As I'm sure you are aware, we and many of you have had a long and tiresome battle with Java when trying to use our streaming services. We have therefore been working on a solution to remove this problem.

We are pleased to announce that we have a new stockwatch available for use which no longer uses Java. We are currently making this available as a technical beta version, which means we are interested in your feedback regarding performance, bugs and browser/operating system/device compatibility issues (note: design and styling will be addressed in later beta releases).

For the purpose of allowing the old and new stockwatch versions to run concurrently, the technical functionality of the new stockwatch mimics the old one for now (not style, fonts or look). Editing and managing watchlists uses the same process as the current java stockwatch but is now at the top of the page. This will allow you to switch between the versions should you have any problems. All technical features of the current stockwatch are available in the new version except for the ability to drag resize columns. In the near future and as we migrate away from the java version of stockwatch, we will add new usability features as well as design it up to make the whole stockwatch experience smoother than it has ever been.

As this new version does not require java, you should expect it to work on your android devices and ipad/iphones. For now the display has not been optimised for smaller screens, but this will come in future development.

NOTE: Due to javascript performance in Internet Explorer 8, this new stockwatch can cause high CPU load. We recommend you use a current version of a modern browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox for best results.

The new version can be found on the following link:

http://www.moneyam.com/stockwatch/beta.php

NOTE: Non java versions of streaming trades, streaming news and level 2 will be released over the coming weeks.

Please do not worry about design/style at the moment as this version has not been styled it is purely a technical beta test environment it will be styled before it is released. We have put this here purely for feedback on its technical functionality i.e does it work in your browser and on your PC/Laptop/Tablet/Mobile

Please post your technical feedback in this discussion thread

Thank you for your feedback and we hope you enjoy it

Sorry to be a pain but can you widen the company name column on the Stockwatch please? The name doesn't fit properly in the box as the column is too narrow

Many thanks

cowshapedfish: Many names are too wide and people complained that it moved the prices too far to the right, that's why we narrowed it. You will need to mouse over the column to see the full name. We can't have it both ways and we won't be working on adjustable column sizes at the moment.

No problem fella

Cheers

IanT - you were right: activated pop-up blocker. Thanks for that. BTW, I think the Java-free version is fine. Seems quicker, too.

This is great as I have not been able to see streamed data on my Android Samsung galaxy S3 before and had to use heat maps!! A great step forward, thankyou.

Works well on my Apple iPad

ALL: UPDATES RELEASED.

You can toggle the Name and Notes columns widths. Just click the arrow, it's not draggable.

seriously fed up with the problems associated and I welcome this change

Excellent. Only small problem I have is not being able to add PMO1 to my stock list.

Well done guys

Thanks for name column toggle!

Star fellas

Martini: This problem is not related to the stockwatch, we don't have that epic code in our list. PMO is the closest match.

George - Corporate bond with Premier Oil which shows when you put it into Share Price but not the chart which reverts to PMO. Maybe unrelated to this new Stockwatch.

I frequently use the trades facility which seems to function only using Java. Will this be a feature of non-Java in the future?

I frequently use the trades facility which seems to function only using Java. Will this be a feature of non-Java in the future?

surinrog,

yes trades will also be moved away from java over the coming weeks,

Ian

Ian
Great improvement (I’m using Firefox in W8.1). Watch List scrolling can be achieved without waiting for the screen to do multiple refreshes. Also prefer the Watch list menu choices at the top of the screen.

Only one slight niggle so far – the pop-up ‘note’ window (which I use a lot - perhaps I'm in the minority) looks to be smaller than in the Java version. The text within the box is not very pronounced and the ‘Note’ box within the pop up requires scrolling to see all the contents.

Can't get level 2 Ian ??

yuff - can you log off and back on to see if that helps,

Ian

Thanks for narrowing the stock name column, so I can trial the new stockwatch properly.

I know layout isn't important for the beta test, but having the news flag the wrong side of the chart,trades and L2 buttons is a bad move IMO as news is much more important and I usually scroll the chart,trades and L2 buttons out of view to keep column widths down.

Also, I'm finding reading the new stockwatch to be more effort.

This is due to several factors.

1. Company names in all capitals are harder to read quickly. There's a whole body of research that shows reading comprehension is much quicker with lower case text.

2. The horizontal spacing between lines is less than on the Java version making read across less easy.

3. I found the pale blue horizontal stripes easier on the eye than the new grey ones but that might just be personal preference.

I'd suggest adjusting company names to lower case ASAP (as they were in the Java version) as it might be possible to mentally adjust for the other changes if company names can be visually scanned faster.

Running the same group of watchlists and L2 in firefox/XP results in considerably less memory use than Java stockwatch & IE8/XP, but CPU usage is way, way higher causing my CPU fan to run much faster.

pbridle: Adjusting the Note window was on our todo list and has now been resolved and deployed.