Avant Browser is an alternative to other popular web browsers. It is said to use a dual-browser engine (Gecko and Webkit). This ensures that it can handle a wider range of web pages successfully.
It is a browser I have known for a while. It first appeared as an interface for Internet Explorer featuring the ahead-of-its-time tabbed interface popularized by Opera. Now it seems to me that the once innovative interface has gotten stuck in time. Unfortunately, years have passed and Avant Browser stills looks quite the same. Apparently against the minimalist design that prevails in modern applications, Avant Browser´s interface looks crowded with unnecessary elements, which does not help the user feel at ease. To its credit, it comes with several skins and it is available in several languages.
Avant Browser includes several features that you may find useful. As it has become usual in most browsers, it allows you to browse the web privately. It also includes a download accelerator that allows you to specify how many download threats should be used for every download job. Additionally, there is Video Sniffer, which detects videos on the page you are browsing and lets you download them. So, these two features put together become an excellent choice for downloading Internet video.
In general, this new version of Avant Browser presents some advanced features that could take it to the list of top Internet browsers, so I really recommend that you take a closer look at it.
v2012.1 [Jul 31, 2012]
-[Update] Gecko engine (14.0.1.4580)
-[Update] Webkit engine (20.0.1132.57)
-[Fix] The problem of exiting from full screen/desktop mode after modifying avant browser options settings
-[Fix] Typed address can't be recorded if unchecking the option Enable Auto-Complete for the Address Bar
-[Fix] Error box appearing at time of exiting Avant Browser
-[Fix][Gecko] Clearing records brought up the Firefox Safe Mode dialog box
-[Fix][Trident] Modifying Avant Browser Options caused Proxy>Connect directly to be checked again
-[Change] Set Chrome as the default rendering engine
-[Fix]Didn't recognize the environment variables in registry
-[Fix]Security warning problem when opening links from start>Favorites
-[Fix][Gecko]plugin_container crashed problem
-[Fix][Gecko]Avant crashed when playing some videos
-[Fix][Gecko]Autofill problem on certain page
-[Fix][Gecko]Downloader: Filename garbled in certain Website
-[Fix][Webkit]Avant crashed when exiting sleep mode
-[Fix][Gecko] Firefox.exe crashing problem aftering enabling silverlight
-[Fix][Webkit] For the same link,Avant Downloader can't pop up twice after canceling the first task.
-[Fix][Webkit] Searching via Address Bar failed.
-[Fix][Trident] Saving AutoFill dialog automatically popped up when loading a page
-[Fix] Avant Downloader can't detect videos on certain sites
-[Fix] The video on the page sometimes played in the background after clicking the full screen button on the video player.
Mall Creeps
