- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: October 23, 2006
- Total Downloads: 23,074,355
- Downloads last week: 7,639
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3032 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 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 build 25 improves RSS Reader and AutoFills. Please update the file again.
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User reviews of Avant Browser 11 build 25
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3032 votes
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12 out of 21 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 25
Cons: Whats all this "About Blank" page all about.Couldnt set my home page and when I press "Home" I got about blank all the time.
Couldnt be bothered with the hassle, so I uninstalled within 5 minutes!
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 25
"IE on steroids, without the side effects"
Pros: The functionality of IE, without the security holes, and with tabbed browsing and a built-in, non crappy, pop-up blocker.
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2 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 25
"Checked many browsers and this is the best"
Pros: It resembles Internet Explore very well and a novice will be able to convert easily, but what's so great is the excellently managed tab browsing and the use of the middle click of the mouse.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 25
Pros: Most everything, has all the good stuff I tried in Firefox plus several other interesting -and useful- things:
A magnificent ad blocker -works better than Norton's IS-, Very good Favs management and search, Easily switch between proxies, URL shortcuts...etc, etc, etc.
IE7 is a regretful experience, so unless...
Cons: unless you're short on RAM -try it with deviantart.com, it will use up to 300Mb-, go for it.
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 25
"Checked many browsers and this is the best"
Pros: It resembles Internet Explore very well and a novice will be able to convert easily, but what's so great is the excellently managed tab browsing and the use of the middle click of the mouse.
It has so many features that I can't even live without. I was going to convert to linux, but since there are no linux versions I couldn't. And that is the only reason I'm typing in XP.
The part that I love best is middle clickin on a link and having the link open in a new page in the background. It's really nice when browsing news sites and you want to check out several stories.
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