Pulse Version History

The following features were made available as part of each release of Pulse. Please note that the list here is not exhaustive; this list is intended to provide an overview of the release. For more information on known issues, please check the Pulse forums.
For a high-level view of Pulse's future plans, please visit the Road Map.

Version 3.0.2 released on March 12th, 2010

  • Eclipse 3.5.2 Integration
    Not only can you provision 3.5.2 from Pulse, we also take advantage of it too!
  • Update Site Metadata Improvements
    Clients will now have better behavior when checking for updated metadata for update sites, especially when resolving profiles. In addition, the Pulse Explorer will have better behavior, and will be faster to notify of available software updates.
  • Problematic Upgrade Notification
    When Pulse checks for upgrades to your profiles, if no upgrades can be offered due to conflicting dependencies in newer versions, you will be notified in the Explorer and Software and Workspace Center accordingly avoiding possible confusion.
  • Download Reliability Improvements
    Pulse has better handling of download timeouts allowing to restart an artifact download on fail, particularly when downloading switches between mirrors ensuring reliable download optimizations.
  • Catalog Updates
    New catalog updates have been included providing for your usage GrinderStone and ShellEd amongst other changes. As always, to suggest new tools for us to include in the catalog, simply submit your suggestions in the Pulse Forums. Enjoy!

Version 3.0.1 released on February 15th, 2010

  • Windows 7 Improvements
    Pulse 3.0.1 includes improved support for Windows 7 including detection of installation into restricted directories, and better support for directory selection when installing new configurations.
  • Improved Update Site Control
    You can now refresh the Updates Available section to have Pulse automatically look for new metadata from your profile's update sites and check again for updates that can be applied to your profile.
  • Software and Workspace Center Improvements
    The Software and Workspace Center is now better behaved within your running profiles allowing you to easily switch to it and back with less impact to your development activities.
  • Software Intradependencies
    For large complex profiles, such as MyEclipse, Pulse now supports modeling high-level intradependencies from the user interaction level such that you will be notified if a dependent module is being removed.
  • Download Algorithm Optimizations
    As always, it would not be a release of Pulse without improvements to either proxy support or Pulse's download donkey. 3.0.1 improves the download algorithm taking into account excessive switching between mirrors as well as better optimizations for when the failsafe server is used.
  • Bug Fixes!
    Across the board bug fixes have been released with Pulse 3.0.1 ensuring that you continue to get the best platform for managing your Eclipse installs. Our Private Label customers get even more benefits from this new release as well!

