Download Avant Browser 2012 build 171

Softworld editor's review - 2011-10-26

Fast, secure and complete web browsing experience

About the Avant Browser you could say that is not such a popular name in the world of the Internet browsers. Despite this it manages to compete successfully with some of the most popular such as Mozilla Firefox and Opera.

The moment you install the program you will notice the speed of this process. Once the installation procedure is complete the program starts instantly. You will be welcomed by a interface which in my opinion it looks excellent.

The tab feature is certainly very useful however it works a little bit strange. For instance first i chose to open Google.com. When i pressed again the plus button to open another tab basically it opens the site that have been opened in the previous tab. As i entered on various sites i noticed that this is a pretty fast browser. Basically pages that on Mozilla Firefox take a while to load up, on Avant browser you definitely do not have such issues.

The browser's interface beside of the fact that is looks very good it is also well organized. At the top in the left corner can be located the basic navigation elements. You have the back and forward arrows, stop, refresh, home and history buttons. The function in this menu that really caught my attention was the "Re-open Last Closed". By clicking on this will appear a list with all the recent sites that you have visited.

Now going in the top right corner of the browser, here we can find classic menu elements such as file, view, bookmarks, tools and help. Avant browser is based on the Internet Explorer engine and despite this it doesn't have the same security issues as its big brother.

A feature that i really like was the fact that you are able to switch the position of the tab. Normally this is located at the top left corner but with this feature you are able to move the window tab at bottom. I tried to navigate in this way. At first it feels a little bit awkward but in time you get used to it and you even start to like it.

This feature is located in the view menu. In the same section you can also click on the compact style. By clicking this you basically move the main menu system to the left and the navigation section to the right. If somehow you find your self on a page that is written in an unknown language then you have available the translate option.

By clicking on this will appear a list with the most popular languages around the world. Select the language in which the site is written and then pick the language in which you want the site to be translated. If you want to clean the navigation history or something similar you can very easily do that by entering clear records.

The same as the translate option this is located in tools. If you want the browser to look different you have available all kind of skins. Also if for some reason you don't want anymore to have displayed on the websites that you visit various pictures, flash animation, sounds, videos etc, you can very easily do that by going in tools and press disable for each one of them.

Previously in the article i mentioned that this browser is based on the Internet Explorer. When going to rendering mode you can choose from: IE7 Compatibility Mode, IE8 Standards Mode and IE8 Standards Mode(Forced). If you want to set up this browser according to your own needs you can very easily do that by going into the Avant Browser Options section.

Here you have available plenty of settings such as: Browsing Options, New Window, Close Windows, Mouse, RSS, File and Protocols, Proxy Server, Search Engine, ADD-ons etc. Avant Browser despite of the fact that is a newcomer into the world of the Internet browsers it manages to make a very good first impression. It has top notch features, is very fast and is extremely secure.

Good:

-nice looking and well organized interface
-plenty of useful features and tools
-extremely fast browsing experience
-secure

Bad:

-none

Version 2011 build 33 reviewed on: 26 Oct 2011

Publisher's description

Avant Browser can be best described as a custom web browser application. This is a standalone application designed to expand services provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Avant Browser is an ultra-fast web browser. Its user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, and frequent upgrades have steadily improved its reliability. It has top notch features including multi-processing, private browsing, anti-freezing, low CPU usage, no memory leak, online bookmarks, mouse gestures and flash animation filter.


Changes on the new version:
[Update] Chrome rendering engine(19.0.1084.46).| [Update] Firefox rendering engine(12.0.0.4518).| [Fix] Video download problem on youtube.| [Fix] The problem of starting a second avant browser to open an external link in the case of having created a shortcut with the parameter runextra.| [Fix] Focus problem.| [Fix] PDF document download problem.| [Fix] Disable videos option didn't prevent some videos from playing.| [Fix] Sometimes the address bar drop down list didn't save correctly the typed address.| [Fix] A glitch after exiting Full Desktop mode.| [Fix] Buttons were invisible after narrowing down the interface of downloader.| [Fix] Detaching and minimizing a tab caused it to be closed.| [Fix] Extra instance didn't open its reopen.dat.| [Fix][Trident] No padlock Icon on secure sites.| [Fix][Trident] Disabling "Prompt to save logins" didn't take effect.| [Fix][Gecko] "Click to see if your plugins are up to date" didn't work.

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