Avant Browser 10.0 Build 121

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Avant Browser is a fast, stable, user-friendly, versatile, multiwindow browser. It allows users to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and block all unwanted pop-up pages and Flash ads automatically. The integrated cleaner helps users clear all traces and maintain privacy. The built-in Google search engine enables 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 just one click. Program is available in 32 different translations.

What's new:

New Toolbar: Similar Websites Bar, show websites that related to the page you are browsing.
New Function: Clear Auto-Complete Web Forms - Clear auto-complete forms by one-click. With this version, you can clear ALL browsing trace in your computer by click "Clear All Records".
Fixed some browser vulnerabilities.
Fixed the losing keyboard focus bug.
Improved Popup Blocker.
Added UNICODE support to the interface.

Download: Avant Browser 10.0 Build 121

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News source: Avant Browser Website

Q: How does the IE team percieve the ongoing interest in Mozilla Firefox and what plans do the IE Team have to intercept it?

Dave: From my personal perspective I think it is great to have interest in other browsers. We believe that browsing is an essential part of a modern operating system and we certainly plan to provide a great browsing experience as part of Windows. We’ve done a lot of work to ensure that Windows customers have an opportunity to choose from the broadest set of third party applications in the industry. While Internet Explorer is the choice of hundreds of millions because of the unique value it provides, we respect that some customers will choose an alternative. We also know that choosing a browser is about more than a handful of features. Microsoft continues to make major investments in Internet Explorer, including significant security enhancements with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the dedicated focus of the Microsoft Security Response Center. Microsoft also encourages ISVs to continue adding to the broad ecosystem of third party add-ons to extend the functionality of Internet Explorer. All of this, combined with Microsoft’s enterprise and consumer customer support and Internet Explorer’s vast Website and application compatibility, continue to make Internet Explorer a compelling choice for consumers and enterprises.

Q: I'm not sure it's a smart thing to do to wait 5 years for a major IE release (Windows XP 2001 > Longhorn 2006) the general opinion is that the updates in IE SP2 fell short of what is available in the current '3rd party' web-browser market.

Dave: Beyond our recent enhancements delivered in Service Pack 2, a vibrant ecosystem involving hundreds of partners and independent software vendors continues to develop some of the most popular browser features and add-ons for customers to download and enjoy today. These range from complete browsers with tabbed browsing built on the Internet Explorer platform, to toolbars and other utilities that plug directly into Internet Explorer itself. Users can visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/addon to find and download the add-ons that meet their needs. Going forward, IE will deliver new features that will make it even more powerful and more secure. The IE team is in the process of designing and developing Internet Explorer for Longhorn. It’s too early to provide a list of specific features, but major investments are being made in the areas of end user features, security and privacy, and developer support (for both add-on and website developers).

Q: I understand you won't be able to say much about the future but isn't it fair to at least confirm some features that are long wanted/needed in IE and are available in Firefox/Opera.

Dave: As someone who worked on the Internet Explorer team for IE4, IE5, IE5.5 and part of IE6, I'm excited by the work we have to do. I returned to the team last year as there is clearly a need to provide improvements and update IE. As a company I think we recognize the importance of the browser and plan to continue to invest heavily here on an ongoing basis not just for the next version. While I think the other browsers have been doing a good job, I think we all have a long way to go to improve the overall browsing experience. Some may look at tabs as being revolutionary but it is worth noting that they first appeared with NetCaptor http://www.netcaptor.com which is an IE-based browser; some users love them but others do not. It may take us some time to get there but I really think we need to think further out about how we want to be browsing in ten years time. That means working on a trustworthy experience, a productive user experience and improvements for web developers as well to provide better content. We definitely have a sense of purpose and understand the need to deliver a great browser and are excited by the work we have to do.

Thanks Dave for answering our questions and I wish you all the best with the ongoing development of IE.

View: Tabbed Browsing in IE by Microgarden $15 (Trial)

View: Internet Explorer Add-ons Web Site & Windows Marketplace

(1 reply) #1 Hankyone on 02 Feb 2005 - 22:41

if you dont use firefox then thats the browser you need

#1.1 el22 on 03 Feb 2005 - 04:30

Agreed

(I prefer Avant but that's definitely true)

(4 replies) #2 NyaR on 02 Feb 2005 - 22:55

this is still vulnerable to all the exploits of regular ie, or am i wrong?

^^at the above guy^^
why not opera or kmelon or maxthon or greenbrowser?

#2.1 BeyondGodlike on 02 Feb 2005 - 23:16

cause people use IE clones for compatibility
Opera has bad page rendering compared to FX
Kmeleon is good to

#2.2 Jugalator on 03 Feb 2005 - 00:22

"Opera has bad page rendering compared to FX"

Of course, this is only a problem if you happen to visit sites that are affected though.
I personally don't experience any problems, and I'm visiting quite many.

The only way to find out if you're interested in the browser is to try it.

A nice advantage with Opera is that it has a lower memory footprint that makes your system a bit faster (especially compared to if you've visited many graphics heavy sites in Firefox, even if you've closed their tabs since then). However, disadvantages with it is a lack of extension support and that it has ads in its free version.

#2.3 tapo on 03 Feb 2005 - 00:57

QUOTE

this is still vulnerable to all the exploits of regular ie, or am i wrong?

Yes. It uses IE's rendering engine, and is vulnerable to every exploit your copy of IE is vulnerable to.

#2.4 RangerLG on 03 Feb 2005 - 15:33

why not opera

Because unless you pay for it, Opera places a nice ad bar that dislays constantly and cannot be shut off.

