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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: February 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 191,337,737
- Downloads last week: 865,463
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 9807 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on February 12, 2009
From its start as a post-Napster clone to its leading role as the quintessential Gnutella client, LimeWire is the highest-profile P2P application. Version 5 re-envisions LimeWire for a Web 2.0 world, with an emphasis on sharing with friends, square buttons with rounded corners, and overall a cleaner interface.
Two search bars and two sidebars cap off the redesign. The uppermost search bar is the global search that scans what everybody is sharing over the P2P network, while the secondary one on the right searches your library. The sidebars are set up in a similar way. Both are on the left, with the outer one offering three options: your library, the global P2P network, and your friends. Click on My Library and your inner sidebar shows your collection of music, movies, and documents. The P2P Network option shows what you're uploading and downloading, while the Friends option lets you share your library specifically with your Google/Jabber contacts, which you can import. Search results can be presented in both the new Web 2.0-style that surfaces just the most relevant information, with an Information button to dive deeper or the "classic" spreadsheet view.
The Advanced Tools feature is also new, which lets power users drill down and get highly specific information about who they're connected to, similar to what's available from torrent clients. This data includes IP addresses, bandwidth, the program being used and its version. The new features and overall functionality make this by far the most mature version of LimeWire to date. Despite the typical performance flaws found in all file-sharing clients, this latest version continues to offer solid performance and good looks across the board.
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Publisher's description
From LimeWire :LimeWire is the world's fastest P2P file-sharing application for all types of computer files, including music, video, pictures, games, and text documents. Other features include dynamic querying, file previews during download, advanced techniques for locating rare files, and an easy, clean user interface.
LimeWire's new spam blocker gets rid of junk results, and automatic updates will keep you sharing faster than ever with the latest version. You can search for Creative Commons and Weedshare licensed files, and publish your own creative works with Creative Commons licensing. LimeWire continues its guarantee of no adware or spyware. Includes built-in bittorent support.
Version 5 includes a revamped interface, lets you share files with your friends, and increases security. Version 5.0.11 is a bug-fixing release.
What's new in this version:
Version 5.0.11 fixes a memory leak by removing a listener for a friend's library; fixes an exception when holding down the Shift key while left clicking on a column header; and adds general auto complete fixes.
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User reviews of LimeWire 5.0.11
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 9807 votes
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Version: LimeWire 5.0.11
Pros: faster.......
Cons: how come with the new limewire, all of a sudden the files went from kilobytes to megabytes? why are they so much bigger now?
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Version: LimeWire 5.0.11
Pros: It is useful
Cons: I don't know it ,yet.
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Version: LimeWire 5.0.11
"I was a member previously and I want to come back"
Pros: Easy to use
Cons: I had no problems
Summary: I had no problems. I received the information that I wanted quickly and easily.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.0.11
"My name is Bopty and I think that Limewire is awesome"
Pros: What I like about this Limewire is that you get free music!
Cons: What I don't like is having to download this to my laptop.
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Version: LimeWire 5.0.11
Pros: Have not used long enought to have any comment.
Cons: Still working on the learning curve to use it .
Summary: I guess the learning curve will take some time, but so far I liked the old version better.
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