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{{Infobox software
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(contracted; show full)xplorer 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 (
layout enginsoftware)|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.

As of November 2008, total downloads surpassed 22.5 million.

Avant Browser is currently available in 41 languages.

==History and development==

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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 
(software)|Gecko layout engine]] as used in [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox 3]] using 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 enginsoftware)|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===
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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===
Avant Browser 2012 Ultimate edition (build 3 released on October 25, 2011) added the [[Gecko (
layout enginsoftware)|Gecko layout engine]] (the rendering engine used by [[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|accessdate=20(contracted; show full){{Web browsers|desktop}}
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