- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: March 14, 2005
- Total Downloads: 23,074,355
- Downloads last week: 7,639
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3034 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Starting from the Internet Explorer engine, Avant Browser adds useful capabilities, such as grouped favorites, an RSS reader, and tabbed browsing. The first thing we noticed upon launch was the aesthetically pleasing skin that came as the default with Avant Browser, but you can choose from among many preloaded skins in the Tools menu. The tabbed-browsing feature lets you quickly switch among Web sites, rather than having to shuffle through several browser instances in the Windows taskbar. If you visit several Favorites often, you can save them as a group and open the whole group with one click. When you shut down the program, Avant Browser remembers which windows were open and launches them the next time it starts up. You also can automatically refresh all windows, or only the current one, at regular intervals. A simple pop-up blocker works in most cases, but it was powerless against some floating banners and other, more obscure pop-up methods. Overall, we found Avant Browser a great alternative to Internet Explorer, with useful features that make browsing even more efficient. Watch the CNET video review of Avant Browser:
Publisher's description
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/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 10.0 build 165 features improvements on easy tabs controlling and stability.
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User reviews of Avant Browser 10.0 build 165
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3034 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 165
Pros: I like it's customizability and it's much lighter on the computer than Internet Explorer shell. It has the compatibility of Internet Explorer and has good features that make browsing easy.
Cons: Since the program is based on Internet Explorer. I wish the author would take advantage of the Service Pack 2 pop-up blocker, but the pop-up blocker is not absolutely horrible. You could still pretty much browse around with it and may never see a pop-up.
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3 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 165
Pros: Everything in it
Cons: Stability problems on slow systems
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 165
Pros: Avant has everything IE does and more. Very user freindly, and all the tools are easily accessed. A good alternative to IE.I tryed firefox and although I liked it I like avant alot better.
Cons: Haven't found any yet.
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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 165
Pros: Ad blocker, pop up blocker, mouse gestures, middle mouse button programming, fast, stable, skinnable, updated regularly, FREE!!!
Cons: none
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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 165
"Very good more simple than firefox mozilla & more powerfull than IE 6"
Pros: the most good things are tabs in one window, popup blocker, every site work with IE work with it,very stable than IE,
So simple than firefox mozilla, works with slow and powerful PCs
Cons: I found no error
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