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If people use feedback center and vote for fixes and suggestions then
I think Tomasz would have a good idea on how to prioritize his time.
>From my perspective I hope he does not spend a second on the stuff
that you are complaining about. They have no relevance to my work. I
much prefer to see enhancements to AA.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@xxx> wrote:
>
> Tomasz,
>
> I am very aware of the limitations of one person --I have that
problem
> myself --just ask my wife.
> I waited a long time and considered carefully before posting the
> original post here.
> I was trying to be careful to mention only those things that are a
> real problem that are affecting my ability to earn a living
trading
> with AB.
>
> There are many things that I would like to see added to AFL, and
there
> are some bugs that are rare and difficult to reproduce or things
that
> I can work around, but the things mentioned here are those that
affect
> everyone to some degree and are also an embarrassment to me
personally
> when I recommend AB to others who rely on studies.
>
> I am satisfied when you say that you will look into the matter now
> that I have stated my case for the need.
> I invited others to comment so that we would know if my needs are
> unique and therefore of lower priority for you, and in case I
missed
> an important point. I know when you look into an area, you like
to
> take care of several things at once if possible.
>
> Everyone appreciates ALL you do for your users.
>
> Sometimes you need to have well organized feedback (and not just
> random pot shots all mixed together) to make sense of the
synergistic
> affects of many related subjects so you can gage how to pick which
> things will have the most beneficial effects for your customer
friends.
>
> Just relax and let this thread play out so that all the issues in
this
> particular one can be understood. Then you can decide what should
be
> done and what priority to give it. I am doing this in a helpful
frame
> of mind, but with a real feeling of need on my part.
>
> Best regards,
> Dennis
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Tomasz Janeczko wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > You people don't seem to realise that I am THE ONLY PERSON who
works
> > on AmiBroker code.
> > The day has only 24 hours and one person has only two hands.
> > Now if even few people ouf of 8000 users submit "ideas" everyday,
no
> > matter what I do I can not implement
> > them IMMEDIATELLY.
> >
> > And no, I can not hire 2 more programmers because then I would
need
> > to rise the cost of the program 3 times
> > and then everyone would scream that it is too expensive and will
> > walk away. Then it would mean the end of product.
> >
> > So, considering that I am the ONLY DEVELOPER of AmiBroker and
wrote
> > everything from scratch with my own hands, I can say that:
> > a) I am doing more than anyone in this business to make
customers
> > happy
> > b) I am implementing MORE features/user requests/ideas than
anyone
> > else in this business
> > c) I am going an extra mile with responding PERSONALLY on the
public
> > mailing list to many of your posts.
> >
> > I can not do MORE than I am doing now. It is physically
impossible
> > for anyone.
> >
> > So, if I tell you that I am going to check things, I will do
that,
> > but this is all subject to TIME and PHYSICAL ABILITY constraints.
> >
> > Pushing the string does not help at all. It makes things worse.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: wavemechanic
> > To: AmiBroker, User
> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 2:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Study Charting dare I say bugs...
> >
> > Dennis:
> >
> > I completely agree with your overall assessment and know that at
> > least several users also completely or partially agree but may
or
> > may not respond - so you are not alone. Much has been said
through
> > the years on the Yahoo board/AB website/support mail about bugs,
> > "clunkiness", and desired/necessary features. Because of the
type
> > of problems that you mentioned (I am also indicator mode
oriented),
> > I use the EOD version of AB and then only at "half throttle"
because
> > my applications and programming needs are not as extensive as
that
> > of a number of other AB users. Like you, I use broker supplied
and
> > personal software for RT streaming and charting studies
(no "shoe"
> > fits all). These issues, however, are not restricted to AB as
> > evidenced by a recent review on another board where the user
> > compared AB/Metastock/Tradestation/Blocks and ended up (as I
> > understand) with a Blocks package that includes
charting/streaming
> > data/EOD data/backtesting/useful standard features - so things
are
> > evolving.
> >
> > Bill
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dennis Brown
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:12 AM
> > Subject: [amibroker] Study Charting dare I say bugs...
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> > AmiBroker is a wonderful program for many things. In fact I use
only
> > a fraction of its total capability for my trading style. I trade
only
> > single ticker (futures) real time and write whole trading systems
just
> > in AFL in indicator mode. This is actually more like the
traditional
> > chart trading that is offered by many brokers.
> >
> > I would expect that AB, which supports all these functions as a
very
> > basic operating mode would be at least as good as other charting
> > programs.