#3 Vice King on 03 Feb 2005 - 02:11

I love this!

(2 replies) #4 eilegz on 03 Feb 2005 - 05:40

what is the best avant or maxthon??

#4.1 mdew on 03 Feb 2005 - 06:17

anything thats not based upon microsoft?

#4.2 IntelliMoo on 03 Feb 2005 - 08:38

Good question (eilegz). Maxthon is a LOT more customizable, and closer in feel to normal IE to me, however I find it to be quite unstable at times (sometimes doesn't exit memory when quit the app; sometimes loses all settings). Avant is nice but it's just not customizable enough for me, and it's actually not much better in the stability dept. (unless later builds finally fix that - like it would crash on exit a lot, e.g.).

(2 replies) #5 Elite_graphix on 03 Feb 2005 - 11:02

avant is simply superb- render pages faster than firefox- and doesnt crash AT ALL - unlike IE6.

#5.1 bush on 03 Feb 2005 - 12:10

well.. it actually is IE, but with different look and added features

#5.2 mdew on 03 Feb 2005 - 12:13

avant doesnt "render" the pages, IE renders the pages. Avant is just a front-end to the IE engine, nothing more. So you'll get all the buggy quirks of IE renderer, as per normal.

#6 Raven on 03 Feb 2005 - 16:38

If you need IE compatability then Avant is a good choice. The program is updated on a regular basis and has wide popular support. Opera, Firefox, Maxthon, etc are good browsers with emphasis on features some people find more useful. Avant just happens to fill my needs for a tabbed browser with IE compatibility and is easy to use.

#7 take_the_veil on 03 Feb 2005 - 21:37

I've tried the other I.E shells and FF/Opera etc too, and this is the one for me, been using it for nearly 2 years now. (oh, and as far as security is concerned, anderson had a few fixes implemented before MS even released the patches, so blah @ those who say it suffers the same vulnerabilities.)

#8 Vice King on 03 Feb 2005 - 21:42

either way IE engine rendering whatever.. its faster than firefox, has a great pop-up and ad blocker, and never crashes on me. it also displays more websites than firefox and opera (sites like online courses)

#9 ABC½ on 04 Feb 2005 - 00:41

AVANT BROWSER IS WHAT I USE ALL THE TIME, EVEN IF I DO THE CHECK FOR NEW UPDATE IT STILL SAYS THAT 035 IS THE LATEST.

ABC and a half!

Last edited by 41347 on 04 Feb 2005 - 01:14

#10 bangbang023 on 04 Feb 2005 - 03:53

This is the browser that got me into the tabbed browsing craze. It's a shame that most of the skins out there are really crappy.

(2 replies) #11 mdew on 04 Feb 2005 - 05:38

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/

#11.1 take_the_veil on 04 Feb 2005 - 11:34

I'm not sure what the point of that post was? Maybe you want to tell us I.E has bugs? Yeah, real news indeed, kinda realised that a few years ago. So, what was your point again?

#11.2 mdew on 04 Feb 2005 - 20:20

My point is, no matter how pretty or functional the front end is, its still severly limited by the IE engine.

#12 Ficman on 04 Feb 2005 - 19:11

(2 replies) #13 Angel Blue01 on 05 Feb 2005 - 00:36

I will never understand why people want all those features. A Web browser is just a Web browser, no need for anything beyond Internet Explorer.

#13.1 el22 on 05 Feb 2005 - 02:21

Maybe you should try those "useless" features, and you'll see why

#13.2 bangbang023 on 05 Feb 2005 - 02:54

I use Fx now, but I used Avant for the same reasoning....tabbed browsing. Without tabbed UI's, I would have 3 browser windows open, 3 or 4 IM boxes open, and usually an instance of Notepad or two. That's up to 9 taskbar buttons without including other apps that may be running. Using Firefox, DeadAIM and NexPad, I only have to worry about 3 taskbar buttons. Clutter is gone.

Yes, I know about taskbar grouping, but it's one click too many for my liking.

(2 replies) #14 mayamaniac on 05 Feb 2005 - 04:58

Been using Avant since the beginning. Its not for everyone. But I like the tools the author puts in, most of them I find really useful. On a new machine, I can download avant, install it, and configure it exactly the way I want it in a minute. Sure, the same features are also on Firefox, but it just takes longer to setup because you have to find and download all the extentions. Being just enhancement for IE, Avant is less than 1M, FF is 4M + Extentions. FF is always a second alternative browser until linux becomes a practical desktop OS for consumers. Until then, its a Microsoft IE/Avant and Windows world.

#14.1 guardian_uk on 05 Feb 2005 - 09:23

what u say is true, firefox does take a little more time to setup fully coz of extensions, but u can just download them and keep them on ur hdd, then when u setup ff, just dump them in at one shot. and the extensions themselves hardly need any configuring, i use arnd 30 extensions, done with ff installation and extensions in like 2 min.

#14.2 el22 on 05 Feb 2005 - 17:26

However, Firefox extentions usually need an update for each significant update in Firefox itself. With browsers like Avant, you just update and are up and running again.

(1 reply) #15 Amsterdam on 06 Feb 2005 - 05:12

How many people actually use Avant, I mean Firefox has 10million downloads

#15.1 advancedboy on 07 Feb 2005 - 12:58

There is 23 000 000 downloads of Firefox and this is a useless comment as there are a good 2-3bn people that use the internet (my guess)

#16 yman25 on 27 Oct 2008 - 11:25

Now i'm using the new version of Avant Browser and i think it's really good. One issue is if Avant Browser is closed improperly, all open web pages are saved and will be automatically reopened at next startup. I got from here: Avant Browser

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