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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
- Date added: December 16, 2009
- Total Downloads: 25,785,844
- Downloads last week: 38,769
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3046 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 43 fixes some problems which caused Avant Browser to crash and prevented some pages from rendering alright.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3046 votes
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 43
"Fast, reliable, feature-laden, way better than Firefox."
Pros: Just a great, reliable, error-free product. Autofill very handy and secure. Works faster than Firefox, Safari, or Explorer. Clean design, no hassles, no major bugs, no problems in three years of constant use.
Cons: Once in a blue moon freezes up. Then just re-open, pick up where you left off.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 43
"I beleive AVANT BROWSER is the best internet browser."
Pros: I mostly like the tons of options I can use.
Cons: There is almost nothing I don't like about it.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 43
Pros: it works!! Need I say more?
Cons: none it works
Summary: I have used the browser for 4 years and can find nothing bad about it. They have free updates and the updates go without a hitch.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 43
"One of the "mddle of road"extensions."
Pros: Astheically pleasing "skins".
Cons: Several "not responding" notifications through simple browsing (handling of flash). Just plain slower than less recognized IE extensions.
Summary: Would not recommend as everyday browser. There are better.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 43
"all the features I need and more stable than IE"
Pros: Doesn't lock or get confused like IE. Opens previous windows reliably.
Cons: Can't find a way to reopen windows closed accidentally
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