-links with mozilla on linux would probably be a plugin (mozilla plugins should also work with konqueror). All I managed to do was copy & paste magnet support.

I don't know much about MacOS(X), - in fact I never touched a Mac (they are not popular at all in Germany and I don't think you can even buy them within 50 miles from where I live).

check out protozilla.mozdev.org !
it will work for magnet links.

Global Resume of Incompletes
 

Hey all, I'm less than a novice user, but enjoy reading the dialogue you geeks got going (no offence intended, I'm a geek wannabee)...

...I've spent alot of time constructing my searches and for one reason or another I'll end up with the whole que in the incomplete folder. Like others, I think, it'd be nice to do a global resume instead of adding them back to the search window one by one. Also, I've found minimal success with these anyway so should I just give up on these as bad searches or keep trying?

Thanks for a great product!

If a download goes into requery mode and if it remains in this state for more than two or three days I tend to give it up.

Resuming Incompletes
 

Thanks for the reply! I'll give up on most of them, but some have partially downloaded. It would still be nice to group them and add them back at once instead of individually.

Also, I've read in one of the threads that the longer you leave limewire up and running the better the connections become. For me, I've observed that over long periods the activity seems to run out. Simply closing and reopening "reactivates" the activity so to speak. What's up with this or has anyone else not noticed this?

Restarting LimeWire helps a little. Most of the downloads will still not finish. The whole problem is that LimeWire considers all hosts that don't respond properly as bad and won't retry it, so - in case the host is really not active anymore - LimeWire won't keep on retrying it. Otherwise LimeWire would make it easy for a malicious attacker to use gnutella for a DDoS attack.

A cool new feature would be usernames so you can search for someone and get a list of their files to download.

Don't impliment more features for the media player. I hate when programs try to expand and ad all sort of features that are off of their core features and could be done much better by other programs.

I voted for ading the Browse Host feature again. I picked up some cool music by people that have similar tastes!

I would love to see i tab which i could click on to see the downloads AND uploads all on one page. Or can i do that already?

I have a severe back disability. It would be helpful to have a cut and paste feature to cut down on typing. Even on my laptop, the reaching is painful. Saving searches would also be helpful so they can be reactivated or edited.

If you leave a search tab up, you can right click (or command click as the case may be) and research using the same search terms.

Thank you for replying. Yes I know that you can redo the search tabs. But If I want to reformulate the search; i.e. add words, delete words, etc., I have to retype it all over again.

Sometimes I have a list of searches I want to remember and I would like to be able to cut and paste. It it easier on my back; where repeated reaching to type, especially on a laptop, is very painful.

Does that make sense? Most programs have cut and paste and delete features--they are as old as the sun and should be very simple to implement.


I think Limewire should add this editing feature for us older folks.

Thanks

pam--there's a preference for "autocomplete" which should be turned on by default. This cuts down on some on the retyping. THe keyboard commands for copy and paste will work in the search box, but you can't click on results, for example, and copy those.

Apparently an edit menu is very difficult to implement in java programs.

Well, I would like a better Library organization but also a better skin. I love some of the skins in Shareaza but I don't like the program. If LimeWire had some awesome skins, different from the theme it has right now, that would be awesome.

Kill DownLoad
 

I would like to be able to customize the window when you right click in
the downloading section.
I have found that if the 'Kill Download' was further down I would not kill a dnld by accident in my haste to 'force dnld' selections.

Also, I have found that when you specify a certain level of sharing for those up-loading--it does not have any affect--doesn't work in (VER 4.8.0)

What I'd like to see in limewire
 

1. The option to see the 'Explore' option enabled on any file being downloaded, or in any window being viewed that contains media files.

2. I would like to see LimeWire remember my "view "settings in my search window. I like to view my columns by "File Size" and I find it annoying to have to select this with every search I make. It would also be nice to see LimeWire remember this when it is loaded. An option like this would make LimeWire more enjoyable for me to use.

3. I would also like to see the before-mentioned "BitRate" displayed next to the media files as I used to judge which particular files I wanted to download by the quality of the media.

i want to be able to fast-forward and rewind in the actual limewire window. I know its possible to open it with windows media or w/e it would just be so much more convenient. I am surprised no one else has already said this...

I Like The Turbo Charged Download in LimeWire PRO!