Version 3.0.0 released on December 16th, 2009

  • Slick UI Refresh
    Changed the look of profile details, both in the Explorer and a running profile. Not only does this look great, but it also affords you greater control and visibility of all aspects of your profiles.
  • You Control What Updates
    Updates in Pulse are no longer "All or Nothing". You now have control of what updates to apply and when to apply them. When applying an update Pulse will only download the software needed for the update. No more accidental upgrades to other software just to apply a small change. This is expecially useful when there is a large update yet to be applied and you just want to install a small update for one piece of software. If your software requires another module, Pulse tells you that the other module also needs to be upgraded.
  • Control Managed Changes
    In 3.0, Pulse has separated the concepts of profile structural changes (i.e. adding/removing software) from software updates. These Managed Changes can be applied without needing the update existing software on the profile. You now decide what you want to update, just software, changes to stay in compliance with your team, or workspace settings. All is in your control.
  • Collaboration: Beyond Sharing
    You now have greater visibility into what aspects of a profile are shared. You can share software, preferences, and project sets like before but now you can control individual preferences and project sets and even change the name of the profile locally. For settings like preferences and projects, you can now have personal vs. shared settings allowing you to have projects just for you that go anywhere you use your Pulse account.
  • Collaboration: Invites
    You can now invite people, not just Pulse users, to use a profile. An email will be sent with simple instructions for getting started with the profile. With individual invitation IDs sent to the user or users you invite, getting started with your shared configuration is super easy for your users. And in January, you'll be able to have your invited users jump right in to using your software just by a click of a URL!
  • Fully Manage A Profile In the Profile
    The same slick UI refresh was applied to running profiles. Gone are the numerous menu actions to manage software and updates. They have been replaced with an easy to use perspective; the Software and Workspace Center. Here you have the same control over the profile that you do in the Explorer. If you were tired of waiting for changes from another user on your team, you can now either just wait for the automatic refresh or now even click the Refresh action to get the latest settings for your profile.
  • Updates Unified
    Both software and workspace updates are shown together in the same place. No more, clicking multiple menu actions to check for software and workspace updates separately. Finally Eclipse management that lets you have a single dashboard for all of your coordination with your team.
  • New Mirrors Available
    For eclipse.org's most commonly used update sites, Pulse has private mirrors giving you faster and more reliable downloads. With our world wide mirrors, you can take advantage of knowing that we have fast and secure mirrors replicating software isolating you from day zero outages or from downloading software from mirrors that are occasionally inconsistent in their performance.
  • Version Lock-Down Support
    Need to use an old version of a plugin? No problem. Now you can lock down software to a specific version or a range of versions. Add software from an update site and check out the details of the software to lock it down.
  • Windows 64-Bit Shortcuts
    You're running on 64-bit Windows? Lucky you! Now you're even luckier, because Pulse will make shortcuts for your profiles and Pulse Explorer.
  • A Little Help?
    We've added hover help throughout the product to help you better understand what each button does. Gone are the days of click-and-hope. Even with the extra help, Pulse now has a much more intuitive user interface with actions like those for collaboration all grouped together.
  • Updates in the Background
    Tired of watching files download? So are we. Now you can start your software install or upgrade, put it in the background, and continue with your work.

Version 2.5.1 released on September 28th, 2009

  • Catalog Updates
    As with all Pulse releases, the catalog was updated with many improvements and new catalog entries. Thanks to our partners for continuing to choose Pulse to list their commercial software.
  • Performance Improvements
    Optimized download algorithms. Streamlined server interaction. Pulse now better tracks what information you already have local optimizing your startup times and minimizing delays for users in remote locations.

Version 2.5.0 released on July 17th, 2009

  • Eclipse 3.5 - Galileo Support
    Pulse now supports the full stack for Galileo including the new profiles for PHP development and Pulsar (mobile development). An initial software catalog has also been added with software we found to work with Galileo.
  • New Download Statistics Page
    The download statistics page when installing or updating software has been improved to include significantly more data including download time remaining, total bytes to be retrieved, and better reporting of status. The user has more control over the download including pausing or resuming downloads as needed to control the transfers.
  • Improved Explanation Support for Provisioning Errors
    Integrated the SAT4J explanation support into Pulse including integration in 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 provisioned profiles. This support provides much better information when a resolution failure occurs greatly simplifying the process involved in determining why a profile can not be installed.
  • Cocoa Support
    Added support for Cocoa and Cocoa 64-bit to the Pulse Explorer and for provisioning. To facilitate the user working with different architectures, the installer can now ask the user which architecture should be installed. This is supported by specifying in the catalog for the blueprint, the architectures that are available to be offered to the user. This can be used also for offering 32 or 64-bit Linux or Windows architectural options.
  • Improved Artifact Size Processing
    Improved processing of artifact sizes across Pulse. When downloading software, respects the HTTP header size information returned by the website servicing the download size. When scanning metadata, Pulse can now automatically scan update sites to check that the sizing information is accurate in the site. This is to improve Pulse's reliability and performance with the number of sites that may have close but inaccurate download size information.
  • New Wizard for Network Settings
    To simplify configuration of network settings, Pulse 2.5 introduces a new communications wizard which can take the user through setting up the proxy settings. Instead of immediately informing the user that network proxy settings need to be entered, instead, Pulse will present the user with the current network settings and then provide the user the option of automatically detecting settings. This flow simplifies network settings then by offering the user one of the available detected settings to be automatically be used.
  • OpenJDK Regression Fix
    Fixed a regression in Pulse 2.4.2 in which certain OpenJDK systems would not correctly provision with Pulse due to an SSL class mismatch using OpenJDK. Pulse has been fixed to not have the incorrect dependency to the Sun-centric JVM.

