VirusTotal appears in a unique nostalgic interface

VirusTotal recently quietly released a new ASCII-style (nostalgic) web interface last week, designed for visitors using older version browsers who want a dark experience. simply, or simply just want to feel past nostalgia. Besides, due to the reduced page size, this new interface will also be very suitable for capital mobile browsers that often offer slower connectivity.

VirusTotal website is only located at www.virustotal.com/old-browsers/, and is also displayed in plain text, meaning there will not be any images on the page. In addition, this site also limits the use of JavaScript libraries and third-party libraries to a minimum to reduce page size and load time.

According to Pingdom's page loading tests, this optimization solution has significantly reduced the size and page load time. Specifically, the website www.virustotal.com normally has a size of 947.9KB, the time to download this site is 425ms and contains a total of 35 requests. Meanwhile, the nostalgic-style user interface only has a page size of 6.1KB, the download time is 266ms and contains only 6 requests.

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When accessing the new website, users will still have the same functions that they still use in the full version, while still being able to send files, URLs and search results that have been done. before.

Below is an example image of VirusTotal scan results page when using the new interface:

Although the new interface looks quite interesting, especially when displayed in modern web browsers, VirusTotal web developers still have a lot of work to do to make this interface more complete. .

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When asked about the purpose of creating this new interface, Bernardo Quintero, founder of VirusTotal, said that he used to jokingly tell his close friend and frontend engineer at VirusTotal Daniel Vaca about wanting to create a ASCII version for the company's website, and so a few days ago, Daniel turned his wish into reality with an exciting new interface.

'I started learning programming when I was 10 years old with a Sinclair spectral computer system, you know, BASIC and ZX80. So, I'm really 'old man' in VirusTotal's team. It seems that as people get older, people tend to be nostalgic about the old days. And I really want to thank Daniel Vaca, he created an ASCII version of VirusTotal website to bring me back to a memorable time in my life. '

Choose your favorite style

Bernardo Quintero also said that VirusTotal now allows you to freely change the color of this new interface. Specifically, by appending the variable? Stytle =, you can change the look of the website into different types to modify the colors used on the interface.

For example: When you enter the address https://www.virustotal.com/old-browsers/ ? Style = 1337 . The website will display green that looks like on an old console system.

If you're looking for something a bit more "fiction", you can try https://www.virustotal.com/old-browsers/ ? Style = scifi and the site will be moved to the following interface:

Below is a complete list of interface colors that can be found by changing the code of the website that you can try at will:

1. retro
2. 1337
3. scifi
4. bright
5. cute
6. default

If you regularly visit VirusTotal, try using this new interface to see if you can 'love' right away!