Fresco (web browser): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Software

| name = ANT Fresco

| developer = ANT Software Limited

| released = {{Start date and age|1994}}

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]], many others

| language = Various languages

| genre = [[Web browser]]

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| website = {{URL|www.antplc.com}}

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

== History ==

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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2003/8/embedded10137.html |title=ANT Fresco Browser Provides User Interface for PRISMIQ MediaPlayer |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-date=2008-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724071217/http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2003/8/embedded10137.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It supported [[HTML 4.01]], [[JavaScript 1.3]], optionally [[Macromedia Flash Player 5]], [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]] security, and [[antialiased font]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxdevices.com/products/PD6809805460.html |title=LinuxDevices.com: ANT Fresco Browser |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325094630/http://www.linuxdevices.com/products/PD6809805460.html |archivedate=March 25, 2009 }}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iptv-industry.com/ar/8j.htm |title=ANT Announces One Millionth Pace Set-Top Box Shipped with ANT Fresco |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-date=2008-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025092530/http://www.iptv-industry.com/ar/8j.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The version of the Fresco browser as included in the Prismiq Media Player lacked support for [[Ajax (programming)|AJAX]] and modern JavaScript. ANT addressed these shortcomings in [[Galio (web browser)|ANT Galio]], launched in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.antplc.com/pr_141204.asp |title=ANT brings tomorrow's user interface to today's digital TV |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707150647/http://www.antplc.com/pr_141204.asp |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.antplc.com/ ANT Software Limited Homepage]

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