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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Beta - Avast => Topic started by: petr.chytil on January 30, 2017, 08:49:14 PM
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Hi all testers,
we tried to get you fresh beta last week. It got a bit delayed, but finally, here it is! There was a lot of work done under the hood of the new UI. Hope you'll like all the invisible improvements!
If everything goes well, you are going to get another beta before the week ends.
What's new:
- Fixed slow loading of the UI
- UI now works on smaller resolutions e.g. 800x600
- Browser addons cleaning added to the Smart Scan
- Localization is completed
Download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179943.0
Known issues:
- Sign in to Avast Account does not work yet
- Boot-time scan flow is broken
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I'm sorry but the UI is still too slow to load, it's better than before but should be faster.
Edit: Fixed typo.
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There are quite few nice subtle touches to the interface which is nice. Though, AOS browser extension still just doesn't load into Firefox which is very annoying because I can't even test it then.
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So it appears if you run at 1080, you are stuck with the large GUI. Also, I am not seeing much improvement in the opening of the GUI speeds. Actually it seems like sometimes it is faster (3 sec), othertimes slower (5sec). So maybe there is some improvement there, just not consistent.
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I tried to do a custom install using free version, but failed. The new UI doesn't fit the whole desktop (see screenshot). Beside that, I only had the opportunity to cut off electricity.
I couldn't even stop the program by using Windows Task Manager. Result: Access denied!
=Snake=
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I have been banging this drum (installation window) for bloody ages, with low resolution netbooks (1024X600 screen), etc. the buttons aren't accessible, they are off screen and the installation file window can't be resized.
It is even bigger than avast UI and I have said that needs to be resizeable also.
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There is a lot of empty space all over it, surely they could compact it (within limitations of translations, because some translations do have a lot longer words than English ones and they need space for that).
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I agree. And the color of UI is too dark. In my case: I can't recognize any corner of UI, for I have a black desktop with a foto in the middle.
=Snake=
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OK Mr. Chytil, tell the devs they didn't pass the QA. Please describe if you were me how would you actually click the OK button to save the settings, step by step?
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The interface now loads OK. The animations still need to be made more fluid. The account login needs to be finished. The "Running" thing on the Full scan shows correctly now but can show faster once the section opens. The web notifications still have an "Open Virus Chest" button. The upgrade dialogs doesn't show on Firewall and Sandbox. The issue with the tray icon is not fixed. The localization is definitely not fixed - see HERE (https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=195868.msg1361856#msg1361856). The GUI takes 115 MBs RAM. :o
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Where an INSTALL button?
Nb:
- netbook 1024 x 600
- offline installer
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Strongly disliked AVG Beta - no controls, so back and thought I'd go back to Avast:
Avast Internet Security build installed okay
Tried the feature - Performance->Cleanup reported a lot of changes - then solicited to buy. (Do Beta's expire in 30 days?)...
Well - after playing - back at the main page - clicked "Smart Scan".
Completed - found one virus which it fixed I guess, clicking through to resolve all options I could without subscribing - declined option 5/5 (sorry, I'm old - forgot what it was) - and Avast is disabled as shown in attachment - solid shaded white stating 'Loading' underneath the Windows warning. Close the problem option presented End Task which worked - and it restarted... and states like it just finished installing "You are protected - Avast Internet Security was just installed on your PC.", Continue and app sequenced through all install screens 'again'.
Not a good presentation - first time run, user plays with options then scans and app locks up.
Windows 10 Pro Insider build 15019 (photo attached)
Intel DP55WB MB I7 860 2.8GHz - custom build...
8GB memory, 7TB HD w 500GB primary SSD.
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So disappointed ... :-\
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Horrible design. I see a lot of senseless wasted space (Red Boxes).
Layoutglich see yellow line
(https://i.imgur.com/HsxLJJE.png)
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Question: Why do you set all devs and Beta-testers under stress in this manor (every week a new Beta!)?
That's not only horrible, you see the results now.
;)
=Snake=
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SafeZone Browser seems to have problems with video streaming. Youtube is working fine, but all videos on the news webpage www.zeit.de are audio-only.
For example the video in this article:
http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2017-01/usa-justizminsiterin-sally-yates-widerstand-donald-trump-dekret-einreiseverbot
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SafeZone Browser seems to have problems with video streaming. Youtube is working fine, but all videos on the news webpage www.zeit.de are audio-only.
For example the video in this article:
http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2017-01/usa-justizminsiterin-sally-yates-widerstand-donald-trump-dekret-einreiseverbot
Can't confirm this. It's playing video and audio. SafeZone Browser Version: 3.55.2393.506
DJBone
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Thanks for checking. I have the same version. So hopefully it's only my machine. Will try reinstalling later.
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This beta is running really fine and fast :)!
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=194169.0 is also solved for me. But under Troubleshooting I can see that Hardware assisted virtualization is still checked.
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SafeZone Browser seems to have problems with video streaming. Youtube is working fine, but all videos on the news webpage www.zeit.de are audio-only.
For example the video in this article:
http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2017-01/usa-justizminsiterin-sally-yates-widerstand-donald-trump-dekret-einreiseverbot
I can confirm this...SafeZone Browser Version: 3.55.2393.506
TerraX
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OK Mr. Chytil, tell the devs they didn't pass the QA. Please describe if you were me how would you actually click the OK button to save the settings, step by step?
Can you share ur download link? why did i use the link with the result of displaying the old one?
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OK Mr. Chytil, tell the devs they didn't pass the QA. Please describe if you were me how would you actually click the OK button to save the settings, step by step?
Can you share ur download link? why did i use the link with the result of displaying the old one?
My Avast was upgraded from the GUI.
