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As was announced in This Thread last week Blizzard was in the process of internally testing their Desktop App.
Well it looks like the time has arrived for the first wave of beta invites!
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First Impressions
At first look the interface comes across very clean and user friendly.
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You can also currently see any Real ID friends playing a specific game (Character Friends) are not currently shown (which sucks since 90% of my friend list are character only). Check out the right-side of the image below:
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Likes:
I especially like that the app automatically updates all games rather than having to launch them separately. In this case, since I haven't played D3 in quite some time it started downloading updates to bring it up-to-date.
Another feature that jumped out to me as a positive is that the drop-down box for global play also included in the Desktop App.
Development Areas:
One thing I noticed right away that's missing and I hope to see added:
- Support for "Classic Games": WC1/2/3, D1/2, and even classic Blizzard/Silicon & Synapse games (Rock n' Roll Racing...etc). This might be unlikely but would still be pretty cool not to mention add potential revenue for $4.99 downloads of old school Snes games (which I'd be more than happy to buy).
I'm pretty excited for this and hopefully everyone else is as well.
I'm currently downloading the client and will post further updates here with more updates/features...etc. as I discover them. Also, if you've received an beta invite then I encourage you to share your feedback/experiences here as well.
Posted in SC2 General as this is where the internal testing thread was located...
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Oh I might have to get in on that.
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I hope I get into the beta :O I had my beta profile updated 2 weeks ago when I found out about the blizzard steam. I want it so bad >_<
Watch this turn out like HOTS for me where I get in with like 2 months before it closes :<
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On June 11 2013 04:43 Master of DalK wrote:
I hope I get into the beta :O I had my beta profile updated 2 weeks ago when I found out about the blizzard steam. I want it so bad >_<
Watch this turn out like HOTS for me where I get in with like 2 months before it closes :<
2 months? I'd say that would be lucky... for WoL i got in on the last day of the beta. Played more games that day than any other. Looks interesting but I hope it isn't a requirement.
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Can you share a download link?
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On June 11 2013 05:00 Wishko wrote:
Can you share a download link?
No he probably can't. You get an invite yourself or not.
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On June 11 2013 05:07 grs wrote:No he probably can't. You get an invite yourself or not.
Correct. You'll get an invite via email if you've opted in and are selected.
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There is this 800 yr old technology that has a little check box during or at the end of installation that says "create desktop icon". That's all you should need lol.
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On June 11 2013 05:19 ishyishy wrote:
There is this 800 yr old technology that has a little check box during or at the end of installation that says "create desktop icon". That's all you should need lol.
Wait, I can chat with people through my desktop icons? When did this happen? Does it work with excel? Can I chat with other people using photoshop?
The reason for this desktop app seems a little lost on you.
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On June 11 2013 05:22 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2013 05:19 ishyishy wrote:
There is this 800 yr old technology that has a little check box during or at the end of installation that says "create desktop icon". That's all you should need lol. Wait, I can chat with people through my desktop icons? When did this happen? Does it work with excel? Can I chat with other people using photoshop? The reason for this desktop app seems a little lost on you.
Chat with people? Why the hell would you need to do that anyway? Certainly not in diablo 3 and sc2 you dont.
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OP, is there a chat function to talk to friends who have the SCII client on? I would love it if I didn't actually have to have SCII running in order to talk to clanmates and such.
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On June 11 2013 05:25 wUndertUnge wrote:
OP, is there a chat function to talk to friends who have the SCII client on? I would love it if I didn't actually have to have SCII running in order to talk to clanmates and such.
If you really cared that much, you would be using facebook or skype. Unless you didnt know about those 2 things, then I take my comment back. But yeah, you dont need this garbage to chat w/ people.
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On June 11 2013 05:27 ishyishy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2013 05:25 wUndertUnge wrote:
OP, is there a chat function to talk to friends who have the SCII client on? I would love it if I didn't actually have to have SCII running in order to talk to clanmates and such. If you really cared that much, you would be using facebook or skype. Unless you didnt know about those 2 things, then I take my comment back. But yeah, you dont need this garbage to chat w/ people.
So wait, the its bad that they are adding the chat feature from steam where I can chat right from my desktop with anyone playing Dota 2 and see if they have an open slot in their group or want to play? Because that is the main reason I love playing some Dota, because its easy to find out who is playing and if they want to play.
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On June 11 2013 05:27 ishyishy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2013 05:25 wUndertUnge wrote:
OP, is there a chat function to talk to friends who have the SCII client on? I would love it if I didn't actually have to have SCII running in order to talk to clanmates and such. If you really cared that much, you would be using facebook or skype. Unless you didnt know about those 2 things, then I take my comment back. But yeah, you dont need this garbage to chat w/ people.
We already have a TS server, but it's already challenging enough to make sure everyone gets on there. It's much easier with SCII since that's the reason we all came together anyways. Why wouuld I want to ensure that everyone is on Skype or FB? I don't use the former, and I recently delted the latter anyways. This would be much easier and centralized for SCII related matters.
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On June 11 2013 05:32 wUndertUnge wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2013 05:27 ishyishy wrote:On June 11 2013 05:25 wUndertUnge wrote:
OP, is there a chat function to talk to friends who have the SCII client on? I would love it if I didn't actually have to have SCII running in order to talk to clanmates and such. If you really cared that much, you would be using facebook or skype. Unless you didnt know about those 2 things, then I take my comment back. But yeah, you dont need this garbage to chat w/ people. We already have a TS server, but it's already challenging enough to make sure everyone gets on there. It's much easier with SCII since that's the reason we all came together anyways. Why wouuld I want to ensure that everyone is on Skype or FB (which I deleted recently)? This would be much easier and centralized for SCII related matters.
There is not currently chat support...However, this is a big discussion already on the beta forum and as many of the users there have noted, the groundwork for chat is already there so it should be implemented in the near future.
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On June 11 2013 05:27 ishyishy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2013 05:25 wUndertUnge wrote:
OP, is there a chat function to talk to friends who have the SCII client on? I would love it if I didn't actually have to have SCII running in order to talk to clanmates and such. If you really cared that much, you would be using facebook or skype. Unless you didnt know about those 2 things, then I take my comment back. But yeah, you dont need this garbage to chat w/ people. Chat is actually one of the main things that should be there. I don't know what other things should be there if not integrated chat. Autoupdate is nice, but I don't need application to update from 1 to max 3 games from blizzard.
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In the Picture , you can see : Welcome , Mythandier. Is this the sc2 name , Diablo Name , or a nickname you chose in the setup ?
Keep posting stuff , this looks badass !
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This looks cool. I hope I get an invite!
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On June 11 2013 06:18 IeZaeL wrote:
In the Picture , you can see : Welcome , Mythandier. Is this the sc2 name , Diablo Name , or a nickname you chose in the setup ?
Keep posting stuff , this looks badass !
The name you see there is my "Battletag" which is the name I chose to represent me on Battle.net. You can find this by going to your account summary page in battle.net. Hope that helps 
I'll continue posting stuff as it becomes available.
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