* re: java::

u misunderstand my point about apple gear at sun: many devs at sun (presumably java not solaris hehe) _use_ mac laptops ... but yes they do not work on the osx jdk (apple does that) ... and yes java on mac has always seemed in a state of neglect (just look at the ridiculous delays in java6).

* re java6::

so LM is being built against java5, correct?

* re DL history::

yes, the beta stores the control files (dat/bak) inside the prefs folder not inside the working folder ('incomplete') ... so that has saved my *** from te crruption czuased by teh last crash :-) ...

however, i agree that it might not be a good idea to put transient data in the same location as static data.

btw: i dont understand why u say that the download folder ('incomplete') - ie the working sirectory - has been moved!? ... it still is in the same place that i manually assigned it to be located (thougfh there is a strange artifact of seeing a limewire folder - with a reference to purchases from the "store" - located at the root of my user account!?