Version 2.4.2 released on May 5th, 2009

  • Update Site Usage Improvement
    When a user selects software from an update site, Pulse was previously setting the latest version on the site as a minimum range constraint. This could cause resolution failures since it would restrict the available versions for installation. Since Pulse already attempts to install the latest software, this version constraint was not required and as such for newly added requirements Pulse now uses the open version range allowing Pulse to resolve the overall best plan for the user.
  • Disk Space Enforcement When Installing
    Ensure that the user can not proceed if there is insufficient disk space on the target system.
  • Update Site Management Improvement
    When adding update sites to the Pulse Explorer, if the user appended the suffix of content.xml or content.jar, Pulse would show software available to be installed but then fail to actually install it. Fixed the explorer to trim the extra suffixes that can be added.
  • Pulse Explorer Metadata Refresh Fix
    The Pulse Explorer, if running for a long time, would not always refresh metadata on a Run... attempt of an installed profile. This could cause Pulse to not detect that there is newer versions of the software available. The explorer now always checks that the meta cache for update site meta is up to date before proceeding.
  • VM Arguments Fix
    When a user uses the Pulse Explorer to augment the command line arguments of the profile, specifying a -vm argument could break profile launching. Fixed Pulse to better understand -vm arguments to correctly handle escaping and tracking of VM arguments. When the -vm argument is removed, also correctly cleans up the ini file as appropriate. Also, if the user uses double-quotes to indicate to Pulse not to split arguments, Pulse correctly parses out the double quotes.
  • Explorer Tree Context Menu Improvement
    When a user right-clicks on a profile in the Pulse Explorer, the context menu could occasionally have the content from another blueprint if the data was still being loaded. Switched to have the content only show "Loading" if the data is not yet available instead of showing the wrong context menu.
  • Isolated Pulse Communications
    Separated Pulse communications from eclipse communications so that you can configure connections separate from your Pulse communication needs. For example, you will be able to set up Subversive with out a proxy even if Pulse requires one.

Version 2.4.1 released on March 13th, 2009

  • Catalog Refresh
    The Pulse catalog has been updated to include EclEmma, Log4E, RegexUtil, Eclipse4SL, JavaFx, Jython Development Tools (JyDT), Eclipse-Tools (including Implementors), Greg Console, PHPeclipse, Emonic, EPIC - Eclipse Perl Integration, FreeMarker, Target Management (RSE), Veloclipse, Metrics, QuickImage, and JDocs. Also included is version 1.6.0_12 of Sun's JRE for JRE delivery via Pulse.
  • Security Enhancement
    In order to support a greater level of security and deployment validity, the Pulse bundles are now signed.
  • Tweak Your Download Settings
    Pulse now allows you to control the number of download threads used during downloads. This effects the initial Pulse install, provisioning of profiles and updating of profiles.
  • Improved Network Settings UI
    Improved the user experience around network settings so that users can tailor how Pulse communicates back to the server and to update sites. Users can now change network settings via a preference dialog in the Explorer and via the proxy dialog on startup. Enabling Caps Lock before launching the installer now forces the proxy dialog to appear.
  • Improved Download Retry Logic
    Improved the bundle downloading and post-processing logic to allow provisioning to retry the download of bundles during network hiccups. This problem manifested itself as an error in the logs stating a "bad zip file format". Now this error message will only occur if when a bundle's zip file is corrupt.
  • Added Mismatched JRE Error Dialog
    The Pulse installer now displays an error message when running a 32-bit installer on a machine with a 64-bit JRE and vice versa.
  • Improved Update Site Caching Logic
    Improved the update site caching logic which dictated when updates were available. This allows updates to be found in long running Pulse installations (both the Explorer and in Target Configuration of target profiles).
  • Fixed Premature EOF Error During Workspace Update
    Improved workspace update to correctly synchronize with the server when properties have been removed from the profile on the server.

