Training on Dec3 or 4. 
Think I'll go on Friday. anyone else going?

Don't like what I see at first glance.  I want Telechart to look like Telechart, with under the hood improvements and refinements, maybe a few visual tweaks.  I don't want it too look like freestockcharts.  I've spent too many years getting to know Telechart and when I turn it on I want the charts to look like they've always looked; my eye is trained for that certain look as I flip through many charts daily with the space bar.  I've played around with freestockcharts and watched videos of stock finder.  Those programs are fine, but personally I don't care for a bunch of pretty colors and a zillion more indicators and bells and whistles and clutter.  Now if this new version will offer the option to keep the look in classic mode, great.  Please tell me the new TC will NOT be cloud based (web based) like SF and the free version.  Those program may be super for some but they can't touch the speed of Telechart since it's on the hard drive.

You might be able to stay with TC07. TC is not like SF which automatically upgrades to a new verson whether you like it or not.

A little more information regarding the new versions would be nice. In any case I'm going Friday, so I'll post something here after I come back.

by the way, SF is not cloud based. the software runs locally. freestockcharts is web based.

just got back. main differences:
TC:

The new TC is an enhanced version of freestockcharts, but with all the current features of TC, and then some.
choice of either running it as a web-based application. (you can access aeverything through your web-browser, good for MAC-users) or run it as a desktop application, however all the scans,sorts are done on centralized Worden servers. speed is awesome. drawback I guess is that an active internet connection is required. but no big deal IMO.

great increase in data feeds:
Forex,
Canadian,
Mutual funds.

huge selection of indicators.
You can add more then the three panes (top,middle,bottom)
no change in PCF's, easyscans, all settings are the same, however, and here's the great improvement in my opinion:
It's streaming:  as soon as you add a condition to an easyscan, immediately your watchlist gets sorted. very fast. most of the time your watchlist is done sorting before you can click the "ok" button. And you can mix timeframes!
alows to keep, or turn off the old TC settings such as hotkeys.

One new feature that was demonstated and which I love is "volume buzz" ; adds a column on your watclist with the percentile change in volume compared to day earlier at same time.

You can test a beta version at:
www.tc2000.com
password : fins1
you have the choice of either testing the online version or install the desktop version.

SF 5.1

remains a desktop only application.
new features:
quickscan, scan directly from conditions on the chart., and possible to add conditions to a scan on the fly.
use different time frames in scans.
overall speed improvement.

more cross-platform integration. watchlists scan/sorts in SF can now be shared in TC.
and backscanner overhaul still a promise.

betatest SF5.1 at : www.worden.com/sfbeta
same password.

I'm gonna give them a spin this weekend. although they are supposed to be able to run in conjunction with the current versions of TC and SF, it hasn't been fully tested. so my advice: either run the new versions on a different PC, or make sure you have a good backup. 

don't shoot me, if any of the above isn't correct, or incomplete.
have fun, I'm very impressed with the new TC, and it doesn't seem like a major learning curve.