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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: NYCFalcon on March 25, 2011, 06:48:02 PM
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I like Web Rep. I used to use Web of Trust. I'd like to disable the mouse over popup for Web Rep that you get in Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. search results. It's very annoying.
Could you add that "disable pop up" feature? Maybe even make a key and mouse over combo for the popup?
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Well avast WebRep icon is situated in the last of any link and it pop up when u point ur mouse onto it and again hides when u remove cursor from it.. Why u want to point ur cursor at the end of the link I dont feel it annoying
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I like Web Rep. I used to use Web of Trust. I'd like to disable the mouse over popup for Web Rep that you get in Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. search results. It's very annoying.
Could you add that "disable pop up" feature? Maybe even make a key and mouse over combo for the popup?
I'm using Firefox 4 with NoScript extension. Unless I allow JavaScript on Google.com, etc., the WebRep pop-ups don't appear.
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The javascript has to be allowed for avast.com, not google.com as has been said the webrep doesn't set a cookie for every site that you visit.
Even with cookies disabled for google.co.uk, my default the WebRep pop-up still works in avast 6.0.1044 and Firefox 4.0, see image.
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The javascript has to be allowed for avast.com, not google.com as has been said the webrep doesn't set a cookie for every site that you visit.
Even with cookies disabled for google.co.uk, my default the WebRep pop-up still works in avast 6.0.1044 and Firefox 4.0, see image.
JavaScript and cookies is allowed for avast.com. The pop-up on the search results pages still doesn't show unless you allow JavaScript on the results page.
Try not allowing JavaScript for anything Google and then do a Google seach. Do you still get the individual pop-ups for the urls on the results page?
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Well my image says differently as cookies weren't allowed and the image shows the webrep pop-up displayed in the results list when I hover over one of the icons ???
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Well my image says differently as cookies weren't allowed and the image shows the webrep pop-up displayed in the results list when I hover over one of the icons ???
Forget about the cookies. They aren't what affects the URL pop-ups on the Search results pages. It's JavaScript.
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OK.
Well I don't block javascript (NoScript) for google.com or google.co.uk, why would I.
I use requestpolicy add-on to block cross site scripting (running scripts for third party sites), limiting what other scripts might run.
Interestingly if javascript is disabled or blocked for google.co.uk the WOT pop-up still works in the results.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I want javascript on my search results page.
I've removed Web Rep and I have reinstalled Web of Trust. It's highly configurable. When Avast makes Web Rep as configurable and friendly as Web of Trust I will enable it.
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I've removed Web Rep and I have reinstalled Web of Trust.
Not really needed, they work together just fine. Whatever fits your needs though.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I want javascript on my search results page.
I've removed Web Rep and I have reinstalled Web of Trust. It's highly configurable. When Avast makes Web Rep as configurable and friendly as Web of Trust I will enable it.
If you want JavaScript on your search page, WebRep works as advertised. The URL pop-up will appear.
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OK.
Well I don't block javascript (NoScript) for google.com or google.co.uk, why would I.
I use requestpolicy add-on to block cross site scripting (running scripts for third party sites), limiting what other scripts might run.
Interestingly if javascript is disabled or blocked for google.co.uk the WOT pop-up still works in the results.
I use RequestPolicy in a couple of Firefox profiles which I use for special purposes, like banking and other sensitive uses. Those profiles are in other windows limited user accounts separate from my surfing accounts. The one Admin account is not used for surfing at all.
I block Google to stay away from Google Analytics. ;)
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Thanks for the suggestion. I want javascript on my search results page.
I've removed Web Rep and I have reinstalled Web of Trust. It's highly configurable. When Avast makes Web Rep as configurable and friendly as Web of Trust I will enable it.
Well I wouldn't have removed WebRep, as you can see from my image they both work together (you just have to have javascript enabled for your search domain as mentioned). That way you can contribute to building the webrep database.
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I use RequestPolicy in a couple of Firefox profiles which I use for special purposes, like banking and other sensitive uses. Those profiles are in other windows limited user accounts separate from my surfing accounts. The one Admin account is not used for surfing at all.
I block Google to stay away from Google Analytics. ;)
I find it easier just to block Google Analytics in NoScript and Adblock Plus.
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I don't see anything about disable the web rep pop up. How to disable it then?
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I don't see anything about disable the web rep pop up. How to disable it then?
Because this topic, despite its name isn't about removing the webrep, but just its pop-up.
From the avastUI, Additional Protection, WebRep, and just click the uninstall for each browser and uncheck the Automatic detection for new browser installations.
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David R. the point is people want and like WebRep.
People do not want and dislike the popup.
People are users, and the user is always right.
Or so the mantra goes, true or not.
Aside from that, what is the stuff at the bottom of the popup? Where is that documented? What is it for? How does it make the user experience better? Easier? More cheerful?
The thing interrupts my reading a return list, I look at it, and what's it worth? What purpose does it have?
The usable info is on the three bar report, small, unobtusive. What does the popup add?
The popup feature should be made configurable for users, at the WebRep configuration page.
Three easy options: pop on hover ---- pop on click ---- disable popup.
WHY NOT MAKE IT A USER CHOICE THAT WAY??
NOTE: This is unlike the thread about objecting to the LIKE AVAST? thumb at the UI bottom. I inadvertently mouse over the thumb, nothing jumps at me. It does not intrude. It is out of the way. As is proper, the rankings are with each search return item. It is easy to mouse over one, when moving to open an item in another tab.
You move the mouse, you trigger it unintentionally. People more fastidious than me in moving the mouse may have no problem. But it seems the majority of responses here want the rankings, not the popup happening on a mouse-over or hover. That seems to be the bottom line. Make it clickable and the whole world is happy?