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JUSDEEZY · #1 (**permalink**) January 21st, 2010

Hey all. I just signed in to this forum, I'm currently using limewire 4.14.8, i tried to use the newest version before the huge increase in MB. at any rate, I've talked to many tech geeks and from what I understand the old limewire 4 versions are better, can anyone tell me why they are all unanimous in this decision?

Simply,
DEEZY.

birdy · #2 (**permalink**) January 21st, 2010

Lots of people hate(d) LW 5 because it's very different to LW 4. Earlier versions of 5 had a lot of tools missing & were a bit buggy.

The more recent versions have improved a lot IMO. But things are still not the same as LW 4... just for example you can't change skins, direct connect has been replaced by a Friends 'feature', options layout has changed a lot, if a file's deemed dangerous then it's deleted before download completes, incomplete files aren't listed in the Library any more... way too many changes to try & list here in one go

Probably the best thing to do is have a look at the changelog here: Changelog - LimeWire
You'll see the changes that have been made since LW 4.
You could also search this forum for threads & the LW forums (there's a specific LW 5 section there, also Bugs & Beta Testing section for info about various versions): LimeWire Forums

Providing you have your 4.14.8 installer saved, you can download the latest basic (free) release & give it a try if you like: Download LimeWire 5.4.6 - Lime Wire

If you don't like it then just reinstall your original version

JUSDEEZY · #3 (**permalink**) January 22nd, 2010

Thanks Birdy, with all the new features added, I assume this is the reason for a dramatic increase in MB usage. Correct

Also, does the newer versions give me more song availability?

Maybe there's a forum for such information as well.

Simply,
Darryl

birdy · #4 (**permalink**) January 22nd, 2010

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Originally Posted by JUSDEEZY

Also, does the newer versions give me more song availability?

All versions connect to the same Gnutella network. Files available for download will depend on how many people are sharing a particular file at that time

Searching at different times of day (as users in different time zones log on & off) can make a difference to which files show up in search results.

But as of version 4.16.5, LW will only connect to LW versions 4.14 & above... so you won't be able to connect to any users who're running 4.13 versions or older.