Suggestion:Trend indicator for stock

[Astuur]

One of the most valuable information while optimising the economy is the amount of each ware in the stock,
and its tendency (rising or falling). While the amount of any ware is easily viewed at any time,
the trend required the player to watch the numbers and memorize them.
It would be a great help if there was an arrow near each ware, indicating whether the stock
value goes up or down. Green upward arrow and red downward arrow would do.
This trend indicator would have to be averaged over a certain time.

[Nicolai Hähnle (nha)]

I like this suggestion. It's minimally invasive to the UI, and it would provide useful information without being in the way.

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

"Green upward arrow and red downward arrow would do."
Hm, buildings' productivity seem to be already doing something similar, using +,-,=. Perhaps the same system could be used here? It would also keep the UI consistent.

Additionally, an exclamation mark (or something) could be added to indicate when goods which are running low and/or demand is increasing.

[SirVer (sirver)]

Setting to incomplete for bug sweeping.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for widelands because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[SirVer (sirver)]

I think the wares health chart that is already implemented is better in many ways - it requires to look and interpret the chart (which gives the player something to do) and it provides the trend information over time. I think implementing this bug proposal would make the game easier, but less interesting.

Closing as wontfix for now until somebody disagrees.