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eSignal 11 Beta - Posted: 07-16-2010 12:24 AM  | Report | IP: Logged |
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Hello Beta Testers,
I'm pleased to announce the availability of eSignal 11 Beta! This next step in eSignal 11's development is a big milestone for the product, and we're excited to get even more testers looking at it. As we’re heading closer and closer towards 11.0’s release, we are focusing our efforts on bug fixes and usage tweaks, so feedback along these lines is the most helpful. Feature requests are always welcome and are best funneled to our Suggestion Box or posted as a new thread on the Beta Forum.
Where We're At
This is an official Beta, so our major features are in the product now and the product is more stable than previous Preview releases. That being said, this is Pre-Release software and unexpected behavior may be present (we'd actually love to hear about it too!) Here's how this stacks up:
eSignal 11 Beta
One of the key new features is the addition of a Research Window, a fantastic expansion to the amount of content available to all eSignal Premier and higher users. There are also a number of suggested enhancements present as well as fixes.
eSignal 11 Beta
New Features
- Initial implementations of Back Testing and Strategy Analyzer have been added
- Research Window has been added; content based on entitlements
- Duplicate Page functionality has been implemented
- Connection Server fields have been added for technical support and QA testing
- Formula Output window has been added for increased EFS support
Enhancements / Fixes:
- Hibernate functionality added for Chart and Market Depth windows
- Default Pages updated to include additional window types
- Candlestick width improved when zoomed in / increasing bar spacing
- NSE Options are now working as expected
- Bid Edge and Ask Edge fields are now calculating correctly
- Mirror Column mode in Option Chain improved to better match 10.6
- MACD "Line with Histogram" style is now drawing correctly
- Default “Up Direction Color” in Frost theme has been improved to increase readability
- Option Chain symbol linking is now working
- Level 2 and TotalView has been added for ARCX Market Depth
- Right-clicking a Page tab now correctly impacts that tab
- Most recent bar is now showing if Right Margin is set to 0
- OHLC values are now aligned correctly when inserting additional symbols on charts
- Unchecking Show Scrollbars option no longer changes a window’s size
- Track Time and Price (synchronized scrolling) now works only on selected charts
- Insert Symbol dialog has been improved to allow multiple symbols to be entered more easily
- When not typing in a symbol, the Spacebar moves focus down a Watch List or Hot List; Shift + Space goes up
- Envelope and Bollinger studies Percent parameter increased to 3 decimals
- List of languages is now localized, i.e. Italiano, Deutsch
- Chart’s crosshair drawing speed has been increased
- Right-click context menu has been improved for EFS studies
- Volume plots no longer gets inverted when a large top margin is set
- Extended Hours Change is now working as expected
- "Trade Form T" renamed to “Extended Hours Last”
- Tick/Closed/Settlement field is once against displaying correctly
- Day Trading Action study (FuturesLiveHigh5.efs) has been updated by vendor request
- Overlay-order of ADX in Directional Movement has been improved
- Overlay-order of Histogram in MACD has been improved
- Overlay-order of bands in all Built-in Studies has been improved
- Insert Study dialog box does not not update : fixed, confirmed
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eSignal 11 Preview 2 - Posted: 06-01-2010 09:33 PM | Report | IP: Logged |
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JayF
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Hi all,
First off, we have a new version of the eSignal 11 Preview to share today, but before we get onto those details, I wanted to thank all the great contributors thus far on the eSignal Beta Testing forum and in our suggestion box. The amount of feedback and excitement about the first preview eSignal 11 has been fabulous; the development team is really looking forward to the future and sharing more and more windows and features.
Where We're At
This next version is still in a preview state; that is, not all features are implemented for the 11.0 release, and there is a fair potential of a crash or other unexpected behavior. In our "developer-speak", a preview is a pre-beta...a version or two before the beta. Here's what this looks like:
eSignal 11 Preview 2
We've added a number of improvements to this new version including a new Option Chain window, 5 more languages (total of 8 now), undo / redo for all windows, and a number of smaller enhancements, bug fixes, etc.
eSignal 11 Preview 2 Download
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Release Notes
- Hibernation is now correctly handled for all windows and tabs
- Continuous Contracts (1!) no longer freezes the application under certain conditions
- Auto-scale is now working correctly in sub-graphs
- Detail Window has been improved for Frost theme
- Tick-based intervals have been added
- Trade menu has been added but is still a work in progress
- News Window’s look has been improved
- News Window now has a mouse-over tooltip for long headlines
- Splash Screen now shows the loaded page name
- Properties Windows no longer gets stuck above the visible area under certain conditions
- Watch List now shows market indicators such as delayed, halted, etc.
