Originally Posted by benjamin
In fact, IE does have a build number (click Help -> About, if you're using XP with SP2 you're probably on 2180), but I was really just talking smack about Avant. Even though its just a "cover," it still has issues:
http://www.avantbrowser.com/new.html
Avant Browser 10.0 Build 029, Released: 10.19.2004
* Fixed the bug that result in GDI/Memory Leak.
* Fixed the bug of Fav-Icon downloader that might result in instable problem.
* Re-arranged Options Windows.
* Improved translations.
I'm also not sure what you mean by "cover."
http://www.avantbrowser.com/faq.html
What is Avant Browser?
Avant Browser can be best described as a custom web browser application. Avant Browser is a standalone application designed to expand services provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer.
I'm not saying that Firefox is perfect, but on most systems it will load faster and parse web pages faster than IE while using less memory. It can be visually modified and the plugin library is enormous. The fact that Firefox doesn't suffer from the endless parade of exploits that IE provides is just icing on the cake.
Note taken. I've had FAR less problems with IE standalone and Avant than FF. I'm a person who highly highly values tab saving. FF sometimes crashed or lost my tabs(actually the extension did it, not entirely FF's fault). I also don't have the web page rendering problems with IE or Avant as I did with FF.
I've never had an "exploit" problem with any microsoft program. I don't see why everyone hates microsoft so much(crap this is going to start an argument).
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