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StockTicker 0.5.1

What is this?

This is an extension for Firefox, Mozilla and Thunderbird that shows your favorite stocks in a customized ticker.

You can view the ticker in your status bar, toolbar element (Firefox), sidebar, or from Tools > StockTicker > View All.

How do I add stocks?
  1. Click Tools > StockTicker > Edit
  2. Enter stock symbol in the text field
  3. Click Add Symbol
  4. If the symbol is valid, it adds it to the list.
General Options
Ticker Speed
This is the number of seconds a single stock shows before the next stock appears in the ticker
Stock Updates
This sets the frequency in which the ticker updates it the stock values.

Display Options
Show ticker in status bar
When this is checked, the ticker will appear in the status bar
Colors
You can set the color of the ticker text to show what the stock is doing (Up, Down or No Change)

Details Site

In this tab you can specify where to go when you view the details about a symbol in the ticker. Enter any url and place a '$' where the stock symbol needs to be.


Screen Shots

Stock Tickers Edit Stock Ticker View all stock symbols



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Version History
v 0.5
09/07/2004
  • Added ability to customize stock update speed
  • Display last stock update time
  • Fixed ALL speed issues
v 0.4
08/12/2004
  • Added sidebar
  • More speed issue fixes
v 0.3
07/28/2004
  • Fixed browser speed issues
v 0.2
07/23/2004

v 0.1
06/20/2004
  • Launched with basic functionality