The News window provides real-time status of your Merkato agent. It is useful when you want to get a quick summary of marketplace conditions and confirm the state of your agent.
When your agent is disconnected, you see a News display like the one shown.
When you are connected but not bidding the News window looks like the one shown below. It indicates the bandwidth capacity you are offered the current market price of the auction as it is proceeding.
During an auction, the News window looks like the examples below.
