Ok, lets start again with updated info based on latest BETA:As far as sidebar goes, I still stand by my idea:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=192684.0Now, to the comments regarding latest BETA (17.1.2282):THE GOOD
- I absolutely love the new trey icon. Even so much that I've re-enabled the animation. Morphing of the amoeba into sphere and back is just so beautiful and since animation is rather slow, it's not annoying or distracting at all like the whole fast spinning sphere before. I suggest you make animation enabled by default again!
- Progress bar, even though I prefer straight progress bar and the thin one used during installation process looks beautiful, the new circular one looks nice as well.
- Interface design is fluid and feels consistent which is nice, apart from few details I'll talk about below...
THE NOT SO GOOD
The white interface layers however totally clash with beautiful purple top of the interface.
- Custom install panel with all the components is all white and looks totally out of place against nice purple installer
- The ads banner in the main interface is white and it looks horrid on the main interface.
- Same goes for dropdown menus which are white and they stand out from the nice interface like a sore thumb.
- Same for three scans under Protection tab, huge white buttons really don't fit well into interface. And same goes for entire settings menu which is entirely a white menu. I know your schedule is tight with AVG and integration of Software Analyzer, but "Settings" panel really needs a redesign.
- As per my interface re-design on link above, having 3 shields separate from the rest, I'd keep statistics page (Pi button) expanded there at all times and add Software Analyzer in there as well (see Shields_design.png image).
We really need real-time detection history like we have for On-Demand scans. Just having option in trey icon to see last detection is just not enough. Sometimes you want to see entire history when, what and where was something detected. It'll help users as well as avast! team.
- Also, because you separate shields from the on-demand scans, you can redesign the scans a bit as well and get rid of the ugly white layer from the buttons (see Scan_design.png image).
And because in my interface design, Virus Chest is accessible from any menu, you don't need a separate "Virus Chest" button under scans or Shields page.