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{{Infobox software
| name                   = Avant Browser
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| caption                = Avant Browser 2013 Build 110
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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|access-date=2014-09-02|date=2008-07-23|first=Adam|last=Pash|publisher=Lifehacker}}</ref> Orca Browser project is now discontinued. [[Gecko (software)|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|access-date=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 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 Explorer roots.

More radical is the addition of a native [[Internet bookmark|bookmark system]] in place of sharing Internet 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|access-date=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 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===
Avant Browser 2012 Ultimate edition (build 3 released on October 25, 2011) added the [[Gecko (software)|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|access-date=2014-09-02|date=2012-06-24|publisher=CNET}}</ref>

==Features==
[[File:Avant Browser screenshot.jpg|250px|thumb|right|An early version of Avant Browser]]

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