- Symbol linking when entering new symbols in a Watch List is now working
- Horizontal and vertical grid selections are available for the Chart Window
- Grid behavior has been improved during y-axis scaling
- When switching from Docking to Standard modes, windows are once again aligning correctly
- Time-stamps and Auto Time Templates for indexes are now working correctly
- Daily bar’s timestamp is no longer offset 1 hour
- efsInternal() now works in FunctionLibrary
- Inserted symbols/intervals are now aligned properly
- Option Chain has its preliminary prototype in place, however many features are not yet complete (i.e. mirrored columns, correct column placement, symbol linking.)
- Undo / Redo support has been added to charts
- Preliminary translations are in place for German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese. If you speak one of these languages, let us know what you think!
- News window mouse-over no longer persists when switching windows
- News window headlines now correctly show their read / unread status
- Update Sigma_Channels.efs for Hamzei Analytics
- Splash Screen, About Screen Logos have been updated
- "I'll Be Back" alert sound has been removed
- Page mode has been renamed to Window mode to better describe its function
- Minute-based intraday intervals no longer show the seconds field
- Delay indicator has been added as a super-script as well as mouse-over icons for “Fast Market”, “Halted”, “Delinquent”, “Deficient”
- Price Study now remembers its scale when moved between main chart and sub-graph
- Undo/redo actions added to chart
- Cursor window no longer shows n/a when right of the most recent bar
- efsInternal() now works in EFS FunctionLibrary
- Clickable Headline Count has been added
- Deleting a dismissed alert no longer crashes the application
- Page Mode renamed to Window Mode
- Changing Window mode no longer changes window positions
- Track Time and Price now only works on selected charts only
- Track Time and Price is now off by default
- Market Depth window no longer converts 1! symbols to specific month/year symbol
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Jay F.
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eSignal 11 Preview - Posted: 03-31-2010 11:25 PM | Report | IP: Logged |
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JayF
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We are excited to share with you an all-new version of eSignal that takes advantage of a number of technical advances in software development. eSignal 11 isn't just an upgrade from the previous version; it has been written from the ground up to give eSignal a modern look and feel. eSignal 11 offers many new, long-awaited features, such as tabbed pages, drag-and-drop functionality, a simplified interface and so much more.
A special preview version of eSignal 11 is now available for download at the link below and can be installed and run at the same time as eSignal 10.6 with little downside. Please keep in mind that this version is an early look at eSignal 11; a pre-beta, if you will. Not all functionality is present compared to eSignal 10.6 and there are known issues with the software.
eSignal 11 Preview Download
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Feedback
Please post your comments, questions, and suggestions to the eSignal Beta Testing Forum or by dropping a note in the Ideas Suggestion Box.
Product Overview
Themes
Simply put, a theme provides the look for the new eSignal. From the colors of the menus and toolbars to the default schemes of each window type, a theme sets the tone for how the whole application appears. Take, for example, the "Frost" theme shown here:
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We expect that the full launch later this year will contain approximately four to six themes, with the eventual plan being to open this up for users to create their own themes as well.
Tabbed Pages
We have had a long-standing request to include the ability to support multiple pages within eSignal. We knew, at the start, that this would be a powerful feature, and it was simply a must-have. Using this feature is as simple as clicking the "+" along the bottom to create a New Page or by clicking on the eS icon and then Open Page. A new tab will appear at the bottom of eSignal 11 with the name of the page you've selected.
Enhanced Pages
Have you ever been building a page in eSignal and tried to get the windows lined up just right? It can be a frustrating endeavor, especially with many windows. eSignal 11 makes this simple with its Docking mode, which automatically lines up windows and allows the user to adjust the size of each. For those who prefer more control, the Standard page mode allows complete freedom of window movement.
