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- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 05, 2005
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 264 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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.x or 6.0 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. The latest release features improved theme support, enhanced stability, and updated skinning.
Version 1.1.115 includes the following fixes and enhancements: Starting and Closing speed is made much faster. Fixed some problem that may cause the config file got cleared. Added an option to Maxthon Options->Advanced to disable custom browser context menu items. Drag the right edge of search box on search bar to adjust its width. Fixed the 'open' option that was missing when you opened some office files. Support News Ticker toolbar Detailed script error dialog. (Double the script error icon on status bar to view). Fix proxy setting did not load on next run problem. New DHTML function max_installSkin.
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User reviews of Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) 1.1.115
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 264 votes
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20 out of 22 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) 1.1.115
"Excellent replace for Internet Explorer..."
Pros: Maxthon is a single-window browser, basis on Internet Explorer, with set of useful functions: blocks popup windows, shows very useful information about pages, opens new window by dragging the link aside and many, many more.
Cons: Maxthon uses more system resources than MyIE.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) 1.1.115
Pros: Maxthon and Firefox are neck and neck as the best browsers out there. Maxthon, unbeknownst to most, has an option where you can use the Gecko engine if you wish. Just use the new window option menu to select it. Integrated ad blocking is wonderful - this beat the Firefox extension, which is not integrated, and not as easy to use.
Cons: Not much. If you don't properly configure your IE options, you will have some headaches as one might expect. However, the type of people who can't safely configure their IE settings probably aren't aware of Maxthon.
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) 1.1.115
Pros: I highly recommend Maxthon.
It's a Free tabbed browser-shell based on the IE rendering engine. You can donate if you like it and want to contribute to it's development.
Maxthon has so many features that it's almost impossible to list them all:
Auto Popup blocking & a Configure Popup filter list
Web AD image blocking filter list
Floating AD blocking & Unwanted Web dialog box blocking
ActiveX blocking (blocks ActiveX components from being installed unless you give it permission to)
Tons of skins and Plugins...
Microsoft's Security Chief uses Maxthon...
From Monday, August 30, 2004
"A word about the Wired article. I didn't "reveal" that I run Firefox. The interview itself was a 45 minute long affair from which they distilled four questions and answered them with paraphrases from my answers to the questions during the total interview. That's how their hot seat interviews are done.
What I stated in regards to Firefox is that as a security professional I keep abreast of a variety of products on test machines and that just that morning I had to install an update on the machine running Firefox, which was true (EDIT: The update I applied was specifically to Firefox, I merely point out that it was not on my primary machine). That got distilled down to just the last part, that I had to update Firefox to apply a critical security fix.
And I didn't say Windows would finally be secure in 2011. When asked about our efforts I pointed out that security is a journey not a destination, and that our trustworthy computing initiative was a 10 year one.
Lest anyone be confused, my primary browser is SP2 Internet Explorer using Maxthon."
Give it a try... it's Green software, which means it doesn't add anything to your registry without your permission.
Really give it a test run though... with so many features, it's hard to see everything it can do without using it for a while.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) 1.1.115
Pros: I have tested LOTS of web browsers, including Firefox, and Maxthon is my all times favorite! It's the best.
It's based on IE, it has tabs, lots of good features for you to discover! Highly recommended!
I'm a raving fan of this program!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) 1.1.115
Pros: I really like it, it includes differnt skins, has ad blocker, loads faster than firefox, and is very neat. It is just an overall great browser.
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