other than a note about your download and installation experience in this thread.

I'll be starting separate threads for feedback on specific aspects of using IMP from now on, and later we'll have a general discussion thread where you can bring up any points of your own.

Downloaded and installed with no problems at all, been playing with it for about 20 minutes and I am also a true novice with this sort of software so should be fun.

IMP Beta

Quick sum-up of my first 20mins of using it

_ Installation _
OK, but its a heafty download at over 100Meg, the fact that it needs Adobe AIR is a let down, for instance, how do I install this application over a slow internet link or on a machine that is offline? In a world of High-Speed internet connections, people forget about those with links that are less than 1Mb/s. I had to use my Mobile Broadband Dongle to get this file in any decent amount of time (twice). The installation its self is slow.

_ Test on Windows XP _
My Windows XP (Virtual Machine) is these specs:
23/64bit: 32bit
40GB HDD
3Ghz Single Core
1.5Gb Ram
Service Pack: SP3
Inernet Explorer: IE6
IMP Start-up: 7-10seconds
IMP Ram Usage: ?Mb (onload, blank)
IMP CPU uasge: ?% (onload, blank)
Doesnt seem to support Unity in VMware 7 (sometimes does load, sometimes does but can move the window)


_ Playing a Presentation (XP) _
Very slow, two sides, 3 lines of text, video, 2 images and its taking alot of time in loading
The fact that it uses flash independantly is nice
Locked XP up completely.


_ Test on Windows 7 (x64) _
My Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) is these specs:
23/64bit: 64bit
3TB HDD
3Ghz Dual Core
6Gb Ram
Service Pack: None
Inernet Explorer: IE8
IMP Start-up: 10-13seconds
IMP Ram Usage: 58Mb (onload, blank)
IMP CPU uasge: 10% (onload, blank)
Seems to break Aero-peek


_ IMP Features _
The aspect ratio is awesome, wish PowerPoint had a simple feature like this.
Good template/layout selection
Great colour/design selection
There doesn't seem to be anyway to put text ver an image
Video import seems good but only use the built in video as of writing
The Maximise/Restore button doesnt change unlike the default windows one.
The cusor is rendered within the program.
The Themes are all store as PNG's so they can be used in other apps etc
The program itself is only about 21Mb, the Themes, Video and Images that are shipped with it are the hefty parts.


So far, it overall looks good seems to be functional but maybe a little basic in its designs.
The viewer, if it works, it could be really good for presentations on computers without Office or on displays i.e. TV's in lobbies etc.