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Avant Browser
{{short description|Freeware web browser created by 
 Che}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = Avant Browser
| logo                   = Avant_Browser_Logo.png
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = Avant Browser 2013 Build 110
| developer              = Avant Force
| released               = {{Release date|2004|01|30}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avantbrowser.com/new.aspx?uil=en-US |title=Avant Browser - What's New in the Latest Version? |publisher=Avant Force |access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q790181|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q790181|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| operating system       = [[Windows]] ([[Windows 2000]] and later)
| size                   = '''Lite:''' {{nowrap|4.46 [[Megabyte|MB]]}}<br /><!--
                        -->'''Ultimate:''' {{nowrap|62.9 MB}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avantbrowser.com/download.aspx?uil=en-us |title=Download - Avant Browser |publisher=Avant Force |access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref>
| genre                  = [[Web browser]]<br/>[[Feed reader]]
| license                = [[Freeware]]
| website                = {{URL|avantbrowser.com}}
}}
'''Avant Browser''' is a discontinued [[freeware]] [[web browser]] from a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] programmer named Anderson Che, which unites theith the browser engines [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident layout engine]] built into [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (see [[Internet Explorer shell]]) with an interface intended to be more [[software feature|feature-rich]], flexible and ergonomic than [[Microsoft]]'s [[Internet Explorer]] (IE). It runs on [[Windows 2000]] and above, including [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 8.1]] and [[Windows 10]]. [[Internet Explorer]] versions [[Internet Explorer 6|6]] through [[Internet Explorer 11|11]] are supported.

Version 2012 (released October 2011) was separated in two editions: ''Ultimate'' edition, which added the [[Gecko (software)|Gecko layout engine]] (used by [[Mozilla Firefox]]), allowing the user choose between both layout engines, and ''Lite'' edition which contains only the Trident layout engine]], 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 [[Internet Explorer 6|6]] through [[Internet Explorer 11|11]] are supported.

==History and development==

Avant Browser was largely inspired by [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]], the first major browser to have a [[multiple document interface]]. The developer's objective was to wrap a comparable interface around the [[Browser engine|layout engine]] used by [[Internet Explorer]], thereby achieving Opera-like [[human factors and ergonomics|ergonomics]] without suffering the frequent problems that browser had rendering pages tested only in Internet Explorer. In fact, it was initial(contracted; show full)[[Mozilla Firefox]]), and the most recent release (build 168 released on April 6, 2012) also included the [[WebKit|WebKit layout engine]] (the rendering engine used by [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]]), making Avant Browser a three-engine browser. Layout engine is selectable by the user.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://download.cnet.com/Avant-Browser-Ultimate/3000-2356_4-12692733.html?tag=downloadRatingModule |title=Avant Browser Ultimate|access-date=2014-09-02|date=2012-06-24|publisher=CNET}}</ref>


There is also a lite edition which contains only the Trident layout engine.⏎
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==Features==
[[File:Avant Browser screenshot.jpg|250px|thumb|right|An early version of Avant Browser]]
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===Interface===

====Tabbing====
* User-customizable tabbed interface
* Progress bar on each tab (optional)
* Tab locking, duplication, and drop-and-drag arrangement
* Automatically save and reopen any number of pages
* Can restore open pages after system crash
* Undo menu for last 25 closed tabs
* All pages open in single process, reducing resource demands
* Multiple home pages

====Tools====
* Compatible with many Internet&nbsp;Explorer toolbars and add-ins, including Google toolbar
* Highlight marker to find keywords on any page (the words also used by the search engine)
* Facility for user to add custom-made function buttons
* RSS feed reader built in
* URL alias facility to create keyboard shortcuts to favorite sites
* Page zoom slider - 25% to 500%
* Full desktop mode - hides toolbars
* Full screen mode - hides toolbars and taskbar
* Compact mode - saves interface space
* Boss button - quickly hides browser
* Tray icon - keeps Avant running in system tray for fast access (optional)
* Mouse gestures (customizable)
* Autoscroll facility for hands-free reading
* Context-activated floating toolbars to save and edit images, text and Flash
* Customizable right-click menu entries
* Quick translation menu
* 15 interface languages available so far
* Automatic page refresh at custom intervals
* Sidebar access to:
** Advanced search
** Blocked URL record
** History
** Bookmarks
** Feeds

====Appearance====
* Fully skinnable:
** Range of bundled skin options (21 total)
** Accessory application allows user to create own skins
* Highly customizable:
** Toolbars can be rearranged freely
** Most functions may be accessed from either toolbar buttons or menus
** All Buttons and menus are optional

===Security and privacy===
{{see also|Browser security}}

* Push-button quick blocking of unwanted items (Popups, Adverts, ActiveX, Java, Scripts, Flash, Video, Sound, Images)
* Customizable black/white lists for popups and ad servers
* Multiple proxy servers may be configured
* Browsing tracks cleaner - can clear traces automatically
* Windows&nbsp;XP Service Pack 2 security extensions can be integrated

===Search===
* Search bar with separate engines configurable for web, images, groups, directories and news
* Search within site, search within page, and target word highlight buttons
* Quick Search facility - user can configure any engine for searches from the address bar
* Similar websites toolbar - searches in background for pages that relate to the current

===Bookmarks and online storage===
* Online secure bookmark, feed and setting storage - allows access of same browser setup anywhere
* Portable flash drive version allows running of Avant without installation
* Bookmark search
* Bookmark validation
* Bookmark toolbar for fast link access
* Bookmarks can be arranged in task-orientated groups that can be opened together or individually
* Optionally uses Internet&nbsp;Explorer favoritesAvant allows users to synchronize their bookmark, feed and setting storage. There is a portable version that can be used without installation. It uses a low amount of resources due to all pages running in a single process and is compatible with many Internet Explorer toolbars and add-ins, including Google toolbar. Further it has an RSS reader, 21 themes to change its appearance, a translation feature, supports proxy servers, white and blacklists for domains such as advertisement servers and an option to quickly block unwanted page elements.

It supports 15 languages.

==See also==
* [[List of web browsers]]
* [[Comparison of web browsers]]
* [[Internet Explorer shell]] browsers
* [[List of feed aggregators]]
* [[Comparison of feed aggregators]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|www.avantbrowser.com}}

{{Web browsers|desktop}}
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