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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.
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 11.6 build 13 improves Vista Compabilities, and fixes bugs.
What's new in this version: Verion 11.6 build 11 improves RSS feature and adds features to save web pages as pictures.
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4.3 starsout of 3,242 votes
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Current version:
4.4 starsout of 116 votes
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"Better than IE"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
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"Very useful upgrade to MSIE"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Pros
Improves security of the MSIE with full control over flash, graphics, scripts, is skinnable (if you want to) and 100% MSIE compatible (uses the same engine). So it is quick an easy with a great implementation of tabbed browsing and a lot of features, MSIE lets miss. So normally 5 stars.
Cons
Because of the usage of the same engine, it has the same security issues, but the-easy-solve ones are under control (see above). 4 stars, because security is improved against MSIE alone, but not yet really safe.
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"IE Engine?"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Cons
Are people worried about this being based on IE engine? Shouldn't this have all the security issues IE has.
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"it is lovly avent browser thank you so match for great job"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Pros
fast
Cons
i like it
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"A good frontend for Internet Explorer"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Pros
I am currently using Avant v11.6 build 11 overtop of the latest IE 7, on XP
I like the similar sites toolbar and have not seen it's equivalent in the FireFox plug-ins. I like that I can disable webpage features like Ads, pop-ups, java, pictures, sounds, flash, activeX, and scripts. I like that I don't have to share plug-ins with IE.
Cons
I don't like that any options that I enable in Avant also affects IE, or that some plug-ins I would like to use in both browsers cause problems. I don't like that if I try to split my work between IE and Avant and run both at the same time that I get alot more browser crashes. I don't like that Avant notifies me of a new version but do not put a change log in an obvious place. I don't like the way Avant handles TitanTV pop-ups. I would like to see more english langage plug-ins for Avant.
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"Top of IE7"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Pros
Better than IE7
Cons
Wheres the security, this is just like Maxthon...
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"The BEST of the Best"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Pros
This is the only browser I can really work with. I am a seller on ebay every other browser will not allow me to do something in it but I have not one problem in Avant. We have this on everyone of our computers. Multiple tabs is a blessing - perfect for a ebay seller working on mail I can have ebay open and paypal at the same time to print labels. It's the BEST
Time for us to start giving- I would have to pay for other services so I should for this one, yet not one time have they harrased me to give, or sent emails.
No I do not work with them or even know anyone but if we all really enjoy it wouldn't it be right to support them.
I am not having any problems at all, it's fast, reliable and has a great many benefits that are only with avant.
Thank you Avant we do appreciate all the work and protection you have provided for us.
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"TheWorld browser is better"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
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"Faster that IE7 and takes less resources"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Pros
Avant Browser has some excellent features like autofill, and takes far less resources than IE7. I also like the fact that when it is loaded, it give you a choice of automatically loading the last view pages.
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"iTS REALIABLE"
Version: Avant Browser 11.6 build 13
Pros
Its as nice as or better than firefox, because it save pages
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