Version 2.4.0 released on February 4th, 2009

  • Anonymous Revamp
    Anonymous users of Pulse can now manage their profiles just like registered users could; add software, update sites, even preferences. The only thing you need to be registered for is sharing. Which brings us to ...
  • Freelance Revamp
    Pulse Freelance has now been renamed to Pulse Freelance Team Edition. With this change, the only action that requires Freelance access is sharing. You can now freely add update sites, preference files, and team project sets without needed Freelance access.
  • Manage Local Software Changes in the Explorer
    Profiles are now split into three scoping levels, BASE, SHARED and PERSONAL. The new personal level allows users to add software from the catalog and update sites to the PERSONAL portion of the blueprint even if the user does not have access to the SHARED portion. This is particularly important for cases where a team of users is sharing a profile and user would like to add something without impacting the rest of the team. Both the Explorer and the Add/Remove flows have been updated to reflect this change.
  • Dropins support for 3.4 (Ganymede) Profiles
    Introduced support for the dropins/ folder (similar to addons in 3.3) allowing software to be dropped into a 3.4 profile. The support is enabled by adding the new com.genuitec.pulse.client.targetcfg.dropins.feature.group instead of the normal feature group. This informs Pulse to provision the extra bundles required for dropins support. The dropins/ directory is automatically created and can accept dropins in various formats.
  • Offline Changes Now Supported
    If a user makes changes locally when disconnected from the Pulse server, the changes can be queued up. The Add/Remove UI will indicate to the user when changes have been made locally that have not yet been persisted to the user and in the case of a conflict, provide an indication to the user what changes could not be saved to the server.
  • Communications Settings
    Provided controls to the HTTP communications library to allow tailoring of the behavior of timeouts and idle pings. A high level flag can be used to change the overall timeouts and then individual timeouts can be updated. See FAQ entry for more information
  • Experimental 64-bit Windows Installer
    Introduced support for a 64-bit Windows installer as an experimental introduction of the service. Eclipse 3.3 does not support 64-bit Windows installs and as such, any 3.3 profiles will not be allowed to launch.
  • Improved Software Management
    When using the Pulse Explorer, at times it is desirable to drag software from one profile to another without refinding it in the catalog. Pulse now supports dragging software from the Shared or Personal nodes in the Explorer over to another blueprint.
  • Improved Memory Detection Logic
    The memory detection logic was not verifying that the VM respected the configured size from the INI file. The memory detection logic is fixed to detect if the JVM decided not to respect the size and warn the user as such.

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  • NTLM Proxy Support Improvement
    Fixed NTLM connections to not use the connection idle ping during the authentication phase of the NTLM connection. Without the fix, certain NTLM setups where the authentication took longer than the 5 second connection ping would never be able to pass through the proxy server.

Version 2.3.2 released on December 3rd, 2008

  • Added About Pulse... Menu Action
    You can now check the Pulse version without needing to check the logs. Just right-click in the explorer tree.
  • Simplified the Add/Remove Software Flow
    Simplified the flow allowing easier use of both local and archived update sites when installing software locally for a profile. Pulse provides aides in browsing the file system to find the desired archive site and then allow users to choose those sites for inclusion of software into the profile.
  • Improved Support When No Connection to the Pulse Server Is Available
    When a user is running offline, or behind a firewall without connectivity to the Pulse server, the Add/Remove flow now allows local or archive site software additions to the profile to be performed without requiring the user to get online to perform these functions.
  • Overzealous Uninstaller Fix
    Fixed uninstaller to be more explicit in which sets of data are cleaned up during uninstallation instead of assuming everything in the Pulse installation directory should be deleted.
  • Added Available Memory Check
    When preparing to install software, Pulse can fail when Java decides to not provide the full requested memory size to the Pulse application. This can typically occur on loaded systems that have 1GB of memory or less. Fixed Pulse to detect when the right amount of memory can not be allocated and warn the user in advance of the potential out of memory failures later.

