Microsoft Make a lot of sense. Hurt users and discourage using that product. Macintosh owners can keep abreast of stock developments without having to continually log onto specialized sites or pay a premium for an update stock service, thanks to version 1.1 of Galleon Software's MacTicker. MacTicker is a specialized Web browser that queries financial Web sites worldwide and reformats the information as an animated stock ticker and a collection of concise reports. Double-clicking on any stock in the ticker will bring up a detailed stock report.
Users can then also link to their preferred trading site or open the stock's Web page.
Individual alerts can be configured for each stock, which would indicate to the user if it rises or falls a predetermined amount, or reaches a set price. The company says an unregistered copy of MacTicker runs for 15 minutes before it quits, time enough to evaluate all the software's features. Software such as MacTicker is being targeted at a niche market that is fast becoming mainstream.