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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: January 21, 2009
- Total Downloads: 450,577
- Downloads last week: 1,501
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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: Seth Rosenblatt on December 12, 2008
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 pop-up 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 2.5.1.4075 adds clean browser history option in the exit confirmation dialog, a save as option in Collector, support ANSI, Unicode, and UTF-8 txt formatand a notice window when cleaning browser history.
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Version 2.5.1.4075 adds clean browser history option in the exit confirmation dialog, a save as option in Collector, support ANSI, Unicode, and UTF-8 txt formatand a notice window when cleaning browser history.
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User reviews of Maxthon 2.5.1.4751
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 151 votes
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Version: Maxthon 2.5.1.4751
"A favorite alternative to Internet Explorer"
Pros: Fast, easy, and customizable.
Cons: Based on Internet Explorer. One can always appreciate an original product, but unfortunately, this is another look-alike.
Summary: If I was going to replace Internet Explorer, this would be my choice for succession. It's a comfortable, fast browser with a variety of features. What's more is it has a nice choice of skins to choose from so you can make it your very own browser. I... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 2.5.1.4751
Pros: Simple, fast.
Cons: Constantly freezing, hogging memory, and crashing.
Summary: I downloaded this browser to give it a try. I liked it at first until I noticed it hogging all my computer's memory and freezing every 5 minutes. I'll be sticking with Opera.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 2.5.1.4751
Pros: none see above
Cons: ie code based
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Version: Maxthon 2.5.1.4751
"Not a resource hog for a change!!!!"
Pros: More customizable than IE or Chrome but not sensory overload like Firefox for power users. Strikes wonderful balance of speed, funtionality and resource usage.
Cons: Once downloaded and opened for the first time you are faced with a busy user interface but then is when the fun begans, you have to customize it.
Summary: You can customize the look and feel of this browser and how it operates. Based on IE code but is faster overall because it has ad blocker built in which is reason enuff alone to download. No plugin required b/c it was designed from the get go to blo... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Maxthon 2.5.1.4751
Pros: it is better than IE 8 in the view of outlook, customisation and so on
Cons: they call it faster but the memory it occupies almost equals IE8 and Avant
Summary: I tried using avant,maxthon,IE8 and Chrome---so far i find chrome as fastest and occupies less memory to run but less features,hope they might develop in the next version. Avant and Maxthon are of no big differences and they are much more customizab... read more >>
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