With Docking mode, moving windows around is just as easy as dragging a window to a new location; all the other windows just adjust to the new location automatically. You can even drag a window out of the page…popping out windows is now just that easy! Ctrl + Drag brings a detached window back into eSignal 11.
One simple nicety of Windows 7 that has proven to be a success is the ability to quickly see what each item is along a tabbed bar. eSignal 11's Page tabs do exactly this by popping up a small preview pane when your mouse hovers over a tab.
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Designing a Watch List
Many of eSignal's window types have very similar features that duplicate common functions (i.e., Quote, Summary, Portfolio, Hot List). Throughout the design of the new application, we looked at where windows could come together and meld into one cohesive, easy-to-use window. The new Watch List window does exactly this and more.
The following image shows Hot Lists and Sector Lists inserted into a list of other symbols and all sorted by volume. Each section is separated by a comment, which enables the user to quickly collapse any symbol list into one row as it is with the Materials sector.
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Hot List Window
For those who may still be using the Leaders window (pre-10.5 builds), a look at Hot Lists will show you that these pre-built scans search the markets to identify the best trading opportunities and update them automatically every 30 seconds. In addition to the traditional gainers, losers and volume lists found in the Leaders window, the Hot Lists window features unique scans, such as Unusual Volume, Most Volatile and Trade Rate Hot Lists.
In eSignal 11, two unique aspects to the way Hot Lists are implemented include fully customizable columns and a function that allows you to roll Hot Lists into an existing Watch List window.
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Time & Sales
Functionally speaking, the Time & Sales window is almost identical to the 10 series, but with enough usability differences to bring that "oh, wow" feeling. A great example of this is a new drop-down tray used for filtering. With a quick left click, all the filters slide down, so you can get at the data you need fast.
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Market Depth Preview
You can see a striking difference between the new window shown above and the existing eSignal Market Depth window.
By default, the window is using the more modern vertical style that most traders now prefer, known as the "Dome mode". The traditional view is, of course, still present for those who prefer that style. Further, the default background colors draw the eye to the inside market (where the ask and bid prices meet in the middle), and the bid / ask histograms really "pop" to make it clear which market maker (MMID) has the greatest size.
Functionally, the former data buttons along the bottom are gone in favor of a more intuitive drop-down menu at the top, which natively knows exactly what types of depth data are available for each symbol.
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Language Packs
Embracing our global marketplace is another goal for the next generation of our products, and eSignal 11 does just that with its new language packs. In essence, this is a way to use eSignal in a different language altogether! Each word or phrase within the application has an identifier associated with it, so it is simply a matter of mapping each text piece with a translated version of that same word. Our initial goal is to go out the door with 4 - 5 different languages and grow up to 10+ languages in the following quarters of 2010.
Undo / Redo
The ability to undo a mistake is such an essential feature being added to the all-new eSignal. One unique twist on eSignal 11's implementation is how tasks tracked by the Undo / Redo feature are organized by window. This allows the user to back out of errors made earlier in the day without having to back out of everything.
For instance, I may have entered a bunch of symbols in my Watch List earlier in the morning and have done a lot of work in charts throughout the day. Later that afternoon, I discover that I deleted a few symbols in my Watch List by accident. I don't have to back out of all the chart window work I did subsequently, to undo the symbol deletes. Instead, with a few Ctrl+Z presses on my Watch List, I have everything back to where it was because the Undo / Redo is tracked separately from Charts.
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Chart Window -- Old and New
Just as with the Watch List, our goal for the Chart window is, ultimately, to combine the majority of all graphical windows from the eSignal 10 series into one cohesive area. While we are working on this integration, many of the key features from the Advanced Charting in eSignal 10.6 will be in eSignal 11. Other areas of Advanced Charting will be re-introduced into the eSignal 11 series in future releases.
Because eSignal 11 is a separate installation from eSignal 10.6, it will have no impact on your pre-eSignal 11 installation.
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Regards,
Jay F.
Product Manager
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Have a suggestion to improve our products?
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