We've just released the LimeWire 3.0.1 Beta, including many new features, improvements, and bug fixes. This version uses compression on all Gnutella connections to decrease bandwidth use and uses a more intelligent dynamic searching algorithm to get you more results more quickly than previous versions. We also make more intelligent use of "IP multicast" technology to quickly and efficiently search local LANs of Ultrapeers when performing your search.

LimeWire 3.0.1 also improves download success rates and improves uploads, all while decreasing the CPU, memory, and bandwidth requirements on your machine -- LimeWire 3.0.1 is more efficient and won't consume as many system resources even as it improves search and download performance.

Finally, LimeWire 3.0.1 adds the ability to change the appearance of the application by applying different themes, and you can change the theme without restarting the application. We will soon be releasing many new themes on our web site, and we'll also show you how to easily create your own themes that you can then share using LimeWire.

The free beta installers are available at:

http://www.limewire.com/index.jsp/download_beta

If you are a pro user, the pro version is available from a link on your pro download page.

We sincerely hope everyone likes the new version, and thanks in advance to everyone for their help testing the beta.

-LimeWire Team