Options: 'OK' vs 'Apply' buttons
 

I always wondered what the 'Apply' button was for in the Options window, as clicking 'OK' seemed to set any changes I made.

In other Mac-based applications, my impression is that the reason for having both buttons is so that if you want to see your changes before closing whatever window you're in that is similar to the 'Options' window in Limewire, you click on 'Apply', but if you're done w/ your changes and don't need to keep the dialog window open, then you don't need the 'Apply' button--just click on 'OK' and your changes will be saved (or it may ask you if you wanna save 'em).

In the case of Limewire, the Options window pretty much covers up everything else, and IIRC having Options window open prevents you from working in the main window, so the 'Apply' button useage I described above borders on being pointless.

I realize the Java nature of Limewire makes it work differently from most app.s I'm used to (i.e. using Limewire's Options window instead of Mac's Preferences menu), so different button meanings wouldn't surprise me.

Several posts in misc forums here have insisted that one must click on 'Apply' button for changes in the Options window to take. Is this a Windows thing? An OS X thing? A java thing? Or maybe 'Apply' makes one's adjustments work immediately whereas merely clicking 'OK' means one's adj.'s won't work until next time you start Limewire? -- I'm really reaching now, better sign off.

FWIW, OS X LW uses the preference menu.

You're probably right about the redundancy of the button on OS 9. There was a time when both were needed, but IIRC, that was primarily a Windows problem with a particular version.

I can see that the advice is now precautionary at least. The easiest way to find out for your machine would be trial-and-error.

http://www.limewire.com/english/cont..._history.shtml may help, but it primarily lists major changes.

Cheers

(I still think it's pretty cool LW still runs on OS 9, long after Apple gave up supporting Java for classic. We should restart that 'contest' for the oldest Mac that can run LW)

How about LW 2.x on the 1st G3 or 7220 using OS 8.5, now that's a challenge. lol :D

Thanks stief & Lord of the Rings (may I call you Lord or LOTR for short?). New to the forums but from what I've been reading so far on several subjects you two seem to have the most good info, at least for me. Yeah, I get that I gotta move up to OS X but I have OS X issues w/ some programs, that haven't been resolved yet. Workin on it. Your understanding is much appreciated.

Great pic, Lord.

Speaking of older LW: at the risk of incurring more laughter, and also of digressing from the thread, is there a way or place to dld older versions of LW, if I decide I need features that have been yanked from 'current' versions?

Hmm, it occurs to me that that could appear kinda bass-ackwards, downdating LW to solve a prob instead of upgrading my OS. Go figure. But I suspect there are some lost features that still may be missing from 4.8.1--if not, cool!

hehe--I want to dig up my Powerbook 150 and see if I can get it to run (with SCSI ethernet, no less).

There's an old LC and some 6300's out in the garage too. ;)

I think I still have some LW 2.7.13 installers around too . Email me longjump, and I'll see what I can dig up.