Tray Icon

system · 2017-05-17T15:26:20.000Z

I have only one little thing that annoys me and it appears it annoys everyone I talk to.
It is the tray icon. It used to rotate and change from blue to orange as it rotated.
Now it is just the orange “Splash” icon, all it does is expand slightly when it is working/scanning.
I liked it a lot better before when it was round and I could see it working (whether it was or not) but now it is hard to see.
It would be a lot better if they went back to the old icon, or at least made it so as a blue or other colour went across the tray icon so as it could be seen to be working.
It is just a small thing, but I did like to see it working.
At least when I saw it starting to rotate as it did before I knew the computer was fully loaded and I could start using it.

system · 2017-05-17T16:21:05.000Z

I forgot to say that I know it changes shape, but it is hard to see, if it changed colour or turned round or something it would be easier to see.

DavidR · 2017-05-17T16:48:08.000Z

I somehow doubt that this will happen as it would appear that avast are bringing many icons used in the past in other areas to that used in their corporate identity.

Such as the one at the top of this page, avast.com and on the Avast Mobile Security app.

bob3160 · 2017-05-17T16:54:12.000Z

It still ‘rotates’ just in a different manner:
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AhqxANJ1R0yZiOBuYd0TjPjwIPbC8g
Settings > General > check Animate the icon when scanning then select OK

system · 2017-05-17T17:32:54.000Z

I don’t mind that they want to keep the logo the same everywhere, but I would just like it to be more visible when it moves in the icon tray.

mchain · 2017-05-17T18:52:46.000Z

bob3160 post:4:

It still ‘rotates’ just in a different manner:
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AhqxANJ1R0yZiOBuYd0TjPjwIPbC8g
Settings > General > check Animate the icon when scanning then select OK

Nice visual demo there, Bob.

Stop8 post:5:

I don’t mind that they want to keep the logo the same everywhere, but I would just like it to be more visible when it moves in the icon tray.

There is. Change your default setting for the taskbar from small to default size or larger: Settings>Taskbar>Modify Windows taskbar settings as needed.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/29280/windows-10-how-to-use-the-taskbar
Would seem a larger icon would be easier to view?

system · 2017-05-18T12:11:38.000Z

I don’t want to make it larger as it is a laptop and the screen has enough blocking the view as it is without making anything larger.
It the white bit in the middle came out to fill the logo and then went back to original size it would improve things a lot. It would still leave the the same logo.

bob3160 · 2017-05-18T12:24:34.000Z

Stop8 post:7:

I don’t want to make it larger as it is a laptop and the screen has enough blocking the view as it is without making anything larger.
It the white bit in the middle came out to fill the logo and then went back to original size it would improve things a lot. It would still leave the the same logo.

I’m afraid you’ll need to learn to get used to the new animation. Highly doubt that it’s going to change.
Especially since the default is set to no animation.
@mchain, Thanks.

system · 2017-05-18T18:49:39.000Z

Yes, well maybe as I am using the free edition I shouldn’t moan about it.
However I think it is a useful feature that quite a few others have commented about since it changed.
It is just a small niggle that annoys me a little, but I guess I can live with it for a while. :-\

Cluster-Lizard2014 · 2017-05-18T21:21:36.000Z

I can’t understand why anyone wants it animated anyway. I find anything like that on screen distracting and pointless. I don’t want to see AVAST working I just want to know it there protecting my computer as discretely and unobtrusively as possible.

bob3160 · 2017-05-18T21:35:34.000Z

As already stated, the option to animate is off by default. If you want it, and some of us do, you need to turn it on.

Chim · 2017-05-18T23:02:16.000Z

Thank you for echoing my sentiments EXACTLY, Stop8. (Insert Thumbs Up here.)
I agree with everything you said.

The new System Tray icon IS very small … TOO small to be supposedly conveying a useful, visible active scanning indication in that morphing manner.
It IS very hard to see.
It sucks.
It bites.
It is inefficient as one has to stare at it for virtually 10 seconds before one can somewhat half-bakedly determine with only 90% certainty that it IS active. :o

As it stands now, it’s really just a System Tray Space Waster / Space Occupier.

