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A UI for the Ripple payment network built using web technologies
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Confusing orderbook. #193

Closed LudvigOeberg closed 11 years ago

LudvigOeberg commented 11 years ago

Hi! I think the order book as it stands right now is confusing and needs to be changed for easier adoption. As it stand right now you have the 6 columns Sum Amount Bid Ask Amount Sum

This seems confusing, I think that the column ask/bid should be renamed or changed to something like price per unit and/or add a total amount column where price per unit is timed by the amount off that order.

Otherwise it's hard to tell if the ask/bid is the total amount wanted for that sum or if it's the price per unit.

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vhpoet commented 11 years ago

@elilang what do you think?

justmoon commented 11 years ago

The bid/ask columns are the standard display format for Level II trading data: http://learn.advfn.com/index.php?title=Level_II

Basically every finance textbook, forex or stock trading software or website will display it this way. (e.g. Nasdaq, XETRA, NYSE etc.)

I'm all for making it more user-friendly, but let's stick with industry standards if possible.

Also please keep in mind that the Trade page at least for now is meant as a proof-of-concept, not a practical implementation. We expect traders will write their own bots and clients. End users won't trade, they will have a simplified "currency conversion" feature which simply executes at market.

LudvigOeberg commented 11 years ago

Okay, if it's not for the regular user I understand why it is as it is. But for the average user it might be confusing.