What's new? (Version History)

Changes since 0.7.4 - Recommended Update

Released on February 16th 2011
  • Fixed - Memory leaks with news feeds

Changes since 0.7.3 - Express Bug Fix

Released on February 14th 2011
  • New - Graphs for 1 day, 5 days and 1 year added
  • Fixed - Missing symbol names. Yahoo! Finance service has become unreliable and is failing consistently. Appropriate handling has been added to ignore incorrect data.

Changes since 0.7.2 - Feature And Recommended Update

Released on February 12th 2011
  • New - News feeds from both Yahoo and Google for symbols and even currencies
  • New - Show multiple symbols/rates (max 4) in the menu bar
  • New - Ability to change font size for menu bar display
  • Fixed - Fixed preferences window opening behind other windows
  • Fixed - Fixed graph fetch intervals: in some cases graphs appear to be stuck
  • Fixed - Random application exits due to a memory leak

Changes since 0.7.0 - Major Update

Released on February 3rd 2011
  • Improved - Overall stability and performance has been improved
  • New - New look and branding
  • Fixed - Moved to the new Yahoo Finance API url
  • Fixed - Rates would not cycle in menu bar if no symbols have been added
  • Fixed - Currency Calculator resize handling
  • Fixed - Missing % symbol when percentage change option view selected

Changes since 0.6.2 - Recommended Update

Released on November 28th 2010
  • New - Alert Logs - All alerts are now maintained in the logs (based on user request)
  • Improved - Preferences UI has been completely revamped
  • Fixed - Charts do not refresh for certain symbols

Changes since 0.6.1 - New Feature Update

Released on July 6th 2010
  • New! - Realtime updates across all exchanges using Google Finance API
    Note: You will need to remove and add your stocks again using the Google Finance API symbol names as Yahoo Finance symbol names may not be compatible
  • New - Support to set user defined colors of stocks based on change (based on user request)
  • New - Support to show exchange rates in menu bar (based on user request)
  • Fixed - Absence of growl framework could crash the application in some rare scenarios

Changes since 0.6.0 - Major Update

Released on June 3rd 2010
  • New - Currency calculator: A full fledged currency calculator that can convert an amount in one currency into multiple others based on the latest exchange rates
  • New - Added support to add multiple stock symbols at once
  • New - Added support to show renamed name of stock symbol in menu bar
  • New - Added support to allow users to pause auto refresh
  • New - Status message added incase of loss of connectivity to API service provider
  • Fixed - Title in details window was always shown as "Google Systems (GOOG)"
  • Fixed - Timing issue while rotating symbols in menu bar which in some rare cases even lead to a crash
  • Fixed - Improved data fetch performance

Changes since 0.5.2 - Recommended Update

Released on March 24th 2010
  • New - Added support for Gold (XAU - Gold Ounces) for exchange rates
  • Fixed - Adding a new alert causes an exception

Changes since 0.5.1 - Recommended Update

Released on March 17th 2010
  • New - Clicking on the stock in the drop down menu shows complete details of the stock
  • Fixed - Auto update fails in some cases
  • Fixed - Unable to delete stock which does not exist with the provider

Changes since 0.5.0 - Major Update

Released on March 14th 2010
  • New - Realtime currency and foreign exchange rates
  • New - Stock charts
  • New - Auto update support
  • New - Symbol sort order support
  • Fixed - Several fixes and enhancements

Changes since 0.4.0 - First Public Release

Released on November 7th 2009