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Softpedia Editor's Review for Portable Avant Browser
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A fast multi-window browser with Popup Stopper, Cleaner and Flash Ads Filter
Written by Elena Opris on November 25th, 2011
This tool is the portable version of the well-known Avant Browser, one of the strongest software when it comes to web browsers.
Since it is a portable product, Avant Browser does not need to be installed, so the Windows registry files will not change. It also means that you can place Portable Avant Browser on a USB flash drive and use it from any computer.
The user interface of this app is pretty minimalistic, which is great news for most power users who do not want to deal with cluttered features.
In the File menu, you can manage multiple accounts, save web pages as HTML, text or image, import and export bookmarks, or start a new private browsing session.
Toolbars can be enabled or disabled, according to your preferences - standard buttons, address bar, search bar, bookmarks bar, add-on buttons, tabs bar, management bar, but you can also customize buttons (e.g. large or small icons, enable or disable text under buttons).
Additionally, you can switch to full screen or full desktop mode, but also split view. You can also save forms, organize and password-protect AutoFills.
The Options menu lets you completely customize Avant Browser's features - block unwanted pop-up pages, disable pictures, videos, sounds or scripts, configure the "new tab" command, mouse buttons and mouse gestures, enable Auto-Complete for the address tab, enable tray icon, specify email client for reading emails, change proxy server options, clear records, add URL aliases, and many more.
When it comes to speed, Avant Browser seems to perform faster than other web browsers, and it uses a smaller amount of CPU and memory resources.
We have not encountered any problems during our tests, so we definitely recommend you try Portable Avant Browser. It is free to use, after all.
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Portable Avant Browser description
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Here are some key features of "Portable Avant Browser":
· Flash Animation Filter: More than 85% of all flash animations on web pages are advertising. These flash files are pretty large, and normally take up to 90% of the size of the page you're visiting. With Avant Browser you can save the bandwidth by blocking the download of these flash files with just one easy click. Avant Browser also provides options to block downloads of pictures, videos, sounds and ActiveX components. With these options users can control their bandwidth and speed up page loading.
· Built-in AD/Pop-up Blocker: Easily eliminate unwanted AD banners and pop-up pages automatically with just one click.
· Built-in RSS/ATOM Reader: Avant Browser has a built-in RSS/ATOM Reader, which allows you to read RSS/ATOM feeds just like browsing web pages. And you can also keep your favorite feeds as bookmarks.
· Additional Mouse Functions: If you click a link in the web page with the middle mouse button, the link will be opened in a new window in the background. This feature is extremely useful for opening posts in forums. Avant Browser also comes with customizable Mouse Gestures, with which you can easily navigate the browser by moving the mouse.
· Multi-Window Browsing: Browse multiple web pages simultaneously. All opened pages can be easily stopped, refreshed, closed or arranged with one click.
· Real Full Screen Mode and Alternative Full Desktop mode: When you enable Full Screen Mode, all you see is the webspace, with no toolbars or other clutter. They are simply autohidden! Move your mouse over the top or bottom and find the toolbar and tab bar respectively. Avant Browser also provides Full Desktop Mode, which is the same as Full screen mode, but differs in that your windows task bar stays visible.
· Built-in Search Engine: Avant Browser provides a built-in search engines, Yahoo and Google. Built-in search engines enable user to search for web pages, images, groups, directories, news, lyrics and software in Internet. International users will be glad to know that you can set avant to utilize any of up to 64 google mirrors by default!
· Full IE Compatibility: Avant Browser comes with all Internet Explorer functions, including Cookies, ActiveX Controls, Java Script, Real player and Macromedia Flash. IE bookmarks are automatically imported into Avant Browser.
· Control Your Privacy: With Avant Browser, you can easily keep your privacy by deleting all browsing traces such as: Typed Addresses, Auto-Complete Passwords, Cookies, History of Visited Web Sites, Temporary Internet Files and Search Keywords.
· No security holes: Avant Browser doesn't contain any functions or codes to help other people or programs to access your computer.
· Safe Recovery: If Avant Browser is closed improperly, all open web pages are saved and will be automatically reopened at next startup.
· Skins: Express your creativity by making a skin for Avant using a custom, easy to use program called Avant Browser Skin Maker, or use any of the many and varied skins made by other users.
Requirements:
· CPU - Minimum: Pentium 166Mhz or AMD equivalent; Recommended: CPU: Pentium 300Mhz or AMD equivalent
· RAM - Minimum: RAM: 16MB; Recommended: RAM: 128MB
· Internet Explorer 4.01 or higher version
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· [Fix]Black screen issue
· [Fix]Tooltips not displaying issue
· [Fix]An error message in download manager
· [Fix]Trident:Blank page issue under IE rendering mode
· [Fix]Gecko:Save current page as image function failed on some sites.
· [Fix]Gecko:Dragging and dropping text from other applications to Avant Browser didn't open correct search result.
· [Fix]Installing firefox addons caused open tabs to be closed.
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 | | Softpedia guarantees that Portable Avant Browser 2012 Build 21 is 100% CLEAN, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. [read more >] |
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