Features
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Popularity:
#2 in Web Browsers (out of 350 products)
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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
21,831,806
- Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
September 04, 2008
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Previous Versions:
Publisher's description of Avant Browser
From Avant Force:
Avant Browser allows users to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and to block all unwanted pop-up pages and Flash ads automatically. The integrated cleaner helps users clear all traces and maintain privacy. The built-in Yahoo and Google search engines enable users to search for Web pages, images, groups, directories, lyrics, software, and news on the Internet. Avant Browser provides options for blocking the download of Flash media, pictures, video, sounds, and ActiveX components, so users can efficiently use their bandwidth and speed up page loading. All opened pages can be stopped, refreshed, closed, or arranged with one click. It also comes with built-in RSS reader. Its similar Web sites bar displays Web sites, which are related to the opened Web pages.
Version 11.7 build 7 is a bug fixing release.
Editor's review of Avant Browser
4.0 stars
- "Avant remixes IE for the better"
For those who like their customization in-house, the Avant Browser's latest update might appeal to you. Built on an IE-rendering engine, Avant takes off in a different direction--IE if it were being produced by a small firm instead of Microsoft.
The browser is sufficiently fast, preloaded with two dozen similar skins as well as tabbed browsing and modular toolbars that let you move around and hide the Status bar, Toolbar, Search window, and navigation controls. The Menu bar, though, is counterintuitively pinned to the upper-right corner, and icons for proprietary functions, such as an in-page search term highlighting toggle, aren't instantly comprehensible.
Avant can save personalized data online, making bookmarks and form content accessible from any machine. Around the same size as Firefox, Avant includes many features that are available to Firefox users only through plug-ins--such as automatic form fillers. The Full Screen view autohides all menu bars, a nice touch, but certain plug-ins--notably Flash--didn't work on Windows Vista.
Avant is a good browser with some nice built-in features and interface-customization options, but the lack of extensibility and Vista problems don't help. We recommend it to users who want a Microsoft-based engine but think that Internet Explorer 7 is a pain.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 2673 votes
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 7
"One of the best web browsers around"
Pros: Very fast and outstanding performance of web browsing. Better than IE.
Cons: Cannot display clearly the small prints on the websites.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 7
"Everything you need from a browser"
Pros: Simple to use, fantastic blocking of ads, tabs, runs over internet explorer so no compatibility problems in site access
Cons: None - for me it is a great browser
Summary: Best browser I have tried, and I have tried all
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 7
Pros: 1) lower ram usage
2) User friendly, easy toggle modes between use of flash, active x etc.
3) Adaptible as far as viewing features.Cons: PLEASE! Avant! I been using you from the beginning and still cry, skins skins skins! The skins are just ....ok... for me.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 7
"A Better Broswer then Most On-line at This time"
Pros: No nonsense, it does what its suppose to do and in a friendly and fast way at that. I just hope they don't add to much (glitter), thats what has killed Mozilla Firefox.
Cons: Could have a few more skins to play with, but thats no biggie, other then that its a fantastic broswer IMO. Keep up the good work!
Summary: I like the overall use of the software. As I have stated, it does what its intended to do, with still being computer friendly, even to the novice.
One other thing I think they should change is that the screen splash stays up WAY to LON... read more >> -
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 7
Pros: very Usefull
Cons: I think apsent,
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