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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: July 22, 2009
- Total Downloads: 183,401,621
- Downloads last week: 464,999
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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 5.2.8 updates interface for smoother navigation and includes integration with Facebook.
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Version 5.2.8 updates interface for smoother navigation and includes integration with Facebook.
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User reviews of LimeWire 5.2.8
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 9807 votes
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Version: LimeWire 5.2.8
"Slower than Frostwire, fewer hits"
Pros: None that I can see.
Cons: Slower than Frostwire, fewer hits. Less intuitive than Frostwire. Frostwire has a better "dashboard." Seems to make initial searches much slower and gets fewer returns.
Summary: I will stay with Frostwire!
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Version: LimeWire 5.2.8
Pros: Seamless searches for favorite singers, orchestras, and media.
Cons: Watch Out for the keyloggers and unrelated software which pops up first, then renames itself to match your search criteria. BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU OPEN. All is not music.
Summary: Valuable software. I use it every day.
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Version: LimeWire 5.2.8
"Previous versions were better"
Pros: Nothing to like.
Cons: Everything
Summary: Complicated. Not user friendly. Too slow. After paying for five years for upgrades, This time I just wasted my money. Oh well, back to bit torrent!
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Version: LimeWire 5.2.8
"Not nearly as helpful or informative as 4 versions."
Pros: I honestly could not find anything I liked compared to 4 versions.
Cons: Not enough information about what the program is doing while running. Did not specify files types (I prefer .mp3 files). Too slow. Clumps host together too broadly. Did not care for appearance, even classic is not.
Summary: Uninstalled 5 version and re-installed 4.18 version. Felt relief immediately.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.2.8
"Too slow. Previous versions were better"
Pros: Installation and configuration was fast and easy.
Cons: User interface somewhat confusing. Switching to classic view was not exactly same as previous versions. Found it to be too slow compared to previous versions.
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