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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: August 17, 2009
- Total Downloads: 463,732
- Downloads last week: 1,969
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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 2.5.5.308 has fixed a bug which causes program crash on exit and fixed Google Reader layout error after Minimize/Restore.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.5.5.308 has fixed a bug which causes program crash on exit and fixed Google Reader layout error after Minimize/Restore.
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Version: Maxthon 2.5.5.308
"Good, but is prettymuch a minor improvent from IE."
Pros: - Faster than IE.
- Add-ons availableCons: - Still lags like IE.
Summary: Overall, I do not like this software much. It is still slow when a new tab is opened, and page loads slowly. Opera seemed to be a much better browser.
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Version: Maxthon 2.5.5.308
"Browser with best of IE + it's own parts well combined!"
Pros: I like this browser, it's flexible and also available to run most of IE7-8 add-ons / toolbars and has wide range of customizations to make it suitable for each users needs. Pretty fast also ...
Cons: Maybe the UI would be even "better in time", nothing bad comes to mind - have not even crashed in my use!
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