WhatPulse 2.0 is currently available for download here: http://whatpulse.org/downloads/

Both the software and website have been rewritten from the ground up to lay the foundation for more exciting features. To begin with, we have added the two most requested features over the last few years; Network and Uptime tracking.

That’s right, WhatPulse can now measure your input (keyboard & mouse), network and uptime usage!

Network usage can be seen on application level (“How much does Dropbox use?”) and even up to how much you download and upload to the countries in the world.

Uptime usage measures how long you have been running WhatPulse on your computer and how often you use certain applications.

Right now only the accumulations of these statistics are sent to the website and you (as always) have complete control over what you make public.

One other thing was extremely important for us during the development of the new client; uniformity. We’ve made sure that the client looks and acts the same on all platforms. (Windows, Linux, Mac OS)

Because so much has changed between the previous release and WhatPulse 2.0, we will be posting several blog posts on the website explaining several features in depth. It’s just too much to cover in this general announcement.

We would like to thank you for your support during this development period, for all your feedback and everyone involved with the beta. WhatPulse is going to keep growing and getting new features, stay tuned!

Bug #204: Some keys are defined as ’Unknown’

Bug #210: Popup spam when offline

Bug #218: Counting clicks when option is turned off

Bug #70: Geek window transparency; immovable window

Mobile Stats Web Application (MSWA)

After having an iPhone only stats application for a while, we decided to create an universal stats application that can be used on iOS, Android, Blackberry…basically any mobile device with a browser.

You can find it here: http://whatpulse.org/mobilestats/

Most platforms can put web apps on the home screen, so you can create a shortcut. There are plans to extend this application to sense different screen sizes (phones vs. tablets), to display more information on devices which have bigger screens.

Get it at the downloads section.

Windows 7 has issues with version 1.6 and below, it is possible for WhatPulse to suddenly stop counting. (usually under high load of the computer). We’re glad to say that these problems have been solved in 1.7 and recommend everyone using Windows 7 to upgrade.

Windows 7 support is not the only change, here’s a small list:

– New communication protocol

WhatPulse now communicates with the website over HTTP, which means a lot less hassle to get it working from a secured network. (proxies understand the pulses)

– Portable mode

There is now a portable mode setting available in the preferences window. Enabling this will allow WhatPulse to run from a USB disk or other portable media. This makes it easy to take WhatPulse with you.

– Key Frequencies image generator.

It is now possible to send your key frequencies to the website and have it create an image out of it. An example can be found here: http://bit.ly/cXF7dL. The images will be presented on the website better in the near future.

– Others

There’s a new setup wizard.

Several bugfixes with large distance increases seen when using RDP.

Several other bugfixes: http://bit.ly/bDh7Dz