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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. ==History and development== 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. Later, Avant's developer, Anderson Che, has concentrated on adding user-requested features, and Avant was among the first browsers to have popup blocking, advertising server blocking, and one-click disabling of potential security vulnerabilities such as ActiveX, Java, and 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' "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 (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, the developer used to have a sister project known as Orca Browser, an Avant-like shell of Mozilla's Gecko layout engine as used in Firefox 3 and it has similar approaches to Flock.〔(Orca Browser homepage ). Retrieved 2008-12-12.〕 〔 〕 Orca Browser project is now discontinued. Gecko layout engine was included in Avant Browser version 2012 Ultimate edition, alongside the traditional Trident layout engine. Avant was one of the twelve browsers offered to European Economic Area users of Microsoft Windows in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avant Browser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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