Fresco (web browser)

ANT Fresco
Developer(s)	ANT Software Limited
Initial release	1994 (1994)
Written in	C
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, Linux, many others
Available in	Various languages
Type	Web browser
License	Proprietary
Website	www.antplc.com

ANT Fresco was a proprietary, embedded web browser produced by ANT Software Limited, a software development firm headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Fresco was superseded by Galio in 2004.

As an embedded web browser, Fresco was quite attractive due to its low hardware requirements. One of the first mainstream devices that used the Fresco web browser was the Prismiq Media Player released in 2003, and which featured 64 MB of RAM and a RISC CPU. The Prismiq media player received awards from print publications Financial Times and PC Magazine along with the website CNET.^[1] It supported HTML 4.01, JavaScript 1.3, optionally Macromedia Flash Player 5, SSL security, and anti-aliased fonts.^[2] IPTV tuners is another market niche where ANT's Fresco web browser has been used. By late 2006, ANT announced that Pace Micro Technology shipped its one millionth TV set-top box including its Fresco web browser.^[3]

The version of the Fresco browser as included in the Prismiq Media Player lacked support for AJAX and modern JavaScript. ANT addressed these shortcomings in ANT Galio, launched in 2004.^[4]

References

External links

ANT Software Limited Homepage

Timeline of web browsers

General

Comparison History List for Unix Usage share

1990s

1990	WorldWideWeb (Nexus)

1991	Line Mode Browser libwww

1992	Erwise MacWWW (Samba) MidasWWW tkWWW ViolaWWW

1993	AMosaic Arena Cello Emacs/W3 Lynx 2 NCSA Mosaic VMS Mosaic

1994	AirMosaic Internet in a Box ANT Fresco Argo IBM WebExplorer SlipKnot Minuet Navipress Mosaic/Mosaic Netscape/Netscape Navigator Spyglass Mosaic TCP/Connect II

1995	Agora ALynx AMSD Ariadna Cyberjack eWorld Web Browser Grail Internet Explorer 1 Internet Explorer 2 Netscape Navigator 2 NetShark OmniWeb HotJava UdiWWW WebShark

1996	Cyberdog Arachne AWeb IBrowse Amaya Internet Explorer 3 Netscape Navigator 3 Opera 2 Oracle PowerBrowser tcpCONNECT4 Voyager

1997	Netscape Communicator Internet Explorer 4 Opera 2.1

1998	NeoPlanet Mozilla Application Suite Opera 3–3.21

1999	iCab Internet Explorer 5 Omniweb 3 Opera 3.5–3.62

2000s

2000	Beonex Communicator Galeon K-Meleon MediaBrowser Netscape 6 Opera 4–4.02

2001	iCab 2.5 Internet Explorer 6 Omniweb 4 Opera 5–5.12

2002	Avant Browser 7 Camino Epiphany Netscape 7 Opera 6–6.1

2003	GreenBrowser Maxthon Opera 7–7.3 Safari SlimBrowser

2004	Avant Browser 9 Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox Opera 7.5–7.55

2005	AOL Explorer Deepnet Explorer Firefox 1.5 Opera 8–8.54 Safari 2

2006	Avant Browser 11 Firefox 2 Internet Explorer 7 Opera 9–9.27

2007	Maxthon 2 Opera 9.5–9.64 Safari 3 SeaMonkey 1.1

2008	Google Chrome Firefox 3 Netscape Browser Netscape Navigator 9 NetSurf 1.2

2009	Avant Browser 11.7 Google Chrome 2–3 Firefox 3.5 Internet Explorer 8 Opera 10–10.63 Pale Moon Safari 4 SeaMonkey 2.0

