Comments on: MarketWatch Revamp

By: redqid

redqid — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:26:38 +0000

Well, I really hate the new marketwatch layout. Might be pretty, but my time is limited and I find it presents information poorly.

* The little map of the world so I can see which mkts are open is silly. Same for making the date so huge.
* The pictures of the commentary columnists are enormous.
* The Stock Sentiment section which registers Marketwatch member votes, gets more space and bigger type than the latest news headlines which are puny.
* The rotating headlines in the upper right feature some stupid commets from Marketwatch members : “AIG will continue to spin off until it spins into its grave with our tax money” OKAY
* Add some stories keep rotating for days
* And I cannot figure out why certain stories are place where they are. So disjointed.

Just detest the new look. I have been checking out Bloomberg.

By: leftback

leftback — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:12:57 +0000

Horrible redesign. Too busy, cramped. ADHD person’s dream. Gave up using it – bloomberg.com now far superior for the quick at-a-glance take on the markets. As mentioned above, seeing oil, gold and the 10-year as well as equities is a must. It is also hard to find the “calendar” of econ numbers which I used to find handy.

Blech….

By: Ny Stock Guy

Ny Stock Guy — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:55:30 +0000

Gotta admit, it looks nicer but has less useful info when you first load the page. The market section doesn’t automatically load anymore??? I like to see the 10 yr too. I started using google finance instead. I need facts and numbers. If I want opinions and analysis I can get that anywhere….

By: volcanohouse

volcanohouse — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:27:14 +0000

just a minor misspelling on intro: (enw new)
“I’ve been kicking around the enw site for the past week or so, and I have yet to come across any major user interface issue, or annoying design problems.”
Enjoy listening to your views.
Thank you

By: zyzy

zyzy — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:50:09 +0000

Interesting… i don’t like the new design at all. It “weights” more.
Too flashy, too much irrelevent information.
Everything is cramped together.
Especially i hate new charts. They removed the old functionality which i like a lot. New is – interesting, but i want a combination of old and new …
Page is not long, but it’s huge.

on another hand. I like easy (easier) access to major sections – “Investing, Front Page, News etc ).

Well – so many people…

By: usphoenix

usphoenix — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:28:10 +0000

BR:Nice of you to lead with the gas price chart.

Ah, it is that time of year. Again.

So who really is turning the crank? I mean we’re all getting screwed. And why should who be such a
mystery?

Maybe Mongo’s new regs will sort it all out for us. NOT.

By: TripleB

TripleB — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:11:28 +0000

Pet Peeve on the revamp – they round the daily change in the indices. Give me back the values after the decimal point!

By: firewalker1111

firewalker1111 — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:36:06 +0000

I can’t seem to get to the options chain for SPY on their revamped site. I used to use it all the time- back to yahoo i guess…

By: Wes Schott

Wes Schott — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:54:37 +0000

snapshot – good one, Evans-Pritchard does some good reporting IMHO.

Guess I better not go short the long bond, as previously planned.

By: snapshot

snapshot — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:42:52 +0000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/5339435/Asia-will-author-its-own-destruction-if-it-triggers-a-crisis-over-US-bonds.html

Speaking of bonds….

“Ambrose Evans-Pritchard “Asis will author its own destruction if it triggers a crisis over US bonds”