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- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 27, 2009
- Total Downloads: 25,244,087
- Downloads last week: 41,579
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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 41 is a bug fixing release.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 3006 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
Pros: This browser runs smooth as silk. It gives a combination of the best from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, with a dash of Google Chrome. And it doesn't insist on staying in memory after it is closed like firefox.
Cons: The only thing that is annoying about this browser is the lack of customization of the toolbars.
Summary: This is one of the best kept secrets in the browser wars. If you try it you might be pleasently surprised.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
Pros: Same as above.
Cons: Some security issues.
Summary: great browser just keep checking for security patches.
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
"fast and efficient ,simple and nice looking browser"
Pros: FAST,SIMPLE
Cons: im still observing this product so far everything goes well
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
Pros: Everything.
Cons: Nothing at all.
Summary: It does just what is says on the box!
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Version: Avant Browser 11.7 build 41
Pros: I think that it is fast enough and reliable. I use it because it is faster than IE and easier to get around. More user friendly
Cons: None so far
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