A new version of the WhatPulse client has been released on the update pipes, after doing quite a bit of plumbing on it. This latest version (2.7.1) is called: Fixes, Fixes & Fixes. It’s not just fixes though, here’s a quick overview.

New Updater on Windows

The updater on Windows could sometimes flake out and not download or update the client properly. With this new updater in place, we’re solving those problems.

Apple macOS Sierra (10.12) Support

The new macOS (previously known as OS X) Sierra is still in beta, but we’ve already made sure the client supports it.

Fixes

Now for the bulk of the changes. Don’t worry, we won’t list all, but there are a few that take notice:

• Pulsing: Fix situations where the client could pulse every minute.

• Make the “I” button clickable again for the window with all the facts.

• Fix premium expiration date presentation.

• Never allow negative application uptime (when a computers clock changes).

To check out all the changes, have a look at the release notes here. To update, you can use the Check for Updates button in your Settings tab, or you can get it here.

The main goal of the Premium Services has always been to support and sustain the project. We’re happy to announce that with the current amount of subscribers, we’re lowering the subscription cost from 2,00 to 1,50 per month.

PayPal Subscribers

Unfortunately, PayPal does not allow us to change the rate automatically. To get the new rate, you need to unsubscribe and subscribe again.

If you’ve subscribed via Stripe; you don’t have to do anything. We’ve adjusted the rate on our end and the next time it charges, the new rate will apply.

Take a Test Drive​

To celebrate this update, we created a discount code that will get you 2 months on the house. Use this code: PREMIUMPARTY0416.

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Logitech Gaming Keyboard Widget

Logitech has a range of pretty nice keyboards, some with LCD screens. These screens can be used to display information and are mostly used to show things like computer performance, gaming information (kills, time remaining, etc) or a simple clock.

Using the Client API, we have put together a widget for these keyboards that display your WhatPulse statistics. Instead of explaining the what, when, how and why, we thought we’d just show you:

Logitech G19Logitech G510

How cool is that?! This widget is now available for Windows and can be downloaded on our Downloads page.

Open Source

To show how easy the Client API is to use, we’ve completely open sourced this widget. You can find the entire project on our GitHub page, including everything you need to build it. Feel free to use the code of this widget and create your own cool thing that uses the Client API. As long as you drop us a line. 😉

We’re excited to announce the availability of the WhatPulse client version 2.7! As you may have come to expect, this release has a treasure trove of new features and improvements on the great features the client already has. Let’s dive in!

Windows High Resolutions

This feature has to be the most requested feature over the last few months or so. The client did not scale very well on high resolution monitors, making the statistics a bit hard to read. Happy to say that has been fixed with this release!

Network Traffic Types (Protocols) & History

To complement the networking statistics, we have added the ability to look at the different network types that your computer is using. Ever wonder what kind of network traffic you’re sending or receiving? Use the Network Traffic Types to find out.

Also, it is now possible to view historical network traffic statistics for network interfaces and applications, next to the real-time stats that were already there.

Client API

This feature is the one we’re most excited about. To open up the client to any developers that want to get real-time statistics from the client, we’ve created the Client API. The Client API is a RESTful API where you can use HTTP requests to get stats from the client and even execute a remote pulse! To learn more about the Client API, visit our newly opened Developer Center.

Other Cool Stuff

There are a lot more awesome changes in 2.7, for instance: the client uses about 50% less disk work (I/O); there’s a new auto pulse option (on startup); with the growing amount of different statistics, the “Reset” button now asks which type you want to reset. Look for gold in the release notes!

To check out all the changes, have a look at the release notes here. To update, you can use the Check for Updates button in your Settings tab, or you can get it here.

Just in time for 2015 (although, depends on where you are), we’re very excited to present the first beta of the new WhatPulse version 2.7. There are 2 major features and a few minor.

High DPI on Windows

Computers with very high resolutions/DPI are becoming the standard, but the client did not present itself properly on Windows. To fix this, we’ve had to dynamically resize everything inside the client (buttons, views, lists, etc, etc), which is one of the reason why proper Windows high resolution support took longer than the other operating systems.

Check it out and be critical of every interface element. 🙂

Types of Network Traffic

The client can measure your network traffic, which is currently used for per interface, application and country traffic for a while. But what about the types of traffic? How much does a certain network port use, or how much traffic do you use for your back-up service?

The descriptions of the types of traffic are dynamic and can change over time. If you want to help fill the database, tell us!

With the new page on the networking tab, you can see exactly how much traffic a network service is using. This is the first draft of that page, stay tuned for more updates of this page in the upcoming beta versions!

Misc Stuff

Besides these great new features, we’ve also done a lot of work on the local database connection. To keep it simple, we’ve done some database magic and cut the hard disk usage of the client in half!

Other changes are; a auto pulse option to pulse on every client start and new Advanced setting buttons to manually update your network GeoIP database and the new Network Port Descriptions database (this is for the types of traffic).

Downloads (or use the updater):

• Windows

• OS X

Changes: http://whatpulse.org/releasenotes/2.7b1/

Join us on the forums if you have any reports, comments or other ideas. Thanks!