- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
- Date added: October 27, 2009
- Total Downloads: 25,393,511
- Downloads last week: 42,764
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3034 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 41 is a bug fixing release.
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User reviews of Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3034 votes
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
"Excellent hassle free browser"
Pros: Very easy and intuitive to use. Almost never freezes or crashes.
Cons: Cannot think of any!
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
"Excellent choice as an IE replacement"
Pros: Tabbed windows (IE is just now catching up) Lots of control over pop ups, scripts,etc
Cons: None that I can see
Summary: The "new" button is the greatest & worth the price of admission all on its own,full manual control over pop-ups,scripts & any number of web 2.0 problems & annoyances
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
"Nice, Cool and Clean and Solid"
Pros: It does everything without being too much and works great, I don't ever remember having it crash. It has an optional skin maker for those who want to make it unique.
Cons: Not any that I can think of.
Summary: I use different browsers for different purposes. This has been a favorite of mine for years. Give it a try!
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
Pros: I like Avant better than any browser. If I use it as my only browser, my pest control programs never finds anything. If I use Firefox or IE I have to remove a lot of adware. And it is reasonably fast.
Cons: Nothing wort mentioning.
Summary: Just the best all around browser out there. I use Opra for speed sometimes but when I am really serious I stick with Avant. It blocks all ads and and pop ups and has an AutoFill and password mgr. and works well with proxy servers and accelerators.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
Pros: Works flawlessly, doesn't crash or deny access to sites.
Is updated frequently.Cons: Is updated frequently.
Summary: Great product; my default browser.
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