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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: September 20, 2009
- Total Downloads: 25,084,847
- Downloads last week: 48,862
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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.
What's new in this version:
Version 11.7 build 39 is a bug fixing release.
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User reviews of Avant Browser 11.7 build 39
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3006 votes
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 39
"übersichtlich, keine popups, klar strukturiert,"
Pros: übersichtlich, schnell, keine popups, klar strukturiert, keine Werbung, keine unerwünschten Seiten, kostenlos, bedienerfreundlich, einfach, ausreichend
Cons: Design Symbolleiste, Design Symbole, Hauptleiste zu klein, weiß nicht, fällt mir nichts ein, würde nicht benutzen, wenn so viel negativ, nix, nix, nix
Summary: Ich habe das Produkt gewählt um von unerwünschten Seiten verschont zu bleiben, bin damit zufrieden und habe mich inzwischen an den Browser gewöhnt.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 39
Pros: es muy bueno, muy rapido, aunque creo que no muy conocido, le falta la elegancia de opera, o la versatilidad de firefox, pero cuando necesito leer y navegar rapido lo elijo por sobre todos los demas, super recomendable
Cons: le faltan add ons
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 39
"Very Fast, No Hang Time, Easy to Larn"
Pros: Just an all around easy to use and learn browser, fast and I would imagine secure since most hackers are trying constantly to penetrate the latest version of Explorer.
Cons: One minor iteem is that only a few functions of Explorer are not available---creating desktop icons, sending a full page forward, but small price to pay.
Fastest browser I have used.Summary: I like it to run it more than Explorer and is faster than anything I have used before, simple to use, easy to learn. I liked it so much I donated $10 to the creator of it.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 39
Pros: I LOVE this browser. It is Nice, it is Light, it is everything to me. Fast and accurate. I have nothing but LOVE 4 this browser!
Cons: I'm still searching for something to dislike!
Summary: This browser puts me on top of the world!!!
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 39
Pros: Simplicity of using it. It has setting you can make as personal as possible.
Cons: Bookmarks are in encrypted form . . . not able to access in a folder.
Summary: I like everything about this browser. No opening a separate browser every time you click a link (use of tabs better than other browsers). No looking for menu bar and needed icons (always right where you need them - in plain view). Home page and ope... read more >>
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