CNET Editors' review
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's user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, and frequent upgrades have steadily improved its reliability. Multi-Processing: Multi-Processing design offers you a crash-free, lock-up-free, memory-leak-free internet browsing experience and high reliability. When one tab fails, it won't freeze the browser or pull other pages down. Online Bookmarks: Access your Bookmarks with Avant Online Bookmarks Service from anywhere, office, home or an Internet cafe, and don't need to worry about losing those data when re-install windows.. The encrypted stand-alone bookmarks file format can protect your privacy on a shared computer. AutoFills: Forgot a web password? Avant Browser will memorize passwords for you. You can fill web forms with Auto-Filler by a single click. And you can protect all your web forms with one master password. Flash Animation Filter: Experiencing slow page loading with GPRS/3G connection? More than 85% of all flash animations on web pages are advertising, and normally take up to 90% of the size of the page you're visiting. With Avant Browser you can save the bandwidth by blocking the download of these flash files with just one easy click. AD/Pop-up Blocker: Easily eliminate unwanted AD banners and pop-up pages automatically with just one click. Mouse Gestures: If you click a link in the web page with the middle mouse button, the link will be opened in a new window in the background. This feature is extremely useful for opening posts in forums. Avant Browser also comes with customizable Mouse Gestures, with which you can easily navigate the browser by moving the mouse. Private Browsing: Designed to set in a Private Mode, Avant Browser does not keep web data in your computer. So anybody else sharing the same computer with you will not be able to see which sites and which pages you have visited and which files you have displayed during your private web browsing section.
What's new in this version: [Fix]Black screen issue [Fix]Tooltips not displaying issue [Fix]An error message in download manager [Fix]Trident:Blank page issue under IE rendering mode [Fix]Gecko:Save current page as image function failed on some sites. [Fix]Gecko:Dragging and dropping text from other applications to Avant Browser didn't open correct search result. [Fix]Installing firefox addons caused open tabs to be closed.
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"The WOWSER BROWSER! My default from now on."
Version: Avant Browser 2012 build 21
Pros
Bells and whistles galore. The best features of LunaScape, Opera, IE, and FireFox. Use it in full-screen for an open-air ride. Just a super job, and I love using it!
Cons
Haven't found any so far.
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"More stable than IE"
Version: Avant Browser 2012 build 21
Pros
Fast loads and quick blocking capability
Cons
Sometimes goes into a "busy" zone---not sure if it's the IE engine or the browser.
Summary
All things considered, I'd still switch from IE
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"no memory leak _what firefox needs to improve"
Version: Avant Browser 2012 build 21
Pros
No Memory Leak
As Ajax techniques become more popular, memory leak problem extensively exists in most browsers. Avant Browser new technology will release all occupied memory after a tab is closed.
this is exactly something that ff needsCons
interface is out of date
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"The Most Under rated web Browser"
Version: Avant Browser 2012 build 21
Pros
Gives you the option of blocking what you don't like e.g ads, flash, popups, pictures, ActiveX, try with other browsers and see the difference it makes
Privacy Mode,low CPU usage so it is fast, video sniffer and many more features like split screen and flash animation filterCons
Lack of plugins
Summary
Overall gives you the choice as to what you want to activate and what you want to block, those who like to privately browse and leave no history then it is for you.
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"THIS BROWSER IS JUNK!!!"
Version: Avant Browser 2012 build 21
Pros
NONE!!!!!!!
Cons
SLOWWW, LAGGY WHILE DRAGGING IT ACROSS THE SCREEN, UGLY UI!!! TOO MANY SETTINGS!!!
Summary
i really don't like this browser, i'm glad i uninstalled it :D
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