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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: March 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 178,927,340
- Downloads last week: 420,797
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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 a 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 5.1.2 fixed a bug with the single file sharing widget,Remove the check box for the multi file sharing widget.
What's new in this version:
Version 5.1.2 fixed a bug with the single file sharing widget,Remove the check box for the multi file sharing widget.
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User reviews of LimeWire 5.1.2
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 9807 votes
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Version: LimeWire 5.1.2
Pros: Honestly, none!
Cons: I absoultey hate it. The results for a search are not coming up as they used to. I wish I could go back to the previous version, but don't know how. =[
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0 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.1.2
Pros: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Cons: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Summary: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.1.2
"New user interface is HORRIBLE! The RESULTS are POOR!"
Pros: ..........
Cons: ''''''''''
Summary: I wouldnt waste my time. I'd either go back to the previous version or simply use the latest version of FROSTwire!!
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.1.2
Pros: It's awesome!
Cons: Cool stuff!
Summary: It's easy to use.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.1.2
Pros: Great for downloading music, assured of a lot of sources..
Cons: takes years to load..
Summary: I personally used to be a big fan of limewire..
I've used it to downloads tons of the music I have..
But everytime I updated to a newer version, instead of getting better, it gets worse..
It takes years to load..
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