There is a really good tech team here, lets give them some ideas for enhancements or to cure any bugs we find.

Scallywag,

As a Shares magazine subscriber you should be able to post on both boards...

Can you try again on the Traders' Room?

Thanks,

J.

Thanks TullettJ - it seems you're right, I can post on both. I don't know what happened to earlier post to the traders room - it just sunk without trace :-)

Just added Momentum indicator to charts.
Comments welcome
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Jon, just to report that occasionally when clicking on a thread from the thread index I get the login screen, even though in fact I was still logged in. I know that I was still logged in since if I go "Back" to the thread index and refresh it still shows me logged in. On clicking on a thread again it does not happen again.

Am I the only one who finds it irritating to have to scroll to the bottom to read the latest message? Wouldn't it make more sense for the most recent to be the first ....
or have I missed something?

hedge-hog:

Well, I guess it depends on what you're used to. The current format is regarded as "conventional" by most of the users who are here, although we did briefly experiment with a reversed order such as you suggest (last post at top of page). Most bulletin boards - in my experience - use this format.

Derek (IST and MoneyAM)

I think that reading down is also a western habit as is reading from left to right. This of course strangely doesn't apply to the threads lists where the latest is at the top. It's a strange world.

Kayak,

But on the login screen, does it say 'you are not currently logged in'?

J.

Jon, I can't totally confirm that until it happens again, but I know that if I just press backspace rather than logging in again, I am still logged in. I think that this is a different problem from the random logout problem.

Yes. That's what I have found. To make it clearer I have an interesting example. The logon screen comes up effectively telling me to log on again. However, if I have another window open for say the threads list on the Traders room then I can read one of the posts there and it shows I am logged on. I just close the logon window down and carry on and open new windows again. I thibnk that the logon screen is spurious and that I have not been logged off at all.

Is there a better way of presenting directors dealings ie a simple table that shows the value of shares, number of directors dealing and whether they bought or sold.
To open up each share in turn and read through all the guff to get to the relevant bits is just a waste of time.

Regards Martin.

croc, my comments on the charting facilities:

1- allow for chart settings to be stored, usually in a cookie. and allow for more than one setting, i suggest at least 3 settings.

2- on candlesticks and large size and time span of 6 months the candlestick is shown pre-set to weekly one - the volume is shown as daily and appears spindly by comparison. i suggest that these preset values be for daily candlesticks up to one year. best allow for adjustment by user.

3- missing indicators: rsi, stochastics(fast and slow) and last but not least, bollinge bands. i wish to emphasise the importance of the latter.

4- ensure that all indicators and facilities work on intraday charts too.

Please change the background colour, or preferrably give each user the facility to change it to their own preferred colour.

The site is too wide, on the portfolio pages i need to scroll from left to right, surely this ain'y right?

Re niggles post,yeah I find that a bit of a pain too,also (and I did ask this on the "bugs" page,on Thursday,still no reply)how do you add "ISF" to the stockwatch thingy ?????????

Jon, right, more info on this logout problem:

1. It appears to be more likely to happen when one does not use the window for some time.

2. Interesting sequence of events today. Two windows open, one to Traders' Room and one to Investors' Room. Refreshed a thread in TR, login screen came up. Login screen however said "currently logged in as Kayak". Didn't do anything, moved to IR window which was on thread list and refreshed that. Top of thread list then said "you are not currently logged in". Refreshed again a couple of times, same result. Then clicked on a thread link in IR, login screen came up, again saying "currently logged in as Kayak". Now both windows are on login screen. Refreshed both, still on login screen and still saying logged in. Pressed "Back" on IR screen and refreshed, now said "currently logged in as Kayak" on thread list, and works as normal. Same in TR. Never actually logged in again.

Kayak,

Thank you for that, should hopefully give us a lot more to go on!

J.

Kayak

You call that interesting????

Gausie, why, do you have days more interesting than that??

sure

Why, only last friday I had three windows open, one to Traders' Room and two to Investors' Room. Refreshed a thread in TR, login screen came up. Login screen however said "currently logged in as Gausie". Didn't do anything, moved to one of the IR windows which was on thread list and refreshed that. Top of thread list then said "you are not currently logged in". Refreshed again a couple of times, same result. Then clicked on a thread link in IR, login screen came up, again saying "currently logged in as Gausie". Now both windows are on login screen. Refreshed both, still on login screen and still saying logged in. Pressed "Back" on IR screen and refreshed, now said "currently logged in as Gausie" on thread list, and works as normal. Same in TR. Never actually logged in again.

It was wild.