Download LimeWire 4.11.2 beta

Various networks and applications have been developed over time for exchanging files, such as the Gnutella network on which a number of different applications are active. LimeWire is one of them and offers support for a large number of operating systems by using the Java environment. The developers have released a new beta version with 4.11.2 as the version number. The changes since the previous entry in the junk tracker look like this:

Version 4.11.2:

• Fixed error caused by a Gnutella connection connecting quicker than expected.
• Fixed to not allow duplicate incoming connections from the same host.
• Fixed to not attempt connecting to the same host multiple times at once.
• Fixed Gnutella handshake responses to give useful error messages.
• Fixed Ultrapeer peer connections to allow a small number of “not good” non-LimeWire peer connections.
• Fixed a potential deadlock scenario while connecting to the network.
• Fixed downloading to never stall in ‘Downloading’ as the download was almost finished.
• Fixed downloading to never stall in ‘Connecting’ state if multiple pushes were using the same client GUID.
• Fixed downloading to never attempt to steal ranges from the same source more than once.
• Added more information to errors while downloading.
• Fixed to ignore some rare errors while parsing MP3 metadata.
• Fixed to report a friendly error message if LimeWire attempts to open a file that another process has locked.
• Fixed an error caused by right-clicking a file in the library with a strange filename like “_”.
• Fixed Windows icon shown in title bar and alt-tab to be a prettier icon.
• Fixed LimeWire PRO splash screen to be a valid image file.
• Fixed initial splash screen handling to work better if the image can’t be loaded.
• Fixed language flag to have a default globe image show if the flag can’t be found.
• Fixed initial splash screen to support the new Application Data preferences directory on Windows.
• Fixed the setup wizard on Linux with the GTK theme to not error
• Fixed an error with the setup wizard scan progressbar on Windows with a custom skin set.
• Fixed handling response data to not error if strange response indexes are used.
• Added many, many, many more translations.

Version 4.11.1:

• Updated incoming connection handling to not require a new thread for each incoming connection. This will decrease memory and resource requirements for all Ultrapeers and anyone who shares a large number of files.
• Improved firewall-firewall transfer support. These kinds of transfers will use less memory and resources than prior versions.
• Vastly improved download handling. All downloads are now processed on a single thread, which will decrease memory and resource requirements for all users.
• Removed artificial bandwidth limitation of ~150KB/s per host. LimeWire will now upload and download at the full available capacity.
• Improved temporary buffer storage. LimeWire will make use of preallocated buffers, using much less overall memory.
• Fixed download throttle to apply to all downloaded traffic (including HTTP header traffic).
• Updated DAAP (iTunes Sharing) to be snappier and use less memory.
• Updated DAAP (iTunes Sharing) to use the same I/O subsystem as the rest of LimeWire.
• Updated DAAP (iTunes Sharing) to allow Videos to be shared also.
• Added the ability to append (#) to duplicate downloaded files. Thanks to ‘MaTZ’ for contributing this!
• Fixed reading saved spam training data so that corrupted data will not crash LimeWire.
• Fixed ‘Print All Stack Traces’ in the Console to print multiple stack traces from threads with the same name.
• Improved the look & feel of the LimeWire Setup Wizard dialogs.
• Added the ability for LimeWire to automatically add itself to the Windows Firewall Exception list, removing one step from the LimeWire Setup Wizard for Windows XP users (and improving LimeWire’s experience for those who set it up incorrectly).
• Removed bugs@limewire.com links and instead directed people to ‘Support’ on limewire.com.
• Fixed ‘No Internet Connection’ dialog so it only appears once instead of stacking up multiple times if you’re away from the computer.
• Added a new ‘Language Button’ to the status bar, so users who see LimeWire in a strange language have an easy way to fix it.
• Added the ability to ‘Get More Results’, which will do another search and not erase results already displayed. Thanks to Philip Schalm for contributing this!
• Fixed ‘bitrate’ column to sort properly.
• Fixed ‘length’ column to display time in HH:MM:SS instead of a lot of seconds.
• Added the ability to edit the metadata of many files at once by selecting them all and choosing ‘Describe’ in the library.