CNET Editors' review
A browser based on the Internet Explorer engine, Maxthon is probably something of a curiosity for most North American users. It never really caught on there, but elsewhere--especially China--it's one of the most popular browsers around. It renders pages fast and comes loaded with features, as if Firefox came with 90 percent of its most popular plug-ins.
All the basics are represented here, from tabbed browsing to skins to add-ons, and many of the rolled-in features make Maxthon hard to ignore. Some of our favorite features include rolled-in auto-form filling, the ability to set up bookmark groups that open on start-up--excellent for news or blogs, the ability to autoscroll Web pages, and pop-up and content filters for blocking ads and specific content formats you don't want. There are also customizable hotkey commands for such nifty features as auto-completing URLs, so if you type "download" and hold down the Ctrl key, it will auto-fill the "http://" and the ".com".
We also like the super drag-and-drop feature, which lets you directly select and drag keywords to a current Web page or directly to the address bar. Maxthon is fast, small, flexible, and easy to use, and the extra features make it a browser we highly recommend. This version, Classic, differs from the newer Maxthon in several ways--notably by being more stable and less customizable.
Publisher's Description
From Maxthon International:
Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) is a multipage browser based on the Internet Explorer core (IE 5 or 6 required). It can open multiple Web pages in just one window, and it takes only a few system resources when you're surfing with the integrated user interface. The application supports special plug-ins and IE extensions, and its features include autoscrolling, form autofilling, external tools, plug-in support, a newsgroup-browsing mode, mouse gestures, customizable skins, and an Autohide panel.
What's new in this version: Version 1.6.7 build 35 fixed default search engine problem.
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All versions:
4.2 starsout of 266 votes
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Current version:
2.0 starsout of 3 votes
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"Pointless geeky version of Internet Explorer"
Version: Maxthon (Classic) 1.6.7.35
Pros
It's free - and nothing else
Cons
It's merely Internet Explorer with a different interface.
It's more cluttered than Internet Explorer.
A problem getting home page to appear on start-up.
It's rubbish.Summary
If you run this all you are doing is running a more cluttered, more geeky version of Internet Explorer. After installation all of my settings, favourites, etc were there in this browser. Unless you like wasting your life away, it's a total waste of time. You would have thought these developers would have better things to do with their time.
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"Won't download!"
Version: Maxthon (Classic) 1.6.7.35
Pros
Unfortunately, I can't tell...
Cons
I can't say anything because the link doesn't lead to the download but to a dead-end page.
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"Conflicts with Opera"
Version: Maxthon (Classic) 1.6.7.35
Pros
It seemed fast when it worked.
Cons
I like Opera and there was a definite conflict. The problems I saw in Maxthon may have been caused by Opera, but I know the problems that started arising in Opera was caused by Maxthon. I kept the one I trusted.
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