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  • Improved Proxy Support
    Fixed proxy initialization within Pulse clients including ensuring that client authentication services use the same sets of rules as other clients in terms of detecting and falling back to proxy settings and direct connections. Logging was also improved to help understanding of proxy settings.

Version 2.3.1 released on October 3rd, 2008

  • Improved Download Performance
    Mirror selection and download pipe size have been tweaked to improve overall performance. Also now detect when a download has stalled and select a new mirror to continue download.
  • Improved Proxy Support
    Now securely store proxy credentials for reuse on subsequent starts of the Pulse Explorer. Proxy settings are now passed to launched profiles. Settings are also automatically enabled/disabled if Pulse detects that the current network requires them.
  • Pulse Extension Startup Fix
    When provisioning 3.4 profiles, the target config add-on software that synchronizes workspace settings and configures proxy, etc. would sometimes not start automatically. This has been fixed to ensure that 3.4 profiles have the target config software automatically start.
  • Improved Provisioning Failure Messages
    When provisioning failures occur due to a missing piece of software, updated the status message returned to have more information about the number of pieces of software discovered for each of the checked sites as well as displaying of information should one of the loaded repositories not have loaded correctly.
  • Eclipse Restart Dialog Fix
    In certain situations, when using the local management UI within an Eclipse 3.4 profile, no restart or apply dialog would be shown after the software is installed. Fixed to consistently show the restart dialog after installing software when update is needed.

Version 2.3 released on September 11th, 2008

  • Single Location For Pulse Files
    When installing on a clean system, or after uninstalling 2.2 or below, Pulse locates by default all files into a single user-chosen directory -- no more scattering of files all over your system nor forcing files to be stored in your home directory. When upgrading from Pulse 2.2, Pulse will continue to use the old structures for storing files.
  • Improved Mirror Performance
    Performance and optimizations in mirror selection including improved detection for fastest mirrors and better tracking of mirror performance history. Also optimizes to allow for no duplication of downloads between the Pulse Explorer and the shared software used in the installed profiles.
  • Catalog Updates
    Many catalog updates and improvements based on feedback from the community including update site fixes, clean up of problematic software, and general improvements to the scope and the size of the catalog. Note that there are still incompatibilities between software requiring Mylyn 2.3 and Mylyn 3.0 that are outside Pulse's direct control.
  • Software Management Inside Profiles Improvement
    Fixes in the product to allow better usage of Add/Remove software from within installed software, especially when using the catalog. Also includes bug fixes for different edge case usage flows as reported in the forums.
  • More SSL Root Certificates
    Updated the SSL root certificates used by the client to a much more complete list allowing many more HTTPS style update sites to be used within Pulse.
  • Pulse Private Label
    Pulse Private Label provides companies with a complete software management solution. You have the choice of delivering everything from custom tool stacks with full catalog control to complete end-user application distribution within your company or to your users. Customizable corporate branding and messaging are all included.

Version 2.2.1 released on July 8th, 2008

  • Profile Launch Reliability Fixes
    Fixed a few reliability issues including: Failure preparing "partial IU", Artifact XXX not found (despite the download being successful), and Missing executable when attempting to launch the software.
  • User Search Fix
    Searching for users who have only registered online including assigning licenses now works.
  • Mac Provisioning Fix
    Updated provisioning on Mac OS X to detect which Library folder to write into based on system configuration. Other fixes include better defaults for installation locations.
  • Improved Share With Public
    Fixed ability for users to share a profile with the public, including simplifying the flow when following the link provided as part of sharing a profile publicly.

