Tag Archives: dynamic charts
Problem with the Inkling Markets chart widgets
When inserted in a WordPress blog post, they create a perturbation in the force —the size of the font of the webpage they are implemented in is slightly augmented. Case in point: look here, and spot the augmented horizontal menu bar.
No more Inkling Markets chart widgets on Midas Oracle until:
this problem is solved;
their chart widgets [...]
The Inkling Markets chart widgets are un-usable —unlike NewsFutures and HubDub’s ones.
They do not go into feeds.
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Regrettably, I never quoted Inkling during the last 2008 US presidential elections for that reason —and because I am not sure about the reputation of the people who expire contracts.
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BetFair’s chart widgets are a total nuclear disaster. BetFair should apologize publicly for this shame.
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Technical Note: The stuff above is a screen shot from my “predictions” webpage.
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My previous post on the charting systems of the prediction exchanges —and BetFair in particular
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3 reasons why bloggers should boycott BetFair Predicts
I am writing this post with the hope that the good BetFair people in HammerSmith stumble on it, and make the necessary changes.
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I do recommend that my fellow bloggers boycott BetFair Predicts for these 3 important reasons:
The background of the BetFair Predicts charts is colored in black —which is the color associated with death. Their [...]
Dynamic Charts … or … Static Charts …??…
Should prediction market journalism publish static or dynamic charts of prediction markets?
- Dynamic charts are the way to go because the search engines send web visitors to the old blog posts. When the chart on the post is hot-linked from the prediction exchange, that chart updates itself —and the web visitor sees an up-to-date chart.
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At BetFair Predicts, they are technologically retarded.
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BetFair Predicts is a blog that aims at the Americans. In my view, it’s a big failure (once again).
BetFair listened to some snake-oil “social media” consultant. As an experienced and successful webmaster, I can tell you there are many flaws in their whole project and in its execution.
BetFair has hired some second-tier writers for the [...]
BetFair’s dynamic compound chart widgets: un-usable and ugly.
They don’t go into feed readers.
See the appendix of my previous post.
Hubdub Election Map Released (Including Dynamic Widget)
We’ve just released our 2008 Presidential Election Map. The map is based on markets for all 50 states. In addition to the page there is a map widget (displayed above). The widget goes into feed readers and also dynamically updates on a page refresh. Click on the widget above to access the code snippet.
It has [...]
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