Forex Clock: Live Feed Session Times.

Hello World.

The following is an email I received from a gentleman by the name of Paul Cohen.

I have been working with him {via the web} for the past month or so in trying to develope a NEW CLOCK which would be more in tune with the Global Forex Markets as opposed to just an international clock or even one designed to accommodate Stock Traders. {Which he has on the same Web page btw.}

It is not completed just yet so you still have time to request some changes to it. Especially if you notice an error, that you can confirm, in the trading times. I just watched it as London closed and the countdown time was flashing Red as it got close to Zero. I like that idea.

He is looking for some feedback on his efforts to date and as such, requested that I publish it. Please check it out and respond with any feedback to this thread.


The email
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Hi Bill

I now have a prototype running at www.worldmarkethours.com/forex/d . Or you can go to www.worldmarkethours.com/forex and hit on the link to the floating desktop display.

I would like to get the data for Hong Kong and any other market at put it on the big display. What I plan to do is give the user the ability to select which markets to show on the floating desktop. Then he/she will be able to save this information in a cookie, and go directly to a customized floating display each time the site is opened. Other than structuring my database to contain the necessary additional data, I have not implemented this. Note that on my original World Stock Market display, I have built-in such sub setting.

I would like some feedback, so you can run with what I now have.

I expect to have to return to Los Angeles later this week, and I do not think that I will not be able to do anything else for the next two to three weeks.

Paul
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TIA guys.

WOW great clock this is what i'm looking for all this time Thank you for building her. cool

If you have checked out the websit, you may have noticed that there is a dead spot between N. Am. Close and AUS Open of one hour. I don't beleive this can be true.

Any suggestions on what needs to be altered there would be appreciated.

B

Very nice!! If you click on details it opens a window that also shows the holidays.

Do you have a better link?

Both of those websites seemed to take forever and I am on a cable access.

Tried them again and neither page comes up.

Thanks for the feed back Guys. I'll pass it along to Paul.

I'm not sure if the site is dragging its butt because it is still being worked on {I know nothing about building a website. MD, perhaps he was working on it when you tried } But I will ask him if anything can be done about that.

B

Well i can load the page and use it nicely having no problem these far

Yeah, if you look at the post it was yesterday it wasn't loading.

It is loading today.

Re Slow Load;

I think Paul half expected this. He was actually concerned about the possable numbers I gave him of webpage hits straining his server. As such he previously mentioned that, "If that were the case, he would make it a small downloadable Software Package."

Remember. He hasn't finished it yet. He just needs to know if it is something that would fly. Now is the time to make it right so speak up.

I like it. The only thing that I don't like is that it is way too big. It needs to be much much much smaller. You need to be able to squeeze it on a very crowded screen so it doesn't get in your way. In its present form, it is just too big.

Simon

I had to reply.
I love this thing. I grabbed it when I first saw the link, but as far as taking up room I have it set as a desktop item on my desktop. So, its basically a little rectangle on my background that I can watch.

Very nifty

Previously when I spoke to Paul, I mentioned that I tried grabbing the lower right corner of the floating desktop and dragged it down and left.

I was hoping that I would get a tall version with N.Am at the top.

Paul said that may be do-able but not for the next week or so as he has to head out of town.

I told him right from the outset that screen space was a very valuable commodity to a trader and that he should make it as small as poss but still readable.

I'm not sure if he requires it to be the size it is for some reason, but I will mention it again.

B