On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 09:49 AM, Benoit Hediard wrote: > If you want to see what can be done with Flash for stocks/trading, you > should have a look to this app : > http://marketrac.nyse.com/mt/ >
Interesting... won't work on any of my Mac browsers (IE, Safari, Mozilla) > I think it is Flash5 based... pretty impressive... > It should be even faster if it was done with FlashMX. > > The example always shown by MM is the E*Trade stock quote widget. > https://us.etrade.com/e/t/invest?traxui=F_HV ("flashlet" on the right) > This appears to be static -- the java applet at scottrader is dynamic with streaming data. > There is a small sample applications in DRK1 called "Stock Services > Library" > that allow you to easily retrieve and display historical stock > information > within Macromedia Flash MX : > http://www.macromedia.com/software/drk/productinfo/product_overview/ > volume1/ > additional_resources.html#1 > http://www.macromedia.com/software/drk/productinfo/product_overview/ > volume1/ > flash_remote_article.html > These, too, appear to be static -- using historical data > I haven't seen the java applet from scotttrader.com but a Flash-based > app > should definitely offer a much better end results (portability, UI, > experience...). > If you have the time, Benoit, take a few moments and register for the java applet at: https://www.scottrader.com/Agreements/Register.asp I'd like to hear what you think after seeing the applet. No pain & they will not spam or high-pressure you. The key is the use and display of dynamic real-time data. TIA Dick > Benoit Hediard > www.benorama.com > >> -----Message d'origine----- >> De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Envoy� : lundi 16 juin 2003 18:12 >> � : CF-Talk >> Objet : SOT Flash vs Java Applet to display streaming data >> >> >> Not exactly CF, but there are lots of Flash users out there. >> >> Scotttrader at www.scotttrader.com provides a free java applet that >> allows you to monitor stock positions in real time. ( a more robust >> version of the java applet is available if you set up a Scottrade >> account). >> >> You can enter multiple lists of up to 10 stocks and it will display >> real time activity from some sort of streaming feed. A stock ticker >> and other goodies are also available, but the real-time display of >> multiple stock positions is the most useful (and most impressive, >> challenging, etc). As each activity is posted to the spreadsheet-like >> form, the background color of each affected cell changes to reflect >> the >> plus or minus direction of the activity -- green = plus, red = minus, >> yellow = high or low for the day. Each cell changes color when the >> activity warrants. It is quite useful to see the colors and numbers >> ripple through the spreadsheet, every second, or so. >> >> In general it is fast and quite nice, but suffers from some of the >> common Java applet problems: >> >> -- works with only certain browser versions >> -- displays differently (incorrectly) in different browser versions >> -- does not play nicely with other browser windows. >> >> I was wondering if some of the Flash experts out there could answer >> some general questions: >> >> -- Could this be done with Flash? >> -- Would a Flash implementation perform as well, worse, better than >> the >> Java applet? >> >> If there is no performance penalty, a Flash implementation would >> appear >> to be a better solution. >> >> Just to throw something else into the pot, the "robust" version has an >> interactive tutorial that works just OK in Java, but would be a >> natural >> for Flash. >> >> Thoughts >> >> Dick >> >> P.S. MACR was up .25 to $20.80 at last look! >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
