Impulse Phase 2X Beta

Monday, November 17, 2008 by Frogboy | Discussion: Personal Computing

Impulse Phase 2 has gone into beta.

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To get it, make sure you have the latest version (just open up Impulse).

Then go to preferences by clicking on the Stardock orb and choose "use Impulse betas" to get access to the latest/greatest editions.

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Better. Stronger. Faster.

NOTE: The beta build removes the Impulse dock. We are going to release the Impulse dock as a free download later this week. This way, people who don't want the dock don't have to deal with it and the people who want it can get it.

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hashonboat
Reply #21 Monday, November 17, 2008 9:09 PM

Windows Vista Ultimate

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.5
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

Core 2 Quad Q6600 oc @ 2.70 GHZ

Zalman "huge" cpu cooler

2x XFX GeForce 8600 GT OC  in SLI Mode  nvidia driver  7.15.11.7824

4x1GB RAM OCZ

(6) HDD's

C: = 250 GB Sata

D/E: = 160 GB IDE

F: = 500GB SATA

G: = 500 GB Maxtor one -touch external USB

H: = 250 GB IOMEGA external usb

M: = 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA

V: = Memorex DVD DL Burner SATA

W: = BD-ROM SATA

(Dell 2408WFP(Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT  @ 1920x1200

Creative X-Fi Extreme Music sound card

WinTV Tuner card

Logitech THX-5500 5.1 Sound System

Apevia Iceberg 680W Power Supply

A bunch of fans

I think that's about it. It crashes at start. I restarted me pc and the error came up immediately since the impulse fast start is in the registry.

If I click send error report this is the error that comes up

there was an error while submitting the error log. Please try again.LogException Web Service method name is not valid

Daiwa
Reply #22 Monday, November 17, 2008 10:18 PM

Does the separation of the Dock from Impulse mean the Dock will be independently configurable?

Philly0381
Reply #23 Monday, November 17, 2008 10:35 PM

The few tweaks that where made really improved things a lot.

I will download the dock when it becomes available again.  Didn't really like it at first but then I came to use it and my opinion of it has changed.

As some others have mention a capablility to have some skin options would be nice.

A very nice update gentlemen and ladies, but then that's what you always present to us.

aufisch
Reply #24 Monday, November 17, 2008 11:53 PM

"Update"-tab doesn't change colour if updates are available. (Yes, I noticed the writing in the left hand corner, but it is not as obvious as a red tab)

Otherwise it feels faster than the last version. I like the blue too.

I still miss the ability to drag/move certain items from one tab to another. E.g I have moved the MyColors-suites to another tab so they don't clogg-up the 'Desktop'-tab. This was only possible by dragging the items from within the Impulse-dock to the newly created tab. With the dock gone, this is no longer possible.

Old_Crab
Reply #25 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:45 AM

Hmmmmm.......left click on orb and crash......right click on orb and crash. Will not ever click on orb thingie again.

Lord FireFox
Reply #26 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:45 AM

I downloaded it but it doesn't look any different than the version I had a while ago, also my Chat doesn't have a sidebar with names in it. Hmm.

 

Shadow_of_Light
Reply #27 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:20 AM

hmm, i see Supreme commander in that lil picture.. i have that game but doesnt show up no my impulse >.>  do i have to add it or anything???

ZubaZ
Reply #28 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:22 AM

I still miss the ability to drag/move certain items from one tab to another. E.g I have moved the MyColors-suites to another tab so they don't clogg-up the 'Desktop'-tab. This was only possible by dragging the items from within the Impulse-dock to the newly created tab. With the dock gone, this is no longer possible.
The dock will return 

Zoomba
Reply #29 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:56 AM

Shadow_of_Light
hmm, i see Supreme commander in that lil picture.. i have that game but doesnt show up no my impulse >.>  do i have to add it or anything???

It will only show in Impulse if you purchased it from Impulse.  It will not detect your retail installation.

Snowman
Reply #30 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:08 PM

Only 'problem' here, is that the 'History' button doesn't work... as mentioned earlier.

I also like to see the changes before downloading any updates.

Annatar11
Reply #31 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:20 PM

Why is it that whenever Brad posts a screenshot that captures a bit of #stardock chat, Eet's name *always* shows up?

Sole Soul
Reply #32 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:42 PM

Annatar11
Why is it that whenever Brad posts a screenshot that captures a bit of #stardock chat, Eet's name *always* shows up?

Clearly, we're not eeting enough sqrls.

The Watcher
Reply #33 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:16 PM

Ok i got mine to work simply by deleting the original installation and then reinstalling the program.

All seems to work ok now

RonLugge
Reply #34 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:21 PM

Annatar11
Why is it that whenever Brad posts a screenshot that captures a bit of #stardock chat, Eet's name *always* shows up?

 

You know darned well Eets talks a lot.  And is always stalking us...

Annatar11
Reply #35 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:29 PM

Well in this case he seems to be the dev team's stress relief.. "Feeling stressed, and overworked? Making more errors in your code than you normally do? Just log into #stardock, and kick eets around until you feel better!"

.. 'bout the only thing that makes him useful these days

RonLugge
Reply #36 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:35 PM

./snicker

 

Unless you like being licked, of course.

 

Hrm... kick, lick...  they rhyme!

JeremyG
Reply #37 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:24 PM

Looking much better.  However....

I cannot understand for the life of my why these applications are still seperated into "pages".   First I have to go to Games, then Strategy, then Page 1 of 10 !!!???

This is a LOCAL application, it has the ability to scroll through vast amounts of items.  If you insist on making the UI as clumsy as a "Super Cool AJAX Web 2.0 Website"....then why not just make it a website?

Annatar11
Reply #38 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:43 AM

Actually, it is a website The application is displaying the same Store page as you find on the impulsedriven.com page

JoDa
Reply #39 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:28 AM

Uploaded new Beta, now I have no updates tab. Is that because none of my apps have updates available and it will return when they do?

Sole Soul
Reply #40 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:36 AM

Uploaded new Beta, now I have no updates tab. Is that because none of my apps have updates available and it will return when they do?

Downloaded. 

Correct.

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