Hi all - Still a great fan of NT but feel many users do have a point and would like to add my 2 pennyworth to the message that is now, it seems, being shouted at you - keep seeing the next great release being touted by the NT team "but can't say too much about it." Well something would be nice, Apple didn't get to where they are today using this tactic, in fact it is the worst marketing tactic and would suggest to users that you do in fact have nothing, it is unnatural to not advertise/boast/market/promote your latest greatest product. Even Henry Ford did it and the only choice was black !! Please can you tell us on a separate read only thread, what we can expect. It only needs to be a list, nothing long winded or fancy and if it is indeed 'nothing' then that's fine as well, at least we can then make an informed decision - we have after all paid you for the product !
Most of the functionality people require is available either as a free download from this site or from a paid for 3rd party vendor. I'm sure all who are trading successfully can afford the fees most of these vendors ask for - but that aside I believe it is time that there was a list of new features/enhancements available to users/subscribers of the NT platform. Some simple examples would be open interest data handling - volume split between bid and ask - minimize or resize the basic DOM (if you trade with the monitor positioned in portrait for example I would want the DOM to fit horizontally across the screen rather than vertically down the side of it) - why doesn't NT start if the data providers server is down? (you have to turn your router off to start NT in this instance) - where is the list of suggestions previously made with their allocated 'suggestion numbers' and why isn't there an update for each one(even if it's not going to be implemented. We may stop suggesting it then!).
We appreciate that there is only so much money in the pot and the platform/3rd party vendor commissions constrain the budget - maybe it's time to look at a leased option at a reasonable price that will bring in regular revenue rather than a once off fee that has to then support users for eternity (This form of revenue requires you to have a consistent and continually brilliant reputation, which once tarnished ensures your demise). Maybe a set of leased indicators such as MP etc to generate revenue - the only other option I see for NT is selling your soul to a broker for exclusive rights and no one wants that - why not try going open source and get us all to help you - worked for Linux and their 30 million users. (I trade using VirtualBox on a Linux OS - TOS have a Linux platform - no one else has really filled this space yet ! (another suggestion)) As you can tell - I fear for the future of the platform that provides me with a daily income and maybe that is a consideration you should have - some of us are reliant on NT for our wages and a new platform means 'downtime'. Yes we could go elsewhere but that would sort of make the point of NT as a business - pointless ! We don't want to anyway - we want to see NT thrive and continue to succeed. So please listen, that's why we bother to let you know what our concerns are.
These are just a few of my gripes, nothing massive, but never the less frustrating. I'm sure many others have many more suggestions and of course, not all can be implemented, we are not daft and accept that NT can't be all things to all men but neither are we MUSHROOMS - so please don't keep us in the dark and feed us s*it !
Please add comments to this - but remember - please be polite the support guys do a great job and they are there for support, they are not the decision makers - this is meant for management to read !!
Most of the functionality people require is available either as a free download from this site or from a paid for 3rd party vendor. I'm sure all who are trading successfully can afford the fees most of these vendors ask for - but that aside I believe it is time that there was a list of new features/enhancements available to users/subscribers of the NT platform. Some simple examples would be open interest data handling - volume split between bid and ask - minimize or resize the basic DOM (if you trade with the monitor positioned in portrait for example I would want the DOM to fit horizontally across the screen rather than vertically down the side of it) - why doesn't NT start if the data providers server is down? (you have to turn your router off to start NT in this instance) - where is the list of suggestions previously made with their allocated 'suggestion numbers' and why isn't there an update for each one(even if it's not going to be implemented. We may stop suggesting it then!).
We appreciate that there is only so much money in the pot and the platform/3rd party vendor commissions constrain the budget - maybe it's time to look at a leased option at a reasonable price that will bring in regular revenue rather than a once off fee that has to then support users for eternity (This form of revenue requires you to have a consistent and continually brilliant reputation, which once tarnished ensures your demise). Maybe a set of leased indicators such as MP etc to generate revenue - the only other option I see for NT is selling your soul to a broker for exclusive rights and no one wants that - why not try going open source and get us all to help you - worked for Linux and their 30 million users. (I trade using VirtualBox on a Linux OS - TOS have a Linux platform - no one else has really filled this space yet ! (another suggestion)) As you can tell - I fear for the future of the platform that provides me with a daily income and maybe that is a consideration you should have - some of us are reliant on NT for our wages and a new platform means 'downtime'. Yes we could go elsewhere but that would sort of make the point of NT as a business - pointless ! We don't want to anyway - we want to see NT thrive and continue to succeed. So please listen, that's why we bother to let you know what our concerns are.
These are just a few of my gripes, nothing massive, but never the less frustrating. I'm sure many others have many more suggestions and of course, not all can be implemented, we are not daft and accept that NT can't be all things to all men but neither are we MUSHROOMS - so please don't keep us in the dark and feed us s*it !
Please add comments to this - but remember - please be polite the support guys do a great job and they are there for support, they are not the decision makers - this is meant for management to read !!
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