> >
> > However, even though the fundamental operations are there (and I
think
> > potentially better), the interface (either design or
implementation
> > bugs --I don't know which) has made it hard for me to use this
product
> > for drawing even basic lines on the charts while trading. In
fact, I
> > need a second chart from my broker's application open to the same
> > ticker just so I can draw lines where I want them even though AB
would
> > be superior at this if it were not for the bugs. This has been
going
> > on with me for over a year now and it is costing me.
> >
> > I have other trading friends that I have recommended try AB in the
> > last week, and I am embarrassed to think what they will say to me
when
> > they figure out that these basic features don't work properly. I
have
> > actually refrained from recommending AB to them for quite a
while --
> > hoping these things would be fixed first.
> >
> > I don't know how many other traders are frustrated by the same
bugs,
> > but if you are, please join the conversation so that Tomasz knows
that
> > this is important to you also and perhaps we can get some higher
> > priority on getting the study charting to work properly.
> >
> > Here is a short list of my frustrating bugs --there are others on
the
> > suggestions and bug lists, but I am only pointing out the ones
that
> > cost profits by either making it very slow to do a simple
operation
> > that makes one lose the trade opportunity, or creates frustration
and
> > emotion which takes one out of the trading "Zone", or makes the
line
> > drawn correctly to become inaccurate causing one to miss the
trigger
> > point for a trade. If I have missed any that you feel are
costing you
> > profits (not the nice to have pretty things) than please add them
to
> > the conversation.
> >
> > #726. Handles from a selected study line are not respected.
Often
> > several lines are anchored or pass through the same pivot points.
> > Price levels, Trend lines, Forks, Fibs, etc., often use a common
pivot
> > point. However, as a trade progresses, new pivots become more
> > important and the lines need to be adjusted in real time. It is
easy
> > to select a study just by clicking on it in a spot where it is
unique,
> > and the handles will appear along the line. However, unlike any
other
> > charting program I have ever used, clicking and dragging on the
> > visible handle will not usually work properly if any other study
> > crosses very close to that handle. The problem is that AB will
grab
> > the earliest drawn study and not the selected one --it will un-
select
> > the one you selected and select the oldest one and drag it
instead.
> > After playing around for a few valuable seconds trying to grab the
> > right line, I end up having to move the whole line away from its
> > current location and reposition all its handles. Very
frustrating and
> > takes the time and concentration away from the trading action.
> >
> > #728. Horizontal price levels do not stay horizontal. The
horizontal
> > lines (price levels) do not snap to a bar with the magnet mode on.
> > They just are placed at the cursor level. However, if you click
on
> > the line, it jumps to an angled line that snaps to the bar on the
left
> > side of the screen. Its operation is just bizarre and causes
errors
> > in placement of the price level after the fact. Completely
> > unacceptable behavior for trading.
> >
> > #890. Study handles change when off screen. Lets say you have
the
> > magnet on and are zoomed out and draw a trend line between two
peaks.
> > Next you zoom in on the trading action so that only the right hand
> > handle is visible on the chart. Now say the prices have advanced
to a
> > new peak and you need to adjust the right handle to the new peak
(this
> > is a very common occurrence). Most of the time, that handle that
is
> > off screen jumps to a new bar position and is no longer on the
peak
> > you selected. Of course that changes the slope of the trend line
to
> > the wrong one, but you never know it when trading and you end up
> > placing bad breakout trades because the line is in the wrong place
> > now. Completely unacceptable behavior for trading.
> >
> > #990. Drag shadow is on the wrong bar. When dragging a study,
there
> > is a thin "shadow" line that shows which bar you have dragged the
> > handles to. However, when the mouse is released, the study gets
moved
> > to a different bar than the one indicated by the shadow. This
wastes
> > valuable time with two or three attempts to figure out which
wrong bar
> > to put the shadow on to get the study to go where you want it.
This
> > is an annoyance.
> >
> > And here is one more that I just found today. If I draw trend
lines
> > on a one minute bar snapped to peaks, then switch to a 5 minute
view,
> > the trend lines are shown on the wrong 5 minute bars. And heaven
help
> > me if I select the line in that view, because it will snap to
these
> > wrong bars.
> >
> > There you have my short list. Please speak up if these issues
affect
> > you.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
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> >
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> > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
> >
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> >
> > For other support material please check also:
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > 6/19/2008 3:21 PM
> >
>
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