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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 03, 2007
- Total Downloads: 404,341
- Downloads last week: 2,982
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 151 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Based on Internet Explorer's 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. Maxthon 2 features loads more customization ability, but sacrifices a bit of stability for the privilege. Its design is stylish compared to the old version, and its new approach to accessing functions makes this free browser more competitive.
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". The online favorites service is similar to that offered by other browsers, and works well.
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 for those looking for a change of pace.
Publisher's description
From Maxthon International :Maxthon comes with all the great features which will give you a comfortable, joyful and personal Web surfing experience. It has unique features, such as Advanced ADs blocker: support popup blocker and Web content filter, support regular expression; File sniffer: Downloading video/MP3 files have not been so easy. just select the file type you want to catch and Maxthon will reveal any hidden file in the page. Advanced tab managment: Close all tabs, auto refresh tabs, Lock tabs.
Version 2.0.3.4020 is a bug-fixing release.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.0.3.4020 is a bug-fixing release.
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User reviews of Maxthon 2.0.3.4020
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 151 votes
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 2.0.3.4020
Pros: Very fast, highly sophisticated, full of useful features and significant security improvements. Maybe, in this latest version, the best of all the Trident-based browsers - far more usable than IE7. I suggest visiting the Maxthon website to check out the extra features, which are far too numerous to go into here.
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Version: Maxthon 2.0.3.4020
Pros: Better than IE6?
Cons: Still, a Trident Browser has the same amount of security as IE7, use a more protective Browser.
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Version: Maxthon 2.0.3.4020
Pros: very good,fast,
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Version: Maxthon 2.0.3.4020
Pros: ALL THE FEATURES -
especially when downloading videos from websites that don't host video download links via "File Sniffer" - EXCELLENT
Cons: ehh, no complaints
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Version: Maxthon 2.0.3.4020
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