I really liked this version too.
The GUI is much faster now and
everything responds quicker.

The only remaining problem is the
continuous refresh. Every time I
change focus or do pretty much anything
the entire window refreshes.

On a hopeful note, rumors are that
Apple is working on improving java
performance for OS 10.2 and specifically
targeting screen drawing speed.

About moving away from Java, this
would be a bad idea. Limewire's
primary customer's are Windows people
and Java on Windows is really fast.
It would be better tell apple that you
want better Java performance in OSX.

LeibowitzN@yahoo.com