Patience
 

For this user, I have a nifty quote:

Patience is not a virtue --- Dealing with computers it is a necessity.

How anyone bothers to wait two or three days for a download to START, I have no idea. If it's a HUGE file that has started to download and your bandwidth (and the bandwidth of those uploading) tells you it will take days, ok. But to START?

Feature I would like: I share almost anything I download. From the Library it would be nice to have a drag-and-drop function for the completed files to be sent to one of the shared folders I use to keep myself up-to-date on where they are. (Category folders like Music, Long movies, Short movies, Pictures, Sexpictures, Cool Stories, etc.)

I would like to see an option to download a short section of a video clip to preview to avoid hours of download of porn or crap. eg A steve Irwin search produced about 20 hits - mostly porn and the actual tape is still in the coroners hands.

There's always Bitzi. You can check out a file before download & if it's been rated, you'll get an idea of content & quality. A file with heaps of sources but no bitzi rating is quite possibly crap.
How to use Bitzi

You can also preview the file after, say, 5% download. If it's not what you want... bin it;)

Personally, I hope that tape stays under lock & key. How revolting for his family, to have that floating around on the net.

C'mon Dude, P2P nets are infested
 

I'd like a function like reporting a file with virus, so, when you download a file and you scan it with your anti-virus and it reports a virus, then report the infected fle to the gnutella servers, so no one will download that infected file, or make it to have a mark saying it's infected, and help keeping the P2P networks a little cleaner, shouldnt WE do IT?:cool:

Gnutella doesn't use servers. It's decentralised. Or rather it has millions of servers (one for every user). Does it still seem like a good idea ?? ;)

Please give us better search filtering
 

466 results, and not a valid song track among them, much less the one I was searching for.

Audio Search (title): "hundred feet away"

30 TOTALLY HIP TRACK (feet) wma 1,629 KB
30 Top of Charts (feet) wma 3,981 KB
...

H-E-L-P!!

At least let us export all of the fields LimeWire can capture, including the ones that are only displayed in the tooltips, for all of the search results, to a text file that we can search ourselves.

Also, why does a search by artist find tracks that a search by title misses, and vice-versa, even though the text of the result appears to match both? Not very confidence-inspiring! :bangh:

All I see in the junk results are the keywords I entered and common words like "track", "eighties", and "classic". Obviously, it would be stupid to throw away results that contain ONE of these words, especially when searching for rare items. If there is a way to exclude files that contain specific phrases or multiple words with the junk filter, I haven't found it. Please tell me how to do this.

I know you have heard this before, but I agree that your player is a little lacking. On my system it has severe lag. It isn't a problem really though since I use an alternate player as well. Additionally I would very much like to see dynamic result sorting. I do have some other simple ideas that might be applied, though I am not sure how useful they would be for others or if I might seem silly for even suggesting them, but here goes. First, as I sometimes have to play with spellings for my searches, if I could toggle a "Do not reset" button on my search column it might save me a little time. Additonally, an "exact match only" option might be integrated into the search column for those times that you know exactly what you want. Lastly, I would really like to have some way of getting spam out of my results (porn sites posing as music, screensavers, etc.). They are easy to identify since their file sizes are small and often the results numbers are very high, but they add clutter. Overall though, I have been getting a lot of great use from the system and am grateful for it. Thanks.

Oh Yeah, when we preview lets have some controls on it. I see that another post mentions this and I think it is a darn good idea.

Meeeeee NEXT
 

Ok My Turn:mbounce_2:
1.A kb rate is a good idea because it will be like kazaa where you can see how many you have left to download insteed of a percentage. That is a good idea.:idea:

2.Makeing some new skins would be nice :idea:

3.Something with the chatroom on LW i never used it but some people say there's dont work that woulld problee be a good idea to fix it so it works with all users .

4.And maby trying to make it use less MEM would be nice for the one's that dont have 512 or higher.And probly useing less MEM would probly make it start up faster.

5.would be try to make it start up faster instead of like kazaa where kazaa is really slow when it starts i dont use kazaa any more but they turned to Crap:jester:

This is my five point a genda :woohoo:

gotta agree with cat
 

i mean chat - does it wok ? thought i was chattin to anybody but i ws chatting to myself didnt see the YIOU thing
:xeri_ok1ani:

:rofl: chat would be ggood if it worked - maybe its me