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Title: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: MTerzza on June 13, 2011, 09:15:13 PM
Hello All,
I'd like to share my Chrome extension with you:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bkjcngcenokaadmhbmcokmkanjibmmje?hl=en (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bkjcngcenokaadmhbmcokmkanjibmmje?hl=en)

It displays current market price information, directly in your browser.
Prices are currently from MTGox and BritCoin. They update once a minute, and also, whenever you click on the extension icon.

Comments and suggestions for improvements welcome.

Enjoy!


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: yont on June 13, 2011, 10:26:12 PM
oh sht this is pretty nice


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: flug on June 13, 2011, 10:34:56 PM
This is great!

Remember to put one of your bitcoin addresses in your signature for donations


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: MTerzza on June 13, 2011, 10:45:10 PM
Thanks guys.

@flug There is one on the extension's page, but I've added one to my signature too. Any donations would be appreciated.


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: hawks5999 on June 13, 2011, 11:21:34 PM
Looks good. I'm running it side by side with Mt. Gox Peek to see who keeps up the best :)


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: tymothy on June 13, 2011, 11:23:01 PM
This is cool. What's the refresh rate? Could you put in a hyperlink to the exchanges when someone clicks on the extension icon for faster access?


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: torbank on June 13, 2011, 11:28:06 PM
Comments and suggestions for improvements welcome.

Nice work. The only suggestion I have is to indicate somehow whether the price is higher or lower than the previous close.


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: MTerzza on June 13, 2011, 11:32:50 PM
Refresh rate is currently every 60 seconds (it also refreshes every time you click the icon). I might make this configurable in the next update.
Links to the exchanges is a nice idea too.

As for the higher/lower idea, do you think a small graph in the pop-up window might give a clearer sense of the current market trend?
Maybe change the icon's colour based on the difference between the current rate and the average over the last 24hours or so?


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: jibjabz on June 14, 2011, 12:27:15 AM
Not a big deal, but my preferred display would be "last" price.

Also, the price doesn't quite fit on mine. I can screenshot if you want, but mine is displaying:
19.9'
I think that last part is the cut-off part of a 7.


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: AreYouCereal on June 14, 2011, 04:43:37 AM
This is fricing sweet man :o Gonna send you something as soon as I have more than 0.02 I got from faucet :)


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: 1248 on June 14, 2011, 05:00:38 AM
I have to say, that's mighty cool.  Using about the same amount of ram as ultimate Chrome flags; ill think ill be using this for a while.


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: MTerzza on June 18, 2011, 04:48:55 PM
Just had a bit of time to update the extension. The update is live in the Chrome Web Store now, if you're already using it, you should get the upgrade soon.

What's new in Version 0.3:

  • Added new traders (now: MTGox, TradeHill, Bitomat and BritCoin)
  • Clickable links to the traders (directly from the popup)
  • A few under-the-hood improvements

@jibjabz The amount of text on the badge is limited by Chrome I'm afraid, so can't do much about that (other than making it scroll, but I don't think that's a good idea :-)

If you're using this, please consider a donation. Chome Web Store currently reports 131 users, but I've only received 0.01BTC (thanks, whoever you are).

I'm currently working on some more features, I'll update this thread when they're ready.

Keep up the comments/requests/suggestions.

Enjoy!


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: thefussydutchman on June 18, 2011, 04:52:11 PM
Thanks this sounds good.


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: imperi on June 18, 2011, 04:57:58 PM
I'd have to browse through the source code in my extensions folder to make sure it doesn't have trojans, but seems cool.


Title: Re: Live BTC Market Prices (Chrome Extension)
Post by: MTerzza on June 18, 2011, 05:04:00 PM
@imperi : Very wise of you. Feel free to browse. I've done my best to keep the code readable.