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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: May 24, 2009
- Total Downloads: 24,484,324
- Downloads last week: 40,230
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3006 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 07, 2008
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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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 11.7 build 31 fixes scrollling tabs with mouse wheel on 64 bit system.
What's new in this version:
- Fixed scrollling tabs with mouse wheel on 64 bit system
- Fixed Options Window's UI language problem when the Avant Browser is hidden
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User reviews of Avant Browser 11.7 build 31
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3006 votes
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 31
Pros: I've enjoyed Avant ever since I discovered it. And I've been with it for years. It is a clean, easy to use browser/
Cons: It has started to get as bloated as Internet Explorer. And, as a result, it has slowed down.
Summary: I'll continue to use it. But, if it gets any slower, I'll find an alternative. Which I'd rather not do.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 31
Pros: it does all that i want.
Cons: 3 times it has stopped running(not responding)never happened before.
Summary: apart from small problems,it does what i want.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 31
"My choice as an alternative to IE"
Pros: Loads sites quickly, easy to use interface, no quirky html displays, integrated search engines.
Cons: Nothing to really dislike; clearly better than Internet Explorer even though built on same platform.
Summary: I use Mozilla Firefox or builds off Firefox (Flock) primarily, but this is the browser of choice if I'm comparing web page handling across platforms. So much faster than IE and none of the strange loading characteristics IE sometimes displays.
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 31
"Problems with Firefox and IE. None with Avant"
Pros: Fast and efficient
Cons: So far, Nothing bad.
Summary: What I like mostly is no trouble. I have this with Avant.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 31
Pros: It has all of the good parts of IE without the bad.
Cons: I occassionally have a problem with the browser freezing (not responding). There doesn't seem to be a pattern to the freezing. I am running vista.
Summary: It is free and frequently updated. Download it. You won't regret it.
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