@svk: I really like some of the new changes you made to the trading screen! Overall, it has a even cleaner look than before. Also, it's very helpful that more markets are visible at once. And being able to see both the price and depth charts at the same time is nice. The only drawback is now the history (aka ticker/tape, aka time & sales) is not visible without scrolling. That's a biggie. You really want to be able to see the charts, ticker and order book at the same time (see https://youtu.be/V0-slDuqZNU?t=363). This is one of the big shortcomings of Poloniex (constantly having to scroll is a nightmare), and a good opportunity for us to be better.
And the good news is that it's an easy fix because it's really not necessary to see the chart and the order entry form at the same time. So I would suggest a great improvement would be to move the order entry form down. So in the vertical order book configuration, you can just move the history/ticker and My Orders up.
Of course, the horizontal configuration is a little trickier, but still very doable. The order book in this configuration has a ton of empty space. And so does the ticker/history. If you narrow those 3 by removing the dead space, they should very easily fit on the same row just below the chart, with the order entry form below that.
If we make this modification, we'll be the only crypto trading platform that I've seen where you can see the price chart, depth chart, order book, ticker/history, and "watch list" (markets) all at the same time. That would be amazing! What do you think about doing this, svk?
Thanks for the feedback!
I admit I miss having the history visible myself, so I'll try to make it visible again.
Would be interested in hearing what everyone else thinks about moving the buy/sell entry forms down below the history.
Reducing the vertical space taken by the charts slightly might be a good idea as well, especially on small screens.
My only concern here would be that the price chart is already getting a bit vertically scrunched. Not to mention, I don't think you could gain enough space to make enough of a difference anyway.
So it comes down to which elements do you need to see without scrolling, and which do you not mind having to scroll in order to see. And the best way to think about this is to consider that one only needs to use the order entry form when placing a trade, which is a fraction of the time they are looking at this screen. On the other hand, assuming the market they want to see is loaded, they are spending the vast majority of time watching market action, which requires price chart, order book, time & sales (history), and depth chart (to a lesser extent).
By the way, if there's anyone that spends more time using the order entry form vs. watching market action, I would suggest that such a person doesn't need a trading screen. Instead, they need a simplified UI to exchange one currency for another (e.g. similar to coinbase).