Wednesday, March 6, 2024

New version 2.0.22

 Hi y'all.

So looks like Yahoo are changing their website, which triggered a failure in free-stocks-ticker scraping data. For now, found a work-around and released new version. It is always possible to be blocked again in the future.

Download latest to fix issue (For now)

Cheers!

Monday, May 1, 2023

New version 2.0.21

 Added option to use Yahoo as the quote source, otherwise the source is MarketWatch. Option is available in 3rd tab of the options screen.

If using Yahoo, BTC-USD gets the bitcoin quote, if not BTCUSD gets it. 

Cheers!

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Release 2.0.20 available

 This release fixes today's changes to stock prices source.

Cheers!

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Crash on bad ticker symbol fixed, version 2.0.19 is out

 Got a report of a crash when a stock symbol is incorrect, it is now fixed, download version 2.0.19 to resolve.

Cheers!

S,

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Version 2.0.18 released

 What's new?

Updated the software to start showing quotes as soon as first quote info arrives and display info when still fetching. 

Download at side-bar or download page.

Cheers!

Friday, December 10, 2021

Version 2.0.17 released

 Changes:

* avoid flickers while updating quotes from new source

* reduce priority of downloader process to reduce system stalls

Cheers!

Friday, November 19, 2021

Good news/bad news/new installer released

 Hi everyone,

The main usage of the stocks ticker.... is to view stock quotes. And now, the free source from https://exchange.iex.io/ seems to have taken away the free access. Hopefully it is temporary. This allowed real time, rapid refresh.

Sorry. Like I always said - I make no promises and rely on 3rd party free access. For now, sad trombone and all.

I released a new version that reverts to slow and infrequent updates from a well known website. It is possible that in the future I will add the option to put in credentials for some 3rd party subscription - that way I'm still not collecting money from users, but users who wish can pay provider and then set the option to get data there.

Download 2.0.16 from this site through download page or the icon on the right column.

The software is still free... and if you don't donate (and I make no obligation if you do donate) - it will occasionally remind you to donate.

PS. it now takes a minute or so for the stocks to appear - based on the data source deliberate delayed response. 

Cheers!