Avant Force Blog Archive for the ‘Avant Browser’ Category

• [Fix]Keep forgetting login status
• [Fix]Improved Private Mode
• [Fix]Sometime being unable to close tabs with ctrl + w
• [Fix]Sometime being unable to refresh pages by pressing F5
• [Fix]Keep opening a link in background instead of foreground as configured
• [Fix]FavIcons Sync bugs

• [Fix]Being unable to connect to Internet via a proxy with password
• [Fix]Being unable to log into Online Storage behind a proxy
• [Fix]Being unable to exit from full video screen with Esc key
• [Fix]Black blank appeared while switching between restore and maximize window actions
• [Fix]Saving downloaded files to default directory didn’t work on Windows 7
• [Fix]Roboform toolbar disappeared in new created tab if the opened link coded as target=”_blank”
• [Fix]The unfocused tab can’t be closed by directly clicking the close tab button
• [Fix]The input field lost focus if alt key was pressed during typing text
• [Fix]Releasing right mouse button tended to bring up the right click menu while switching tabs via the combination of mouse buttons
• [Fix]Hovering mouse over a link to bring up the context menu failed on xp/ie6 system
• [Fix]The Print window messed up for FDF files
• [Fix]The Auto-Execute Script addon didn’t work
• [Fix]Unchecking a proxy option failed
• Some minor fixes

• Fixed a bug that cannot confirm default browser
• Fixed a bug that back/forward menu is blocked when back button is disabled

• [Feature]Multi-Process system: Avant will stay intact whether a tab crashes or not.
• [Feature]Better CPU/Memory usage. Releases memory thoroughly to fix most leaks
• [Feature]New Paste & go, Paste & submit, and Paste & Search, right click options for the Address bar
• [Feature]Private Mode: When you open a private session no history, temp files, or cookies are saved during the session.
• [Feature]Backup/Restore Profile interface: Allows you to backup and restore your profile. Your profile includes bookmarks and interface settings, such as the position of your buttons/toolbars, etc.
• [Feature]New Tab-Wrap button: As more tabs are opened you can either have them all on one row or click this button and it will start wrapping to more than one row of tabs.
• [Feature]Rendering mode: You can now choose between IE7,IE8, and IE8 Forced mode
• [Feature]Save Selected Region to Clipboard
• [Feature]Ascend or descend sorting Quick search and URL Alias
• [Feature]Clear Website icons
• [Feature]Copy all URLs from a Bookmark folder
• [Feature]New right click options: Block All images from the Same Server, Copy Picture Link, Open Picture in New Tab, Open in New Avant Browser[Private Mode].
• [Feature]Variable tab width(Tab Bar right-click menu->Tab Options->Fixed Tab Width added)
• [Improvement]Google Translations
• [Improvement]AD Blocker
• [Fix]Being unable to start a new line to edit the script of an addon
• [Fix]Only displaying favicons in site’s root directory
• [Fix]Values are too short to read in View/Edit Autofill window when variables are too long.
• [Fix]Sometimes exported bookmarks are miscoded
• [Fix]Creating new tabs action was tardy.
• [Fix]The default zoom size was displayed as 0%.
• [Fix]New created pages didn’t follow the zoom size reset.
• [Fix]Being unable to type URL into the address bar if creating a new tab with CTRL + N
• [Fix]Annoying ActiveX error often popped up when Disable ActiveX option checked.
• [Fix]Sometime Tab may bring itself to the front.
• [Fix]Being unable to edit proxy lists
• [Fix]Tardy Auto-Complete response for the Address Bar
• [Fix]Back / Forward buttons on Logitech Mouse didn’t work.
• [Fix]Open Picture in New Tab button didn’t work.
• [Fix]Address Bar typing problem when no tab was open
• [Fix]The rendering problem in this site http://www.majorgeeks.com/
• [Fix]The drop-down history in forward/backward button disappeared after the related avanttab.exe was closed.
• [Fix]Roboform toolbar display problem
• [Fix]Sometime saving logins dialog would appear though the feature was disabled.
• [Fix]Some fixes for Yahoo toolbar
• [Fix]Searching in this site http://www.shooter.cn/ caused the tab to freeze
• [Fix]Closing Avant with ALT + F4 crashed the related tabs
• [Fix]The non-working backward/forward action activated by the combination of both mouse buttons
• [Fix]A blank area appeared when closing Avant.
• [Fix]Sometime avanttab.exe still ran though Avant Browser was already closed.
• [Fix]Tabs bar disappeared when switching back from another application if Show Windows Tab on Bottom was checked.
• [Fix]Adding this site http://www.nmc.gov.cn/publish/forecast/ABJ/beijing.html into Bookmarks folder erased all bookmarks.
• [Fix]The Title Bar lost focus when switching out of Compact Style.
• [Fix]Switching back from other applications caused the Tab Bar showed on the bottom to disappear.
• [Fix]The last closed tab’s URL still appeared in the address bar.
• [Fix]Some toolbars disappeared
• [Fix]The title bar doesn’t conform to the windows visual style.
• [Fix]some Macromedia Flash won’t load.

The long awaited release of the next version of Avant Browser has arrived. Avant Browser 11.8 Beta 1 is ready for testing. Please put it through its paces so we can find and fix all the bugs. Post on the forum anything that doesn’t quite work right.

Changelog

Fixes:

• Address Bar typing problem when no tab was open
• The rendering problem in this site http://www.majorgeeks.com/
• The drop-down history in forward/backward button disappeared after the related avanttab.exe was closed
• Foboform toolbar display problem
• Sometime saving logins dialog would appear though the feature was disabled
• Some fixes for Yahoo toolbar
• Searching in this site http://www.shooter.cn/ caused the tab to freeze
• Closing Avant with ALT + F4 crashed the related tabs
• The non-working backward/forward action activated by the combination of both mouse buttons
• A blank area appeared when closing Avant
• Sometime avanttab.exe still ran though Avant Browser was already closed
• Tabs bar disappeared when switching back from another application if Show Windows Tab on Bottom was checked
• Adding this site http://www.nmc.gov.cn/publish/forecast/ABJ/beijing.html into Bookmarks folder erased all bookmarks
• The Title Bar lost focus when switching out of Compact Style

Improvements:

• Backup / Restore Management
• Google Translations
• AD Blocker

Links

• Download Avant Browser 11.8 Beta 1
• Get Help
• Report Bugs
• Discuss the beta