Kept on Wikipedia:Avant Browser
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| Developer(s) | Avant Force |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 30, 2004[1] |
| Stable release | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 2189: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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| Engine | |
| Operating system | Windows (Windows 2000 and later) |
| Size | Lite: 4.46 MB Ultimate: 62.9 MB[2] |
| Type | Web browser Feed reader |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | avantbrowser |
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Avant Browser is a discontinued freeware web browser from a Chinese programmer named Anderson Che with the browser engines Trident, Gecko, and Webkit the user can switch between. It runs on Windows 2000 and above, including Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Internet Explorer versions 6 through 11 are supported.
History and development
Avant Browser was largely inspired by Opera, the first major browser to have a multiple document interface. The developer's objective was to wrap a comparable interface around the layout engine used by Internet Explorer, thereby achieving Opera-like ergonomics without suffering the frequent problems that browser had rendering pages tested only in Internet Explorer. In fact, it was initially released under the name "IEopera", though this was soon changed due to trademark concerns.[citation needed]
Later, Avant's developer, Anderson Che, has concentrated on adding user-requested features, and Avant was among the first browsers to have popup blocking, advertising server blocking, and one-click disabling of potential security vulnerabilities such as ActiveX, Java and JavaScript.
The Avant Browser's default search engine is a version of the Yahoo! search engine renamed Avantfind and is given a custom look. Other search engines are available via the address bar's "Quick Search" facility, and instructions on how to change the default to an engine of the user's choice have been posted by the very active Avant Browser user community.
The community has also created other tools and extensions for Avant, including registry files which allow it to use the Information Bar and other security enhancements of Windows XP SP2.
The developer also used to have a sister project known as Orca Browser, an Avant-like shell of Mozilla's Gecko layout engine as used in Firefox 3 using similar approaches to Flock.[3] Orca Browser project is now discontinued. Gecko layout engine was included in Avant Browser version 2012 Ultimate edition, alongside the traditional Trident layout engine.
Avant was one of the twelve browsers offered to European Economic Area users of Microsoft Windows in 2010.[4]
See also
- List of web browsers
- Comparison of web browsers
- Internet Explorer shell browsers
- List of feed aggregators
- Comparison of feed aggregators
References
- ↑ "Avant Browser - What's New in the Latest Version?". Avant Force. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ↑ "Download - Avant Browser". Avant Force. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ↑ Orca Browser homepage. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ↑ "Microsoft offers browser choices to Europeans". BBC. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
External links
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