Unfortunately, as some of the other members allude to, it is probably strongly heading in the direction of one of those things that is gonna stay as is, no matter what.

It’s like way back when I tried at least twice to make a case for bringing back the Virus Definitions Download in Progress Indicator. Much to my disappointment, it just didn’t make the cut of things to incorporate.

RejZoR · 2017-05-18T23:03:20.000Z

bob3160 post:11:

As already stated, the option to animate is off by default. If you want it, and some of us do, you need to turn it on.

It’s broken anyway, when it starts twitching it becomes super annoying. And I have doubts it’ll ever get fixed…

Cluster-Lizard2014 · 2017-05-19T11:46:27.000Z

bob3160 post:11:

As already stated, the option to animate is off by default. If you want it, and some of us do, you need to turn it on.

Yes, I know the animation is off by default and that is a something to thank AVAST for. My comment was really just musing as to why anyone would want to switch on the animation at all.

system · 2017-05-19T12:04:05.000Z

The reason I want to see the animation is I like to see it working.
Or at least look as if it is doing something! lol

system · 2017-05-19T12:16:23.000Z

RejZoR post:13:

bob3160 post:11:

As already stated, the option to animate is off by default. If you want it, and some of us do, you need to turn it on.

It’s broken anyway, when it starts twitching it becomes super annoying. And I have doubts it’ll ever get fixed…

Why is it broken, it does move on my computer, it is just hard to see it moving.

system · 2017-05-19T12:27:00.000Z

Chim post:12:

Thank you for echoing my sentiments EXACTLY, Stop8. (Insert Thumbs Up here.)
I agree with everything you said.

The new System Tray icon IS very small … TOO small to be supposedly conveying a useful, visible active scanning indication in that morphing manner.
It IS very hard to see.
It sucks.
It bites.
It is inefficient as one has to stare at it for virtually 10 seconds before one can somewhat half-bakedly determine with only 90% certainty that it IS active. :o

As it stands now, it’s really just a System Tray Space Waster / Space Occupier.

Unfortunately, as some of the other members allude to, it is probably strongly heading in the direction of one of those things that is gonna stay as is, no matter what.

It’s like way back when I tried at least twice to make a case for bringing back the Virus Definitions Download in Progress Indicator. Much to my disappointment, it just didn’t make the cut of things to incorporate.

Glad to see someone agrees with me. I just liked to see it visibly moving, it gave me a bit of confidence that Avast was working and doing something. It appears a small thing, but everyone I have put on to Avast (some now pay for it) all comment that it new icon in the tray does not move, then I point out that it does, they all say, “So it does, but it is very hard to see, I wish they would make it easier to see”. Anyway, as I said it is just a minor thing, but people like it to move, the others that do not like it can turn it off.
It is off by default anyway, but when switched on, it is hard to see.
Anyway, it was just a comment I wanted to put across as everyone I know that uses Avast comments on it.

system · 2017-05-19T12:31:51.000Z

All it has to do to let people see it is to either have the “a” to move to fill the icon, then move back to its location again, or have it change colour like it used to. Maybe blue or better a green to show things are fine.
As I said before, it is a small thing, but it helps to give you confidence that Avast is working for you.

bob3160 · 2017-05-19T14:52:03.000Z

Stop8 post:18:

All it has to do to let people see it is to either have the “a” to move to fill the icon, then move back to its location again, or have it change colour like it used to. Maybe blue or better a green to show things are fine.
As I said before, it is a small thing, but it helps to give you confidence that Avast is working for you.

As already stated, it is what it is. If you want to see the animation turn it on If not, well, it’s off by default.
Remember, either way, you still get the same protection. This is a visual item not a protection item.

system · 2017-05-20T21:38:00.000Z

Yes I know, just a shame it is not very visible to those that want to see it moving to show it is doing something.

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