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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 06, 2005
- Total Downloads: 5,314,424
- Downloads last week: 1,321
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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 1.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Maxthon 1.5
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 264 votes
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8 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5
Pros: very different in deed. i like the tabbed browsing. has alot of tools on the drop down menus, very handy all in one browser.some differemt skins to choose from. nice product and a nice job .
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2 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5
Pros: Better than IE
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5
Pros: Fully customizable, great privacy enhancements (in one single day of browsing I reach over 500 filtered contents and blocked pop-ups), compatible with all those IE-only pages in the web, several language packs available.
Cons: Has the same security flaws than IE, though its advertisement blocker is one of the best around.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5
"My favorite web browser ever"
Pros: I've been using Maxthon for about a year now and I am extremely pleased. It combines the best of both worlds. Provides advanced features of Firefox with the compatibility and speed of IE engine. Although it is supposed to be less secure than Firefox, I've never experienced any hacks. Best of all, I have not had problems visiting any website with Maxthon which I can't say the same for Firefox.
Cons: No integrated email alert (would be a nice feature). Would prefer if it set Google as default search engine although you can configure this within properties.
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Version: Maxthon 1.5
Pros: even if its new name is Maxthon I still prefere callin it MyIE2.
MyIE2 - Maxthon is just a skin for your IE. But once tried, it's really hard to stop using it.
For dummies -like me- as for as the super geek.
It's really Free. There's only two free software I've supported: w.bloggar and this one.
...check forums for even more!
Cons: none, really.
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