Give the devs some time to iron out the errors and make it faster. Obviously they are listening to you whiny lot lol.
Id rather they focused on imuplse as it is and not making a lite version.

I beg to differ. This is only the first phase of the Impulse roll-out. Hereafter two other phases will follow, all with new 'bloat' (i.e. functions not needed by someone who just wants to download the updates to his Stardock software) and bugs. The more complex a program, the more likely it will cause problems. So a stable lite version which would just give you the updates would be an excellent option for a lot of customers and the one preferred by a lot of them. But that would ruin the Impulse Store as a front-end for third party companies, so I give it very little chance.

I think what he wants is a stripped down version of Impulse that works like SDC with reduced functionality.

I think that would be a good idea, if practical.

Impulse takes way too long to login: way to long to validate registrations, which it does EVERY TIME you log on ad infinitum; I too only use it to update games, in fact only ONE game ,SINS, which it wont do due to poor resume support and forcibly closing connections by remote host. There should be an option when installing impulse ie do you want the news, forums, IRC, friends drivers, etc. That way those of us,(and there are many) who only want to check for patches could do so rapidly and without all this hassle. There is another option of course: PROVIDE STAND-ALONE-PATCHES, as was the case pre Impulse.

Also, Impulse itself keeps updating??? Is it still in Beta...or Alpha...??


Dual core intel 2gb ram ie7 Vista ultimate, and also XP SP3

Both machines have the same issues with Impulse; maybe its the country I live in, not being the 'us of a'.

JosEPh II,

Start - Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs (XP) Programs and Features (Vista).

I use a dsl connection with an almost 3 yr old single core XP pc and have used Impulse since the day the first public beta was made available and have yet to see a single one of the problems mentioned.

Why are we "bitches" because we are having tech problems with Impulse? In fact, why would you even bother comming into a topic with people having problems, and name call them, if you have none?

I only need Impulse to update my Sins; that's all. It's a huge program relatively for that, I don't use, need, or want anything else it forces us to download/run. It's kind'a like forcing us to carry a door, when we only need the lock. . .

I don't mind registering my Sins, or verifying when I get a patch, but a smaller, simpler version (with no billboards/adds/offers) would be welcome here.

ok, while it would be potentially nice if such a version popped into existance out of thin air... taking a few extra seconds to turn on for the infrequest update / install is really a non issue.

Once a month or so you need to wait a whopping 5 seconds more then you would with such a theoretical light version, to run impulse. Then you need to wait the same 10+ minutes to download and isntall the patch.

It is just a waste of resources for doing something that marginal. I mean you say you have ONE game? why are you even running impulse daily then? impulse does not need to be running to play a game, only to install / update.

Seriously, get a stop watch, and see how long it takes to run impulse. Please share those figures with us, maybe impulse is unusally fast on my machine, but I hardly think it is justified to spend even an hour of developer time on that. Much less the amount it will take to do what you ask for.

EDIT: I just measured, it took 6.85 seconds for impulse to load (from the moment i clicked the link to the moment it fully propegated).... OH NOES! BLOAT! BLOAT! [/sarcasm]
Really, assuming a hypothetical light version takes 0.00000001 second to load (pfft, year right). you can spend the extra 10 seconds (assuming your machine is slower then mine) on your monthly updating spree.

solops...either system you listed is way beyond mine....and as for T1 connections, etc....I'd kill for that.  Maybe 'slow' is simply relative...like instead of 2 nanoseconds it all takes 4.

I don't have speed issues with Impulse.  If I don't NEED it to run I simply don't need to run it. 

Microsoft Update takes longer to tell me there are none, actually....

That would solve a good bit of the problem I think. Impulse is pretty slow compared to SDC, and I think a lot of it is due to extra bells and whistles that don't appeal to a lot of people around here.

It takes about 20 secs for me to load, and my system is at the recommended specs for Civ IV exactly. It's dated, but still legit for GCII/TF2/other games.

Stardock Central:

Which feature of Impulse is "bloated" that isn't in Stardock Central?

 

The slowness of Impulse is in the checking whether there are updates available and in the downloads of those updates. And if you only use Impulse for this, it is slow yes.

The application itself starts quickly enough and again is only sluggish in its communication with Stardock. If I want more information about an installed program, and it first has to go to the Stardock servers, that slows it down considerably.

But I have to agree the application itself is fast enough. And in comparison with SDC, it has been a while since I last used it, but if memory serves me the downloads there didn't break any speed records either

P.S. I don't think a light version is really going to help with those 'speed' issues as the performance issues in its client server communication will be the same.

During the slowest part of an update, if there is not a "manifest" in XML to compare to, I believe it creates one.  This takes the time.  Your apps won't have this Impulse manifest if you bought your game at retail or installed it other than through Impulse.

The one time I had the problem, after waiting what I thought was too long, I simply uninstalled  my original app and did a redownload and install of the app through Impulse.  I think it went faster.The images are relatively small and only download once (unless you change them).