Avant Browser
| Developer(s) | Avant Force |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 30, 2004 |
| Stable release |
2017 build 3 (February 8, 2017)
|
| Operating system |
Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 |
| Size |
Lite: 4.46 MB Ultimate: 62.9 MB |
| Type |
Web browser Feed reader |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | avantbrowser |
Avant Browser is a freeware web browser from a Chinese programmer named Anderson Che, which unites the Trident layout engine built into Windows (see Internet Explorer shell) with an interface intended to be more feature-rich, flexible and ergonomic than Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). It runs on Windows 2000 and above, including Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9 are supported.
Version 2012 (released October 2011) was separated in two editions: Ultimate edition, which added the 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.
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 the obvious trademark issues.
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