Impulse: Requesting and Managing Friends

Make some friends!

Thursday, June 19, 2008 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing

With Impulse finally here, it's time to start a new set of guides and walkthrough to make sure you are getting the most out of Impulse.  I thought I would start it off with going over the Community features, specifically the Friends feature.  I really like this as I can keep tabs with what my friends are doing and other activity.

When you hit the Community tab, you will see a list in the upper right hand corner which shows which of your current friends are online, and also shows you any pending friend requests.

Impulse community

Clicking 'manage' will take you the friends request screen where you can review the pending requests you have.  As you see in the screenshot below, I have three pending requests.  From here you can choose to accept the friend request or just ignore it. 

Friend requests

That's the basics of managing your friend requests, so now lets move on to how to actually request someone to be a friend.  I noticed one person wasn't on my list, so I headed over to Bebi Bulma's profile and blog.  In the upper right hand section you should see a link to add a friend, so just click that and a friend request will be sent. 

Add a friend

You also have the opportunity to send a note with that request as well.

Add a note

One you have all your friends organized, you can click the 'Friends' tab at the bottom of the Community section.  This will give you an overview of your friends activity.  It will show you who your friends are making friends with, and also show you comments and blog posts they have made.  It's a fantastic way to keep up to date on what your friends are doing.

Friends activity

You can also see a more detailed list about your friends, including links to their blog and profile by selecting the 'Friends list' or 'Dashboard'.  You will also have the ability to remove friends from here also if you wish. 

After reading this guide you should have a good understand of how to request and manage your friends with Impulse.  If you don't have Impulse yet, head over to www.impulsedriven.com and get your copy.

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Cynder-Elluh
Reply #21 Monday, June 23, 2008 8:02 PM
  Thanks for the info, answered my ?'s
eieio
Reply #22 Monday, June 23, 2008 8:26 PM
but the link wouldnt work in IE6.


The link you get in email doesn't work period ... at least it doesn't in IE7 and that's the sanctioned version.

Just go to www.impulsedriven.net and login and you're good to go.
jazzymjr
Reply #23 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:48 AM
Just go to www.impulsedriven.net and login and you're good to go.


I tried that, pic, and I still get the message that it will not work in IE6:


We're sorry, but your version of Internet Explorer isn't compatible with the Impulse Community website. The Impulse Community supports only the latest version of Internet Explorer, version 7.
Please update Internet Explorer to participate in the Impulse Community.

That's a bummer!   
Bebi Bulma
Reply #24 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:17 AM
You don't have another browser, Firefox, Opera, etc?

IE7 doesn't bite...
eieio
Reply #25 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:01 AM
We're sorry, but your version of Internet Explorer isn't compatible with the Impulse Community website. The Impulse Community supports only the latest version of Internet Explorer, version 7.
Please update Internet Explorer to participate in the Impulse Community.


Wow, that's unexpected. I've seen websites that were browser specific; just haven't seen any that were version specific ... at least as far as only one version back.   

Sorry, MJ  ( 
jazzymjr
Reply #26 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:08 AM
You don't have another browser, Firefox, Opera, etc?

IE7 doesn't bite...


Nope...just IE6. Have been afraid to upgrade...I don't know anyone personally who uses IE7. IE6 works fine for me. I guess I will have to bite the bullet, huh?
Island Dog
Reply #27 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:29 AM

You don't have another browser, Firefox, Opera, etc?IE7 doesn't bite...Nope...just IE6. Have been afraid to upgrade...I don't know anyone personally who uses IE7. IE6 works fine for me. I guess I will have to bite the bullet, huh?

IE7 is a decent upgrade.  It's surely better than IE6.

jazzymjr
Reply #28 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:40 AM
Okay, ID...I guess I will do the upgrade today....
Vampothika
Reply #29 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:10 PM
IE7 doesn't bite...


+1
jazzymjr
Reply #30 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:57 AM
Okay...I installed IE7...so far, so good. Just trying to get used to the tabs.   

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