With version 1.4.0, Reactive Trader has received a new coat of paint, including a brand new style guide, a redesigned launcher, and lots of other UX tweaks throughout. There is also a new “get in touch” section. We think this is the best-looking version of Reactive Trader yet!
Useful links
- Reactive Trader (Web): https://web-demo.adaptivecluster.com
- Reactive Launcher (OpenFin): Windows/ Mac
- Reactive Trader (OpenFin): Windows / Mac
- Reactive Trader (Finsemble): Windows
- Full release notes: JIRA
Updated style guide
The style guide has been divided into sections, accessed via a floating header, to make navigation easier.
The sections showing the base colours, typography and iconography have been redesigned and expanded, and the atoms and molecules for the trading tiles (in both light and dark mode) now better illustrate how the UX design filters upwards from small building blocks to the whole application.
Redesigned launcher
Our launcher has been completely redesigned, with an updated look and feel, new application icons and an improved search experience.
Rich in-line search results are now displayed, and the applications or components providing the results can be easily accessed.
When asking, for example, “how is the market?”, live ticking prices for all the available FX rates are displayed in the search results, from where the live rates view can be launched.
Running applications are now highlighted in the launcher as well.
Window header improvements
The UX of the application header and pop-out components have been updated, with a new theme switcher, new minimise, maximise and close buttons, and a new undock button that appears when windows are snapped together.
Component titles have been moved to the window headers, and the current user is now shown in the application header.
The live rates area as a whole can now be popped, not just individual spot tiles. It can also be opened from the launcher when doing a market search.
Spot tile improvements
The spot tiles have been updated, with a new toggle for switching between horizontal and vertical pricing mode, new pop-in and pop-out buttons, and a new warning notification.
Updated application shortcuts and icons
We’ve shortened the application names to just “Reactive Launcher” and “Reactive Trader” and updated the application icons.
Get in touch
On the footer, the visitor now has the ability to see Adaptive contact information and key social media links.
🚀 New Feature
- ARTP-953 - Style guide: New layout and design
- ARTP-956 - Style guide: Add form elements
- ARTP-987 - Launcher: Redesign icons and look and feel
- ARTP-989 - Launcher: Add close and minimize buttons
- ARTP-1008 - Style guide: Add trading atoms
- ARTP-1009 - Style guide: Add trading molecules
- ARTP-1020 - Style guide: Add iconography section
- ARTP-1055 - Add the ability to pop out the live rates area
- ARTP-1058 - New application header with user name and theme switcher
- ARTP-1071 - Launcher: Highlight the icon of currently running apps
- ARTP-1085 - Launcher: Return and display market results
- ARTP-1089 - Add a “Get in touch” button to the footer of the app
💅 Enhancement
- ARTP-929 - Launcher: Disconnect theming from theming in Reactive Trader
- ARTP-940 - Displayed dates are time-zone aware
- ARTP-941 - “Trade taking longer than expected” message should be a different colour
- ARTP-944 - Add “undock” functionality to popped out tiles
- ARTP-954 - Style guide: Ensure light/dark mode for all components
- ARTP-955 - Style guide: Button and drop-down improvements
- ARTP-990 - Launcher: Improve search button behaviour
- ARTP-997 - Launcher: Update Reactive Analytics icon
- ARTP-998 - Update pop-in, pop-out and minimise icons for spot tiles
- ARTP-999 - Add a header to the analytics pane
- ARTP-1007 - Styleguide: Replace colour spectrum with base colours
- ARTP-1019 - Styleguide: Update typography section
- ARTP-1047 - Redesigned toggle for switching between spot tile modes
- ARTP-1057 - Only popped out windows should have pop-in buttons
- ARTP-1061 - Launcher: Update Reactive Trader icon
- ARTP-1062 - Update header for popped-out components
- ARTP-1064 - Launcher: Update design and layout of search results
- ARTP-1099 - OpenFin: Display application name in header
- ARTP-1114 - Blotter should fill space when live rates is popped out
- ARTP-1123 - Launcher: Updated icon
- ARTP-1124 - Add touch support to theme switcher on mobile
- ARTP-1160 - Change OpenFin notification icon to new Reactive Trader icon
🐛 Bug Fix
- ARTP-926 - Launcher: The market view cannot be closed after opening
- ARTP-938 - OpenFin: Fix save/restore window layouts
- ARTP-969 - Check if the runtime environment supports IANA zones
- ARTP-994 - On second trade of EUR/JPY tile, there is a 2 second lag before confirmation
- ARTP-1028 - Launcher: Increased window size is saved and restored
- ARTP-1046 - Launcher: Cannot reopen market view after it is closed
- ARTP-1056 - Styling of popped-out headers should more closely match UX design
- ARTP-1060 - Blotter and live rates always opens in top left when opened from launcher
- ARTP-1065 - Spot tile resets notional value when dragged out of application
- ARTP-1148 - When clearing search text, the launcher search area isn't cleared
- ARTP-1152 - Currency filter not applied correctly to trade search
⚙️ Technical