Chip Anderson

Two Good Things Come to an End - Text and Dynamic P&F Charts

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We are removing our Text-based P&F charts and our Java-based Dynamic P&F charts from the site today.  Our graphical P&F charts will continue to work just like they always have.

The removal of our Java-based Dynamic P&F charts continues our progress towards a Java-free experience for our users.  Recent security issues with Java have caused us to accelerate our progress in removing/replacing our Java-based tools.  We recently replaced our Java-based PerfCharts and Yield Curve tools with HTML5-based equivalents.  (Expect that to happen to our MarketCarpet tool shortly.)  Unfortunately, the usage for our Java-based Dynamic P&F charting tool has been very low for years and so we've decided not to re-write it.

The decision to remove of our Text-based P&F charts was much more difficult.  We would love to keep that tool around however, unfortunately, it is based on out-dated technology that Microsoft no longer supports.  That technology has become a serious security concern for us and thus we made the difficult decision to shut down this popular P&F charting tool for now.  We have looked into several possible ways to move that program on newer, more secure servers but so far we haven't had any luck.  There is a small chance we will be able to rewrite that program at some point in the future as well.

The good news is that our graphical P&F charts do not have any of the problems/issues that these two other charts have.  Our Graphical P&F charts will remain an integral part of StockCharts.com for the foreseeable future.

If you feel strongly that we should bring back text-based P&F charts, please let us know by clicking on the following link and signing the online petition that we've created for this issue:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stockcharts-text-based-pf-charts/

- Chip

 

Chip Anderson
About the author: is the founder and president of StockCharts.com. He founded the company after working as a Windows developer and corporate consultant at Microsoft from 1987 to 1997. In this blog, Chip shares his tips and tricks on how to maximize the tools and resources available at StockCharts.com, and provides updates about new features or additions to the site. Learn More
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