Version 2.2 released on June 25th, 2008

  • Improved Mirror Support
    We've improved Pulse's mirroring technology to provide the fastest download of Eclipse technology available.
  • Reliability Improvements
    Pulse now employs a failsafe repository which kicks in to help install software from update sites that are temporarily unavailable.
  • JRE Provisioning
    It's now possible to include a JRE in your profile! Pulse will use that JRE to launch your eclipse profile.
  • Catalog Improvements
    We listened to our users and added a ton of new entries to the software catalog. In addition, we updated several entries for easier use or better performance (like MyEclipse. Subclipse, Aptana Studio, and others).
  • Provisioning Error Messages
    We've improved the error message you get when Pulse can't provision a profile.
  • Vista Without the Pop-ups
    There were times when Vista would complain that a software installation failed. We've fixed that.
  • Proxy Support on 64-bit Linux
    We've improved the proxy support on 64-bit Linux systems.
  • Porting of Anonymous Profiles
    There were upgrade paths where Pulse would skip the porting of anonymous profiles. We've fixed all of the upgrade paths so Pulse now ports your anonymous profiles to public profiles when you register.

Version 2.1.1 released on May 22nd, 2008

  • Reliability Improvements
    Infrequently when running the Pulse installer, the UI could freeze at "Initializing..."
  • OpenJDK Support (Experimental)
    When running on Linux, there were issues with OpenJDK support, we're now detecting and providing basic support. When using an OpenJDK, you will be given a warning and may need to fallback to HTTP instead of HTTPS to proceed (passwords are still secure).
  • Auto-fallback to HTTP
    When running on Linux, the auto-fallback to HTTP (with warning) was not working as expected. The detection and subsequent warning have been improved.
  • Explorer Reliability
    When running on OS X, the explorer UI could get into a state where it would start throwing an IllegalArgumentException, this was related to a bug in SWT under 3.4.
  • Detection of Unavailable Update Sites
    When provisioning using Pulse, if an update site was not available, Pulse reported incorrectly an unable to resolve error, we now correctly indicate what update sites are not available.
  • Preference Filtering
    When sharing preferences, Pulse incorrectly was sharing system-specific settings for the JDT variables.
  • Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede RC 1
    Updated the Pulse catalog to use Eclipse 3.4 RC 1 when using the Ganymede profile.

Version 2.1 released on May 2nd, 2008

  • Public Sharing
    Share your profile with friends, colleagues and even the public with one-click icons that you can post on your blog or Web site. Shared profiles can include custom software and workspace, so customize at will. Showcase yourself!
  • Multiple OS Support
    Pulse 2.1 is available on both Linux and Mac in addition to Windows. Linux support includes integration with Gnome and KDE with shortcut creation in the menus. OS X support integrates with a common bundle pool under your /Library directory (customizable).
  • Pulse Desktop Express
    Pulse can deliver your products to valued customers with ease. Not only will you improve your installer experience, your customers can use your branded solution to manage their other tools as well. And of course, no more hassles building cross-platform installers!
  • Portal Improvements
    View profile details and add profiles to your accounts directly from the Pulse Web site.
  • Local Management
    Add tools to your profiles and test them locally. The need for Freelance Team to perform this task is eliminated to provide a local sand box for tools prior to sharing. You can choose to add software to your profile from update sites or from the catalog right from within your installed profile.
  • Automatic Proxy Detection and Improved Proxy Support
    Automatically detects proxy settings and provides improved usability. Will also detect if automatic fallback to HTTP is required and request permission to run in HTTP mode should a secure connection not be able to be established due to problems with the proxy configuration.
  • Improved Workspace Collaboration
    Collaborate with your team with ease. In Pulse 2.1, don't worry about accidentally stepping on key settings like the workspace directory or user names in team repositories. Pulse 2.1 automatically strips out problematic settings from workspace setups as you share them.
  • Uninstaller
    If Pulse needs to be removed from a system, now it's easy to do. The uninstaller removes all profiles and Pulse itself including allowing cache clean-up. Just use the uninstaller shortcut, it's that easy.