2010s

2010	Google Chrome 4–8 Firefox 3.6 Lunascape 6.0.1 Maxthon 3 NetSurf 2.5 Opera 11–11.64 Safari 5

2011	Google Chrome 9–16 Firefox 4-9 Internet Explorer 9 Lunascape 6.5 Opera 12–12.17 SeaMonkey 2.1–2.4

2012	Google Chrome 17–23 Firefox 10–17 Internet Explorer 10 Lunascape 6.7 Maxthon 3.4 NetSurf 2.9 Safari 6

2013	Google Chrome 24–31 Firefox 18–26 Internet Explorer 11 Opera 15–18 Safari 7 SeaMonkey 2.15–2.22

2014	Google Chrome 32–39 Firefox 27–34 Lunascape 6.9 NetSurf 3.1 Opera 19–26 Safari 8 SeaMonkey 2.23–2.31

2015	Brave Google Chrome 40–47 Firefox 35–43 Lunascape 6.10-6.11 Microsoft Edge 12-13 Opera 27–34 Safari 9 SeaMonkey 2.32–2.39 Vivaldi

2016	Google Chrome 48—54 Firefox 44—50 Microsoft Edge 14 Opera 35—42 Safari 10

Related topics

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Web browsers

Features	Ad filtering Augmented browsing Bookmarks Bookmarklet Live bookmark Smart Bookmarks Browser extension Browser security Browser synchronizer comparison Cookies Download manager Favicon Incremental search Plug-in Privacy mode Tabs Universal Edit Button

Web standards	Acid tests Cascading Style Sheets HTML HTML5 JavaScript MathML OCSP SVG WebGL XHTML

Related topics	BrowserChoice.eu CRL HTTP HTTPS iLoo Internet suite Man-in-the-browser Mobile Web Offline reader PAC Pwn2Own Rich Internet application Site-specific browser SPDY SSL/TLS WebSocket Widget World Wide Web WPAD XML

Desktop

Blink-based	Chromium Brave Chrome Dragon Opera Sleipnir Slimjet SRWare Iron UC Browser Vivaldi Yandex.Browser Sputnik

WebKit-based	Arora Avant Dooble Epic Flock Fluid iCab Konqueror Lunascape Maxthon Midori OmniWeb Origyn Web Browser Otter Browser QtWeb QupZilla rekonq Safari Shiira SlimBoat surf Torch Uzbl Web WebPositive xombrero

Trident-based	AOL Explorer Avant Deepnet Explorer GreenBrowser Internet Explorer Lunascape Maxthon MediaBrowser MenuBox NeoPlanet NetCaptor SlimBrowser SpaceTime UltraBrowser WebbIE ZAC Browser

Gecko-based	AT&T Pogo Avant Camino Firefox Conkeror GNU IceCat IceDragon Swiftfox Swiftweasel TenFourFox Timberwolf Tor Browser Waterfox xB Browser Galeon Ghostzilla K-Meleon Kazehakase Kirix Strata Lotus Symphony Lunascape Mozilla Beonex Communicator Classilla Netscape SeaMonkey

Text-based	ELinks Emacs/W3 Line Mode Browser Links Lynx w3m

Other	abaco Amaya Arachne Arena Charon Dillo eww Gazelle HotJava IBM Home Page Reader IBrowse KidZui Microsoft Edge Mosaic Mothra NetPositive NetSurf Pale Moon

Mobile

Blink-based	Android Browser Chromium Brave Chrome Opera Mobile Silk

WebKit-based	BOLT Dolphin Browser Firefox for iOS Maxthon Mercury Browser Nokia Browser for Symbian Rockmelt Safari Steel

Trident-based	Maxthon

Gecko-based	Firefox for Android MicroB Minimo

Presto-based	Opera Mini

Other	Blazer CM Browser Deepfish ibisBrowser Internet Explorer Mobile Iris Browser Konqueror Embedded Microsoft Edge NetFront Nokia Xpress Skweezer Skyfire Teashark ThunderHawk UC Browser Vision WinWAP

Television and video game console

WebKit-based	Google TV Nintendo 3DS Internet Browser Nintendo DS & DSi Browser NetFront Steam Overlay Wii U Internet Browser

Gecko-based	Kylo

Presto-based	Internet Channel

Other	MSN TV

Software no longer in development shown in italics

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