We've just released LimeWire 3.5.3 beta. This version uses Java 1.4 on Mac OS X if it's available, which should improve performance significantly. If you don't have Java 1.4 on your OS X system, we strongly recommend downloading it using software update. LimeWire 3.5.3 also includes several bug fixes over 3.5.2.

As always, the free version is available at:

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml

If you are a pro user, you can download the beta from your pro download page.

Thanks very much for everyone's help!

-LimeWire Team

I get the Lw gui freeze à la Jum's builds. Oh well, I don't blame Lw because I know the GUI implementation of java 1.4 by apple is very corner cutted.... Back to basic 3.4.7 for me. Désolé.

If you happen to have an account on connect.apple.com you can download DP102, the newer preview of the 1.4.1 Apple JVM, that one is much more stable.

Thanks Jeans, I'm trying LW Jum 3.5.3 on DP102 right now. I'll keep you informed how it goes. BTW I hope LW 3.5 release won't use java 1.4 by default at least until mac os x panther 10.3 is out (or an update to java is released), because many users will hate having more problems then they had before (even if java 1.3 is kinda slow).

Bonne soirée,

Got the GUI freeze this morning However it is true that DP102 is more stable and has less visual glitches than the current java on 10.2.

Merci quand même

Can you give me some more details as to what happens during the GUI freeze you are experiencing? I have no idea yet what really happens and I would like to investigate further.

We are currently planning on using 1.4 as the default, although we could alter that decision depending on how many issues crop up. What problems in particular do you see as becoming more troublesome for users than 1.3? Any thoughts on this Jens?

Thanks very much.

I can only speek for me and the few people I have talked to in email messages. For me 1.3 is less stable than 1.4 DP102, but without DP 102 I did only run a very short time. For me the 1.3 JVM runs only a few hours up to a day, but no longer than a day without wierd lockups and such ilks. On 1.4 DP102 I can run for several days, up to a week or more. But from rememberings the unpatched 1.4 JVM is not very stable. The DP102 has the one crash remaining that Apple appearently has fixed in the Panther version.

A more pressing question is if the stock 1.4 JVM without the DP102 patch is stable enough for most users, I have to admit I have not tested it. It is also rather difficult to test as the DP102 patch cannot be uninstalled and you need to reinstall OS X from scratch to regain the old version. As I do not have a test system I did not do that as it is too painfull for me.

Is there any way to determine which java you have installed? (IE, the stock software update java, or the DP.)

From the DP102 README:
I would assume a non DP102 machine outputs a different build version, but I have no machine without DP102 to check.