Version 2.0 released on March 18th, 2008

  • Catalog Additions
    Pulse now includes hundreds of catalog items to choose from. Pulling from Eclipse Plugin Central, users are able to view the tool's technical information and community ranking.
  • Pulse Freelance Team
    Pulse Freelance Team is a value-added service for Pulse users who need even more control over their tools. It allows the addition of items not in the Pulse catalog to your profiles, as well a workspace and preference settings. Get teams up and running in minutes, not days.
  • Dependency Resolution
    With hundreds of plugins now available, Pulse harnessed the power of the p2 platform to allow dependency resolution on the client side, making Pulse even faster and easier than before.
  • Management of both Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) & 3.4 (Ganymede)
    Users can keep their Eclipse versions in check by independently managing their 3.3 and 3.4 tools stacks.
  • Custom Update Sites
    With Pulse Freelance Team, users are able to add update sites not found in the catalog and share them with other Freelance Team users. Includes the ability to share update sites behind the firewall without exposing IP.
  • NTLM v2 Proxy Support
    Pulse improves proxy support with the addition of an advanced communication library that works with more proxy configurations including NTLM version 2 support used within Windows domains.

Version 0.9.2 released on January 18th, 2008

  • Fixes to Proxy Support
    Pulse now correctly works with more proxy configurations including authenticated proxy servers, and servers that can only handle forwarding HTTP requests. To pick up the change, a new executable must be downloaded from the poweredbypulse.com portal for the full set of changes.
  • Fixes to Shortcut Creation
    Pulse was not creating shortcuts from within the Pulse Explorer. Pulse now correctly creates shortcuts and maintains them when you delete or rename profiles on the same system. Each profile launched in Pulse whether from the explorer or the launcher will have a shortcut created in the program group you specified.
  • Catalog Updates
    This refresh includes a few additions to the catalog including the NXTware RCP and Corba products and the m2eclipse integration for Matisse and Mylar. For the full listing of software, explore the catalog in the Pulse Explorer or view the summary online.

Version 0.9.1 released on December 7th, 2007

  • Mac OS X Support
    Pulse now includes the ability to install Pulse on OS X systems with 10.4+. Integration includes applications managed by Pulse being registered in the Applications folder and the ability to directly launch your customized profiles.
  • Linux Support
    Pulse now includes the ability to install Pulse on Linux systems. Integration includes Pulse managing executables in a bin/ folder of your choice that include being able to directly launch the profiles you customize in Pulse.
  • Catalog Updates
    This refresh includes many additions to the Pulse catalog including Europa software such as GEF, EMF GMF, TPTP, etc., as well as a number of other open source software including Jira Dashboard, AnyEditTools, MouseFeed, Groovy, PyDev, Ruby, etc. In addition to the open source software, Codign has now listed CoViewDeveloper as part of the Pulse catalog of software. For the full listing of software, explore the catalog in the Pulse Explorer or view the summary online.
  • Proxy Support
    To enable different deployment modes, Pulse now includes proxy support allowing you to enable either an HTTP/HTTPS or SOCKS server for your Pulse software access. This can be managed either from the Pulse preferences page or on initial Pulse launch when Pulse is unable to reach the Pulse server.
  • User Interface Improvements
    As part of our ongoing effort to improve the Pulse user experience, multiple updates were made to the Pulse user interface including fixing bugs related to layout as well as improves in performance when using the store and instruction pages in Pulse Explorer. Look for continued incremental improvements in this area going forward.
  • Download Reliability Improvements
    During the first phase of the Pulse technical preview, we isolated areas that could be improved in ensuring optimal download speeds as well as reliability. This release includes a number of fixes that should help ensure reliable downloads even when the respective software's download mirror may be experiencing intermittent problems. Look for continual improvements in this area.

Version 0.9.0 released on November 6th, 2007

  • First Release of Pulse
    This is the first release of Pulse made available to the public. As part of the initial release, Pulse included support for Windows and a limited catalog to highlight the technology available in Pulse.