Limewire Beta Tests Bit Torrent Feature

[GhostShip]

Its nice to see The Limewire group are not letting the impending lawsuit drag them down

http://www.slyck.com/story1333.html

In June of this year, Slyck reported on the upcoming integration of the BitTorrent protocol into the LimeWire client. Described as crucial for the longevity of the LimeWire client, it was noted the initial phase of the project would be limited. After nearly a year of preparation, LimeWire has finally released the first Beta client to support BitTorrent.

According to the latest LimeWire change log for Beta version 4.13, BitTorrent support is referenced very briefly; however appears first on the list as “- Integrate Bittorrent.”

As expected, the functionality of LimeWire’s BitTorrent support is currently limited. There’s no indication of the torrent’s status, number of seeds, peers, ratio, or availability. The details provided on a torrent download are no more extensive than a regular LimeWire download. However it should be noted this is a beta release, and is the mere beginning of an entire renovation to the LimeWire project.

This sort of announcement makes me look on with an slightly envious eye, torrent clients come and go as maybe will Limewire group when the RIAA come a hunting, we on the other hand have been free from our shackles for over a year now and while things are static as regards any development this equates to stability and a long term outlook for the userbase who would rather have that before gizmo's and add'ons that would push more users into the "sue em all" cannon fodder que as is the case when using a bit torrent client. 

[Max™]

i used to use limewire, but they are just a faster version of kazza now, 90% virus all over the place.

[SamSeeSam]

I'm still unable to match anything like winmx
The content, espicially rare files are like an endless library.
I've never seen results for them in anyother P2P.

Cheers