Now updated to 2.9.8, I repeated the same tests as above, but in ideal Gnutella conditions:

1. results are much the same as I reported with 2.9.7
-- application is slow and will only run stand-alone
-- I couldn't get a single download started
-- all 105 shared files [8GB] were included without a hitch . . . a MAJOR improvement over 2.8.6
-- lots and lots of uploads, but all very slow. The fastest I saw was 2kB/s. Under similar conditions with Acquisition, users upload at over 10kB/s. I deliberately flip/flopped between Acquisition and LimeWire and I'm fairly certain the downloads were going to many of the same people.

2. My big disappointment was in the search results. On the Acquisition side we're seeing great improvement in search results. We understand that much of the credit goes to the rapid increase in LimeWire 2.9.x users. If I see at least two LimeWire 2.9.x and/or Acquisition 0.8x users in my Ultrapeer list, I know I can expect good search results. Why isn't the same thing happening with LimeWire?

As some else said in a similar thread: very much a work in process. It's just good to see the process moving forward.

Janet