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{{Infobox software
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Avant Browser is currently available in 41 languages.

==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 [[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 initially released under the name "IEopera", though this was soon changed due to the obvious trademark issueconcerns.

Later, Avant's developer, Anderson Che, has concentrated on adding user-requested features, and Avant was among the first browsers to have [[Pop-up ad|popup]] blocking, advertising server blocking, and one-click disabling of potential security vulnerabilities such as [[ActiveX]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and [[ECMAScript|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 [http://forum.avantbrowser.com/ 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.

Alongside Avant, tThe 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 [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox 3]] and it hasusing similar approaches to [[Flock (web browser)|Flock]].<ref>[http://www.orcabrowser.com/ Orca Browser homepage]. Retrieved 2008-12-12.</ref> <ref> {{Cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/399134/orca-browser-is-avant-for-firefox|title=Orca Browser is Avant for Firefox|accessdate=2014-09-02|date=2008-07-23|first=Adam|last=Pash|publisher=Lifehacker}}</ref> Orca Browser project is now discontinued. [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko layout engine]] was included in Avant Browser version 2012 Ultimate edition, alongside the traditional [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident layout engine]].

Avant was one of the twelve browsers offered to [[European Economic Area]] users of [[Microsoft Windows]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537763.stm|title=Microsoft offers browser choices to Europeans|accessdate=2014-09-02|date=2010-03-01|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

===Avant Browser 11===
Avant Browser 11 (build 130 released on January 26, 2011), introduces more new features than any previous version. These include support for many toolbars that are compatible with Internet&nbsp;  Explorer, a facility for users to create their own scripted toolbar buttons, and a password and form-filling wizard. The overall trend though seems to be a gradual movement away from Avant's Internet&nbsp;  Explorer roots.

More radical is the addition of a native [[Internet bookmark|bookmark system]] in place of sharing Internet&nbsp;  Explorer's ''Favorites''. These bookmarks may be stored online - as can [[web feed|feeds]], [[autofill]]s, and browser settings. <ref> {{Cite web|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/356374/avant-browser |title=Avant Browser review|accessdate=2014-09-02|date=2010-03-12|first=David|last=Bayon|publisher=PCPro}}</ref>
This allows the user to synchronize any number of Avant installations on different computers. Avant can still share Internet&nbsp;  Explorer's ''Favorites''. This option was reintroduced by the developer after some users lamented its loss.

Another innovation is that Avant may now be run from a [[USB flash drive]] (or other portable storage device such as an [[MP3]] player) without needing to be installed. In conjunction with Avant's session saving facility, this allows the user to halt a browsing session on one PC, move to another and resume viewing the same web pages.

===Avant Browser 2012===
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