Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 2815 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  22,974,176

• Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  February 16, 2005

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Publisher's description of Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

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/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 easily stopped, refreshed, closed, or arranged with one click.

Version 10.0 build 131 features improvements on Popup Blocker.

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Editor's review of Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

• 5.0 stars

• "Ditch Internet Explorer"

Starting from the Internet Explorer engine, Avant Browser adds useful capabilities, such as grouped favorites, an RSS reader, and tabbed browsing. The first thing we noticed upon launch was the aesthetically pleasing skin that came as the default with Avant Browser, but you can choose from among many preloaded skins in the Tools menu. The tabbed-browsing feature lets you quickly switch among Web sites, rather than having to shuffle through several browser instances in the Windows taskbar. If you visit several Favorites often, you can save them as a group and open the whole group with one click. When you shut down the program, Avant Browser remembers which windows were open and launches them the next time it starts up. You also can automatically refresh all windows, or only the current one, at regular intervals. A simple pop-up blocker works in most cases, but it was powerless against some floating banners and other, more obscure pop-up methods. Overall, we found Avant Browser a great alternative to Internet Explorer, with useful features that make browsing even more efficient.

User reviews of Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

• Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 2815 votes
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• 1 stars

  4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

  "It is using Internet explorer to render pages"

  by ivanii on February 20, 2005

  Pros: More features than Internet explorer.

  Cons: As it uses Internet explorer to render web pages, it is very vulnerable on spyware, specially on machines without Windows XP SP2. Internet explorer rendering engine is also slower when accessing pages than competition. Unfortunatly, many features of this program results in user interface clutter. Mozilla Firefox is much better in almost every way, you can consider Opera, too.

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

  "Simply the best"

  by Antiware on February 21, 2005

  Pros: First, Firefox is overrated and overadvertised beyond the limit. That is the only reason people are buying into it. Avant gives more features-BETTER tab browsing THAN Firefox, truly faster speed than Firefox, and support for the necessary plugins Firefox lacks(i.e. ActiveX), and it is designed for the home user and professional. Firefox can

  t be used by many companies due to its nonsupport of the needed plugins that require the business web sites to run properly.

  Cons: The only thing I didn't like was that when I shut it down, it took a while and some memory... But Firefox shut down nicely. Firefox is a bit more smooother and better GUI.

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• 4 stars

  2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

  "Avant is still good"

  by ladymecha on February 26, 2005

  Pros: Avant is the first tab browser I have used that had worked pretty good.

  Even though it has slowed down quite a lot over the years I still reccomend this over most IE shells.

  Cons: as an IE shell this will have about the same amount of security holes as IE. BUT its pop up blocking is very good, and I trust it more then most when it comes to those pesky IE only pages.

  using this along side of Mozilla firefox is good for those who want to transition

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

  "I've been a loyal user for years"

  by Jim Harmon on February 19, 2005

  Pros: Very easy to use, quite stable on my system (XP Home). Of course it's tabbed browsing. I've tried others, but none work as reliably for me. I won't be switching from Avant any time soon.

  Cons: Most of the IE toolbars I've come across won't work with Avant. It's not Avant's fault - but it's an unfortunate fact. Also, because it's an IE shell there's the security issue.

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• 2 stars

  Version: Avant Browser 10.0 build 131

  "Best built browser using IE platform"

  by uhoroj on February 23, 2005

  Pros: Like most users here I like its features, Its top?s for playing and eases of use. Easy to configure and understand.

  Cons: I wouldn?t use any browser built on IE platform for online banking.I always wonder what information?s being sent, kept and logged when the ?Similar web site? is in use. It is transparent two way communications is constant between their server and your machine.

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