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"Fixed slow loading of the UI"
Thanks!
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Thank you for the new beta!
- Fixed slow loading of the UI
Yep, it is much faster than before. Still not instant though.
- UI now works on smaller resolutions e.g. 800x600
I don't see this works, I got almost same issue which liubomirwm had.
Each shield's settings are still quite big.
And thank you much for fixing Japanese font-face issue, I think it is nearly fixed. :)
Why I say "nearly" because I got a report saying there is still some parts need to be fixed, which I can't confirm now; I'm asking OP to provide screenshots.
Edit:
The OP provided screenshots, I can confirm there is a button that does not use same fonts than other places.
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Hi!
Some news from me: After having finetuned my desktop, I got the free offline version installed with no issue!
:)
=Snake=
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Is IDP AKA software analyzer working correctly in this beta?
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From what I was told at prague,there is still some detection modules that are going to deployed to improve the detection of new malware which is going live in feb.I saw IDP in action a couple times on the forum,not sure if the work on it is done yet.
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Hi,
Regarding to the zeit online video issue. I can reproduce it on one HW machine, not in virtual machine. I will try to investigate this. Please could you test your other favorite websites which contain some media content? The more you try the higher chance we cover similar issues. I also noticed there are troubles on google maps, could you try it?
Please could you try to print a page? Does the preview of the print load?
Thanks
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There are quite few nice subtle touches to the interface which is nice. Though, AOS browser extension still just doesn't load into Firefox which is very annoying because I can't even test it then.
Hi RejZor,
please check your FF version.
AOS and SP extensions are now installed only on FF v48+
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Hi,
i have AOS installed (FF51.0.1), only the settings are not saved permanently.
TerraX
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AOS and SP extensions are now installed only on FF v48+
Thanks, that explains why it won't install with FF ESR.
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Hi,
i have AOS installed (FF51.0.1), only the settings are not saved permanently.
TerraX
Hi Terrax,
When you update avast, extenions are removed and replaced with newer version.
This process reset your settings to default.
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Hi,
i have AOS installed (FF51.0.1), only the settings are not saved permanently.
TerraX
Hi Terrax,
When you update avast, extenions are removed and replaced with newer version.
This process reset your settings to default.
I'm aware. Firefox close, Firefox start, Settings again on default.
Perhaps I try a new installation of Avast.
TerraX
Addition: In the Internet Explorer the settings are saved.
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I can't even tell how AOS work because I can't even install it into Firefox. Been ranting over this for weeks and nothing has been done ::)
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I can't even tell how AOS work because I can't even install it into Firefox. Been ranting over this for weeks and nothing has been done ::)
See: Reply #28 (directed at you ;))
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There are quite few nice subtle touches to the interface which is nice. Though, AOS browser extension still just doesn't load into Firefox which is very annoying because I can't even test it then.
Hi RejZor,
please check your FF version.
AOS and SP extensions are now installed only on FF v48+
I'm using Firefox 51.0.1 64bit. I always update Firefox as soon as new version is out. And it's just not adding the AOS addon to FF.
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I found a small glitch in the UI; this seems to be localization related as there is no problem when I set language to English.
Any other language users can confirm this?
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I found a small glitch in the UI; this seems to be localization related as there is no problem when I set language to English.
Any other language users can confirm this?
Could you please mark the glitch..!? Not sure what you mean, atm.
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I found a small glitch in the UI; this seems to be localization related as there is no problem when I set language to English.
Any other language users can confirm this?
Could you please mark the glitch..!? Not sure what you mean, atm.
The bottom image (Japanese GUI) contains a combination of Japanese and English text when it should be all Japanese text.
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I found a small glitch in the UI; this seems to be localization related as there is no problem when I set language to English.
Any other language users can confirm this?
Could you please mark the glitch..!? Not sure what you mean, atm.
The bottom image (Japanese GUI) contains a combination of Japanese and English text when it should be all Japanese text.
If Non means the unfinished translation, I can confirm it for the German GUI. (Screenshot attached)
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I found a small glitch in the UI; this seems to be localization related as there is no problem when I set language to English.
Any other language users can confirm this?
Could you please mark the glitch..!? Not sure what you mean, atm.
I suppose all captions should be aligned right of switch, while Japanese version not.
There are some untranslated strings around the UI, of course it is also a problem...
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We're faced with a problem about Web Shield. We sometimes cannot open the websites until it turns down, like the famous Sina. Once we found the Firewall suspicious, the websites can't be opened still when closed. Web shield, however, is off the way in Firewall. On this occasion, it's amazing that we reopen them, which couldn't be switched on when shield's on.
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My issue with the web shield is it noticably reduces download speeds on fast connections. Therefore I no longer install it.
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New beta?! :)
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New beta?! :)
Looks like.
PS: Damn you, you were faster than me :P
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New beta?! :)
Looks like.
PS: Damn you, you were faster than me :P
Yeah. I saw Avast with yellow icon as if there was a problem. Problem? = update :D
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Tried updating via UI.It turned all my shields off!!! ???
Restarted UI said my shields are off.Restarted again shields came on but avast! UI still said there is a update and when I did,it said already up to date.
Going to do clean install for now.
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Tried updating via UI.It turned all my shields off!!! ???
Restarted UI said my shields are off.Restarted again shields came on but avast! UI still said there is a update and when I did,it said already up to date.
Going to do clean install for now.
An avast Repair, would be my first choice, in the past an avast repair resolved this out of sync condition between what is reported and what the actual version is.
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An avast Repair, would be my first choice, in the past an avast repair resolved this out of sync condition between what is reported and what the actual version is.
Good Reminder Dave.I completely forgot about that one.