Do I understand correctly, that the new "Could Not Download; Awaiting Sources" message means that LW is not automatically re-doing the search for that file? If so, that's just ridiculous! The only reason I leave a failed download in my download window is because I'm still hoping to find it. The whole point of computers is to do things for us, i.e., labor-saving. If I have to manually re-do the search, that's no benefit to me. I can't stay home all day and click Repeat Search...

I understand the need to save bandwidth but disabling one of the main features is just totally misguided.

Here's some alternative suggestions:

1. Group and compress communications between Ultrapeers, e.g. wait 1.0 seconds before passing-along requests and then use an open-source zip function to reduce bandwidth.

2. "Expose" the Repeat Search parameters of each incomplete download, i.e., ability to right-click a file and see what known source IPs exist(ed) and what search term(s) generated the original download. If you've been searching for a file for a long time, you'll probably have developed a list of source IPs that have the file but who aren't on-line most of the time. If you can add those IPs to the file's "Source IPs" list, the computer can automatically check them every 5 minutes (or whatever).

Finally, were auto-requeries (before they were cancelled!) doing a search for the exact filename or were they doing a search on the original search term? If the former- DUH! There's your problem! Every failed download should maintain a copy of the original search term and use that instead of the particular filename. The reasons: a) it'll be shorter and save bandwidth; b) it'll find more potential hits!