Avant Browser 11.6 build 20

Publisher's description of Avant Browser

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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 11.6 build 20 fixes a bug of restoring main window from hidden.

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Editor's review of Avant Browser

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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  Avant Browser

  Great but there's better.

  by: BrokenButterfly on 02-Aug-2008 05:44:12 PM

  Pros: It loads pages pretty fast, installing and uninstalling is pretty easy.

  Size is also small.

  Cons: Its fast, but not as fast as the Flock browser which is also based on Firefox.

  The interface is also a bit "messy".

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  Avant Browser

  The Best Browser with IE Engine

  by: BMENON on 25-Jul-2008 05:08:37 AM

  Pros: Avant is the fastest browser using IE engine with lots of very useful features.I seldom use IE directly due to its security lapses and as it is very slow.The most secure,fast and dependable browser is Firefox,which is my default browser.

  I hoped Avant could use Firefox engine also,as Netscape was doing,earlier so that it would become the fastest&secure browser.

  Now,Avant Force,is coming up with a new browser called "Orca Browser" with Firefox 3 engine keeping all Avant feautres,by August,2008:- see orcabrowser.com.I type this using Orca Browser Beta which I got from softpedia(I don't know why cnet download.com does not have this,yet.).

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  Avant Browser

  The description exactly

  by: frollo17 on 02-Aug-2008 07:58:47 AM

  Pros: Avant Browser gives you safe browsing from unwanted trash on the internet. Blocks unwanted ads and popups, simple and easy mouse gestures and store all your internet data in online storage.

  Cons: The browser can be a little slow at times and the popup click feature can be an annoyance

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  Avant Browser

  Decent Browser

  by: Kevy_MT on 01-Aug-2008 02:34:40 AM

  Pros: The Avant browser is a vey decent browser. Installation was very easy, as was the first time use configuration. Loads websites fairly quickly, I would say average (on dialup). Many options and other controls, too many to name here.

  Cons: I was not impressed with the Skins of this browser, after changing the skin I saw no change in the skin itsself.

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  Avant Browser

  no longer works well

  by: JR. on 10-Jul-2008 11:35:02 AM

  Pros: used to be great

  Cons: LOTS of bugs, slows down browsing and the mouse, freezes

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