Tryin a new lesser known browser

Discussion in 'Computers and Technology' started by Fenix, Dec 22, 2009.

Tryin a new lesser known browser

Discussion in 'Computers and Technology' started by Fenix, Dec 22, 2009.

  1. Fenix

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    It's called Avant Browser. It's got some cool features, though it seems to be built off the IE engine. Kinda funky interface, but still nifty. Give it a whirl if you're interested, or any past experience if you've tried it.
     
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    I tried it a long time ago for a day. It was too slow and didn't have anything interesting besides their symbol that caught my attention to keep using it. I switched back to good ol' stable IE until I came across Chrome.
     
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    Speed ain't bad, about that of FF without FasterFox. It's got some cool features, but it's biggest ding is the lack of a download manager.
     
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    As I said, it was a long time ago. I do distinctly remember it being noticeably slower than whatever version I had of IE back then.
     
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    They now advertise being the fastest browser around. Chrome still edges out on speed imo, but this seems more user friendly.
     
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    Pfft chrome is the most user-friendly thing around. They even have a comic that explains anything possibly complicated on their website.
     
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    I've never managed to set up single letter searching on Chrome.

    EG: w Cheese will search wikipedia for 'cheese'
    i ubuntu will search isohunt for ubuntu
    wh illidan will search WoWhead for Illidan

    It's pretty much the best thing ever. In addition, I don't care for their about:blank page, in that it shows most visited as opposed to visual bookmarks.
     
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    Why would use use Avant? It uses the same layout engine as IE, so it has the same compatibility and security flaws without the sexy interface.

    I'm not a user of Chrome, I think it's layout is borked,but at least it has a better engine than Trident. I find it odd that you should have to set up something for searching. Opera comes with that function stock, and I think Firefox does too.