Impulse Preview - Take it for a Spin!

Thursday, March 27, 2008 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Impulse, the successor to Stardock Central, is nearing completion and we've been incredibly eager to get your impressions on our new storefront and digital distribution tool.  Impulse takes the lessons learned over years of developing and using Stardock Central and improves upon the tool in virtually every aspect.

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As you can see by the screenshot, and other previews we've given, Impulse is much more user-friendly and attractive than the current version of SDC.

Now though, you don't have to just read about Impulse, you can take a preview build for a spin yourself!  Hit up this thread by Brad detailing the preview and how to download/use the tool.

DataCentre
Reply #1 Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:49 AM
Wow...this is slick! I can't wait for the final version to be released. Way to go Stardock!
Z71
Reply #2 Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:12 AM
I can't get past the log-in screen, so for now I'll have to admire it from afar.
RedBuzzard
Reply #3 Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:59 PM
Still showing incorrect WB update.   
BigDogBigFeet
Reply #4 Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:14 PM
Yep have it installed and it's great.
Cherokee Kid
Reply #5 Friday, March 28, 2008 9:39 AM
A lot of work seems to have gone into this, very nice!
Morpheous416
Reply #6 Friday, March 28, 2008 2:59 PM
As applications tend to get more and more complicated, when customers see an interface that's extremely easy to use, where one cannot actually get lost in the options.. is quite impressive. Good job.
narbytrout
Reply #7 Friday, March 28, 2008 6:24 PM
I downloaded this and initially it worked fine.
I was running the program for a few minutes when a pop-up came by and said an update to Impulse was downloaded and that I need to reboot. So, I did.
Now, when I start Impulse all I get is the window border and no auto-login or capability to log in manually. What gives?
wulfn1
Reply #8 Friday, March 28, 2008 7:02 PM
impulse is having some issues here too , same problem as narbytrout. it's trying to connect again, to download the update but isn't able to.
[email protected]
Reply #9 Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:28 PM
narbytrout and wulfn1, what anti-virus packages might you be running? Or firewalls?
captainmoonlight
Reply #10 Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:21 AM
have it installed and it's working great.figerd out how to get past the login   
Z71
Reply #11 Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:25 AM
I can't get past the log-in screen, so for now I'll have to admire it from afar.


have it installed and it's working great.figerd out how to get past the login


Could you help me out? Thanks.
pjdark
Reply #12 Monday, April 7, 2008 10:25 PM
i really want to install this, but i am a little hesitant about it. i would like to hear more feedback about this before i do this. should i or shouldn't i?
ZubaZ
Reply #13 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 9:38 AM
Should.  
elvee
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 9:45 AM

Should. Running great and smooth now for me. All of the wrinkles I have had with it have been ironed out.

Great Job to all the Hobbits in the hole that don't get much Sun!!! Woo!Hoo!   

warreni
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 9:46 AM
Hm. I had trouble installing updates yesterday. Impulse updated itself and when I tried to update to the latest DesktopX, it downloaded the files, declared that it was installing the update and sat for over an hour. The same thing happened when I tried to update ThemeManager.
pjdark
Reply #16 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:40 PM
thanks Zubaz and elvee. I will download it tonight and give er' spin. thanks.

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