So with Impulse over to Gamestop and the digital distribution competition no longer something we’re participating in we’ve developed a new digital updating client – Stardock Central (what’s old is new again).
But unlike the old “big” client, the new one is very…very simple.
(sorry for the lame screenshot, I’m caught up on my games on this new machine and haven’t installed any apps yet).
Your Stardock purchases will show up here once you login. Just pick what you want to install (or update) and press a button and it’ll use our massively fast CDN to install it (we have a long-term agreement with our CDN except now the only thing using its bandwidth is our stuff so the download speeds are kind of ridiculous – it’s like being the only guy on a 1 gigabyte line).
The new settings includes an option to have it simply update your software automatically. So you can either choose to stick with older versions or always have it up to date.
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OK, let’s say you don’t like to have to install a client at all. That’s fine too. You can update your software and games via the web as well:
Pick whether it’s software or games and it’ll look at your account, when you last updated, and off you go. The installer will figure out what you need to install (i.e. if you have multiple machines with different versions) and off you go.
It’s designed to be as streamlined as possible.
UPDATE: TRY THE LATEST VERSION HERE:
https://www.stardock.com/products/stardockcentral/
Very nice Brad!! Thank you sir!
Nice! Now don't go crazy with it and create impulse 2!
Thank you for putting it on a website as well. It will make it a lot easier to make our own archives.
This is great, I'm so excited!! Thank you very much!! Do you know the estimated availability time frame?
Okay, now that looks like it will work just fine. Thanks for the update.
Ooops, one question, since Stardock Central looks to be a stand alone program, how will it be skinned?
Looks good Brad, hope it releases soon.
Can't wait till it's ready!
Look great ! A couple things:
Will there be an option for Alpha or Beta's (Object Desktop Subscribers)? We may not want betas on our system or will all be listed and we can make our own choices? Will it show our Master Skins, purchases from stardock and wincustomize?, and other purchases from the store or just our Apps? I know i did see that it would check our list of purchases.
Thanks Brad
And what about game/software already purchased? Will there be a way to register them in the new tool?
That lame screenshot is probably the prettiest thing I've seen from a digital downloader app in a long time... GS Impulse is showing me ads all of the time now, so with this news, I can happily delete it and move onto better.
On impulse you could "Verify" If your software was installed correctly on your computer... will that function be available on StardockCentral ?
As long as it's tied to your account, it should already be there.
I like this...I like this alot.
When released, would it be possible to use it to update or uninstall apps that were installed using Impulse?
looks good, thank you.
Hats off to the design team and developers. Slim, trim and to the point. I like it.
Stardock has this proggy called 'Windowblinds'......
Yummy.
Looking forward to the updater. Always like a good solid simple tool.
I don't mind the buttons in the first pic, but the buttons in the second pic are a different style for some reason (font?) and look kludgy.
The browse button needs a nicer alignment.
Just friendly feedback
You've forgotten - one of the rich ironies of skinning has been Stardock's habit of hardcoding the UI of their app manager.
This looks good... less is more.
And now is even better...lol. ( Us rednecks want it all, and we want it now... )
I smell inspiration from Apple Software Update
And the interface again reminds me of how unsettling the Windows 8 UI is. I feel as if it is writing to me in all caps, expressed through the colours of the UI...
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