Avant Browser

Avant Browser
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Softonic review

Bartley Sharkey

“Fast, user-friendly, versatile multi-window browser”

by Bartley Sharkey about Avant Browser

For a while now, computer users have been waking up to the real threats that exist while browsing the web. Every day, more turn their back on the established vulnerabilities of Internet Explorer and opt for the hottest open source project on the net, Mozilla’s Firefox. But there are plenty of alternatives that offer great features, and one of those is Avant Browser.

Based on Internet Explorer, Avant Browser will import all your favorites automatically and also keep your settings intact. As such Avant Browser makes a good alternative to the popular Firefox browser, which shuns all things IE, and may seem slightly too foreign from the conventions that many users have built up while using Microsoft’s browser. Although Avant Browser is based on the Internet Explorer engine, it doesn’t fall victim to the same security vulnerabilities (although no-one is claiming that it’s invulnerable), and while it’s at it, adds some great tools designed to enhance your browsing experience.

Avant Browser's Flash blocker is an effective way to keep memory usage of the browser to a minimum or to simply cut out those over-elaborate ads that invade and take over many web sites. To appeal to a wider audience, Avant Browser has quick links that let you quickly translate pages to a wide selection of languages, or you can customize the look of the browser using the many skins that are included by default. Of course, no modern browser could claim to be complete without tabbed browsing and Avant Browser really delivers the goods with a system that allows you to even reload tabs after you’ve closed them.

In fact, Avant Browser has some of the best extras that we’ve seen to date, in particular the system whereby tabs can be resized like normal program windows letting you display multiple site windows side-by-side, within one browser window. There‘s also a useful toolbar item in Avant Browser that displays tags describing the page that you’re on. Click on a tag and you open a list of site that result from a search using that tag or keyword; brilliant! And the piece de résistance is an automatic session saver that lets you open up all the sites you were browsing when you last closed Avant Browser.

Avant Browser is relatively unknown as a mainstream browser and as such is not restricted from experimenting and taking the best ideas from the big hitters, as well as adding its own nuggets to the mix. What you get is a very impressive selection of tools in a browser that will even run your Microsoft update without objections. Definitely worth consideration if you are thinking of changing browser.

Pros
  • Lots of handy tools
  • Tab based
  • Secure
Cons
  • Not all websites load properly
Free Download Avant Browser 2011 Build 30

Avant Browser is virus free

We have analyzed the latest version of Avant Browser with 30 antivirus engines and it is virus free. See analysis results.

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Developer's description

Avant Browser is a fast, stable, user-friendly, versatile multi-window browser. Avant Browser allows users to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and block all unwanted pop-up pages and FLASH ads automatically.

The integrated cleaner helps user to clear all traces and keep privacy. Built-in Google search engine enables user to search for web pages, images, groups, directory, lyrics, software and news in the Internet. Avant Browser provides options to block download of Flashes, pictures, videos, sounds, and ActiveX components. With these options 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.

Avant Browser (13) User reviews

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    • 9/10
    Avant 2012?

    Have you guys tried their latest alpha version 2012?
    I like the rendering mode switch for current page. it's convenient.That means you just need to in stall one browser but you use two at the same ... More

    • Review of Avant Browser - 21 Sep 2011
      This review is liked by 4 of 4
  • mywiggy mywiggy
    User reviews
    6

    The latest version is 2010 build 130 now which is more stable than 129 and the earlier versions.I prefer the online storage,backup and restore function and the url aliases... More

    • Review of Avant Browser - 02 Mar 2011
      This review is liked by 1 of 1
  • zaq1xsw2 zaq1xsw2
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    it's ok

    Have been update from 130 to 131 for some time.Haven't find any big problem there.So far so good,keep on good work.... More

    • Review of Avant Browser - 02 Apr 2011
      This review is liked by 1 of 1
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