Ask HN: Has anyone at Google worked on Google Finance in the past 7 years?

17 points·throwaway52934··12 comments

Seriously. The product still uses the same garbage flash-based charts. I seriously doubt there's been any meaningful updates to it in years.

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I don't think so. It has serious problems, in that it will fail to show data if there's a non linearity that seems severe enough. I've had problems charting stocks that have had a gap up or down, clicking on 1 mo / 3 mo / 6 mo just gets stuck on some random time boundary. Or worse, sometimes it displays the wrong data.

Seeking alpha is a great site you might look at. They also have mobile apps and user generated content. seekingalpha.com

Anyone have anything they use that's better?

For charts I use Tradingview.

I use Trading View too. Even their free plan is great.

Finally a modern one, thanks!

When I need quick access to data without the hassle of logging in to my trading platform I usually go to Finviz. The charts aren't that helpful but the data and screener are excellent.

I like Seeking Alpha. The app is pretty decent.

Try Finviz.

I check Google finance each day at work. huge opportunity for improvement

Is there any reason why you use google finance specifically? Does it have some unique information or view of the data?

Someone has as they did close down the app at some point a few years ago.

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