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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: December 17, 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 3035 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 39 improves autofills, memory usage, and support for IE7.
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User reviews of Avant Browser 11 build 39
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3035 votes
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3 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 39
Pros: this is an extreme combination of opera and IE(even some feature from other major browser) included opera's incredible set's innovative and neat feature plus improved a bit. almost full compatiblity with IE(as with most of the IE shells), support java, shockwave, flash player, add-ons. it also comes with its own unique feature. like disable activX control, picture, java applet, video, sound, flash/animation, pop-up. other feature like tabbed browsing, RSS reader, auto-fill side panel, content blocking, integrated advanced search, zoom feature, privacy control(delete all of your private infomation safely), safe recovery(recover all opened webpage if avant browser closed improperly. also recover browser setting if you uninstalled avant browser), one click access(refresh, stop, close, and access other feature with just one or coupld of clicks easily), high customization(drag n drop support, plus skin support), online storage(put your browser setting, bookmark/RSS feed online from any computer) this is far the best IE shell i've ever seen. get it as a replacement for IE.
Cons: some people may say avant browser just copyed some of other major browser's feature. it's not all true. but other than that, some complained that avant is a IE shell which is a extension version of IE (use the same IE engine) unlike opera/firefox. that's not a very big problem, with bunch of unique and neat feature, avant still stands as a major browser on the internet.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 39
"better than IE-- but just like it..."
Pros: Some people have complained that there's nothing original about AVANT, it just takes different ideas from Opera (like saving your previous sessions) and the basic functions of Internet Explorer--
BUT this is exactly its strength!
1) The tab viewing is better than IE 7.0 (or whatever) because you can click on NEW and the same page automatically will be tabbed
2) It lets you see the blocked pop-ups in case something important was blocked accidently. And then, you can add it to the safe list right away so it won't be blocked again
5)It has mouse gestures capability so you can right-click on your mouse diagonally and close, open, move over to the next tab, or whatever. you can also set it as you like...
BASICALLY,
4) It has all the good things from IE, without most of the negatives!
Cons: It doesn't work as well when you try to add google toolbar (but I think that function has been fixed, so it should be better now)
If you scroll your mouse over a word and leave it there for a few seconds, a little automatic menu to copy, paste, etc. pops up. This is useful, but not when you are trying to read an article and the mouse just happens to be over a sentences...
Overall, this browser combines all the good things from the other browsers and it's easier to manage than Firefox or Opera
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1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 39
Pros: Its great, i like it so much, Avant is a pioneer in so much things, before Firefox, IE even Opera Avant has been always on the forefront, first 11 versions had a lot of bugs, but now on 11.0 Build 43 I can say its back to the battle, its very fast, its really hard to determine which is faster Opera or Avant, well I like more browsing with Avant, Opera has a lot of incompatibilities.
Cons: Stability problem is getting fixed, but not at 100%, still having problems if you dont have a fast Pc.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 39
Pros: Avant browser works smoothly, faster than IE and with features that I prefer. It is lighter.
Cons: It works based on IE. If IE is damaged or with problems, it may suffer from those problems.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11 build 39
"I love it . It does every thing I need and more , plus very forgiving ."
Pros: I cant find any flaws in the program . Its all I'll ever need in a browser without all the bells and whisles that some have. I find it easy to use and even thought I dont use all the features it has I'm slowly finding uses for them Its been my browser of choice since I found it a couple of years ago. I love the constant improvements being made so I know I'll never have a out of date browser. Sorry about the lack of techical jargon in my review but I'm just a everyday user without the need for it.
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