Not sure if this qualifies as a "feature" but,
It would be great if version upgrade info could be added to the LW Pro download pages.

As a LW Pro user I am amazed by the number of LW version "UpGrades"
paraded on my download page...
(I think that there have been about (15) since my original purchase).

Now, realistically(?) are ALL of these version changes right for me and my OS ?

Most other programs I use give me at least a hint as to what is new and what has been fixed
in the latest release version offered.
I have not been able to find any such info (or link to this info) on my Pro download page.
And, I'm thinking that (maybe) the "newest" LW offered may not have anything new for me...
perhaps the fixes are only for PeeCees...
or, just fixes for my Mac...
or, new features that I do not want or need...
or is this a "MUST HAVE" upgrade?

It would be great (to me) if version upgrade info could be added to the LW Pro download pages.
Might this also speed-up our testing of new features and fixes?

I will directly grab a snippet of a post I had made earlier the other day to the forum:

<snip>
I messed around
with morpheus and kazaa on the windows xp side and found kazaa to be the best
for me in that category. Until I tried limewire, no other programs in linux
came close! Limewire is #2 overall if I had to compare it with all p2p programs
regardless of OS. LIme Wire could be #1 only if they could get their system to
be able to handle multiple multimedia files (ie avi, mpeg, mpg, divx, mp3, etc)
whether internally with their own player like what kazaa has, or by accessing
an external media program like xine, mplayer, ogle, divx, etc.
</snip>

That is my view on this matter. Plus the browse host feature, of course, was an added plus to the program. Incorporate these two features and there would be no reason why this program should not be number one on my list!

altoine

I think you should add support for OGG Vorbis into the internal player. It's a great format.. it's all I use.

Do you want a good file sharing app or a good media player. I don't think you can have both, regarding LimeWire's limited resources.

I would rather it be the best app it can be with zero mediaplayer support now that I see how great the program is now. I just don't really want it to support media files internally but rather have a plugin to access media sources or allow the individual user to configure it themselves.



altoine

I don't think any of these options are what I want - I would like to see newer versions of the software yield more query results, not less. Thanks!

On the Mac platform they use Quicktime to drive their internal player .
Yet , the Windows users get this skipping piece of junk !
I told them before that they should utilize DirectSound if they want their internal player to become of some value on the Windows platform .

Their response was something like : Quicktime is standard on Mac OS and DirectX isn't on Windows .
C'mon , show me any regular Joe who doesn't have some version of DirectX on his computer !

It isn't easy to implement a non-cross-platform API like directsound for use on a cross-platform program. Well, it is easy but not to create the code to detect system arch and OS in order to facilitate the proper loading of the appropriate API.

altoine

I didn't say it would be easy .

YOu are correct. My apologies. I just look at things from a coder's perspective, as well.