Hey is there any particular place, like a forum, that users can go on and arrange to both be on limewire at the same time.
for example, a thread may go something like:

post 1: hey lookin for the new springstein, any one got it?

post two: I got it, wanna be on tonight at 11:00?

post three: sure, man i love how great of an idea this message board is.

lots of folks would no doubt agree with you that being able to 'plan ahead' would be great but you're forgetting that using gnutella/p2p means even if you find someone with the file you want and they do connect at the pre-arranged time you might still not be able to actually connect with each other because you each only have access to part of the total network - what you'd have to do is exchange IP addresses which would be a fairly dangerous thing to do because anyone else who also read it would also know your machine was going to be open/vulnerable - you could use google to find groups of people with similar tastes and then you could exchange addresses via more private emails - but it'd be a lot of schmoozing and still potentially dangerous - but hey - bet if you tried it there'd be plenty of responses and sometimes it 'd possibly work out - wouldn't go there myself though

bad_vlad

The chat feature of LW is such a sometime thing, but it does work now and again. I have managed to contact some folks and then we go share on ICQ or AIM. Neither of these apps. reveal the IP. I still have email contact with some of the people I have met on LW. Sort of a nice extra.

hi i know we should not keep going on about napstar but i relly did like the way you could not only chat but download striaght from someone elses computer i really miss napstar

Well, if someone responded to a post and mentioned they had the mp3 you were looking for, just have them email you the song. Easy, somple, and safe.

y cant u just download it your self?

look at it this way -- at least you had the experience of using Napster -- so many now will never know just how good it was