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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: July 03, 2006
- 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 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. The latest release features improved theme support, enhanced stability, and updated skinning.
Version 1.5.6 build 46 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Maxthon 1.5.6 build 42
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 264 votes
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5.6 build 42
"Quick, richer, more attractive IE."
Pros: A very pleasing interface with customizable bits. Options rich for the beginner or advanced user. Tabs! Works with your existing IE settings and just adds its own gems - so your cookies and other data are carried over and you can use this if you like as a better model of IE.
Cons: Where is the X on each tab? I despise not having an X to close my tabs.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5.6 build 42
Pros: It's a great browser and it is fast.
Lots of cool features are built-in.
Cons: None that I can think of.
Except that the browser sometimes crashes , but most browsers do that sometimes.
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Version: Maxthon 1.5.6 build 42
Pros: many options, Skins I like this.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5.6 build 42
"This is the no.1 IE based third-party webrower!"
Pros: reall convient to use
install-and-go unlike firefox
many useful plug-ins
good ad-blocks
etc...
Cons: favorates folder and ad-block needs improved
sometimes it just cracks or stops responding
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 1.5.6 build 42
Pros: i used opera,mozilla and Avant browser.
while opera could not support active X control,
and mozilla need to play along with those add on to play a video and others,
Avant Browser is abit weird(dunno if is my personal pbl)
Maxton advantages is as shown below
1)mouse gesture->it is much more convenient thn AB and Opera's,the function is many.
2)Active X control,coz it is IE shell based.
3)Compact.I thought Opera is the most compact browser,but i found i was wrong now.
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