Who here has used Maxthon browser?

Not recently. Years ago, in fact. It was a great improvement over IE 5 and 6, and better at handling badly-written (ie, for IE) websites than Opera. I don't think I've bothered with it since firefox 1.5 ... but it probably still has some neat features.
 
Used it back in the day before a nicely working Firefox. Enjoyed it back then. Its basically just IE enhancements.
 
Also used it a while back. It was nice but all it really did was remind me that Opera existed so I moved away from it after a few weeks
 
I also used it back in the day mainly due to the mouse gestures but I switched to Firefox since it gives me mouse gestures (Mouse Gestures Redox) and so much more.
 
Used it for a long time while IE didn't handle tabs all too well when you needed the functionality ( read nnon-compatibility with any form of standards ) of IE in a tabbed browser
 
I use it, and love it.

Things I like:
- Very solid tab functionality - save tab groups, etc, etc.
- Comes with a boatload of features out of the box
- Really decent ad-blocking
- Extremely configurable - multiple proxies, configurable search engines, skins, customisable keyboard command, etc etc.
- Online settings and favorites synchronisation
- IE compatible (it runs on the IE rendering engine)
- Has its own plugins, and supports IE plugins.
- Built-in form-filling/login facility
- Pretty solid downloader
- Page zoom

Things that could be better:
- Speed. Not bad, but depends on IE javascript rendering, so not as quick as Opera/Chrome. It does have some perfomance improvers though, like enhanced caching.
- Some aspects are bitch to configure, like proxy setup for online login, because the dialog box is in Chinese.
 
Really excellent browser, far nicer to use, IMHO, than Firefox, which is getting too lumpy and bloated for me these days. Not fair to call it just an IE shell - it uses the Trident rendering engine, but the rest is all Maxthon. Claymore's run-down is pretty much my own experience - only things he didn't mention were the quite decent built-in feed reader, and the fact that the Maxthon people periodically issue security updates intended to cover any currently unpatched vulnerabilities in the Trident engine.

By the way, TheWorld Browser, another excellent Chinese offering, is quicker and lighter than Maxthon, but has a rather different feature set, including a very good version of Firefox 3's "awesome bar"! (When Googling for link, spell theworld as all one word.)
 
Loved it when it was still MyIE and Maxthon 1.x.

Though I don't really like the newer Maxthon 2x, it's the slowest by quite a bit, for example I opened the same page in Opera, Maxthon 2 and FF, Maxthon started first and finished last. It just seems to have really gone downhill.
 
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Loved it when it was still MyIE and Maxthon 1.x.

Though I don't really like the newer Maxthon 2x, it's the slowest by quite a bit, for example I opened the same page in Opera, Maxthon 2 and FF, Maxthon started first and finished last. It just seems to have really gone downhill.
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Yes, and all those unexplainable browser freezes.
 
Another Maxthon user here, now for over 4 years. I like version 2, but I've had my fair share of crashes and other bumps. Otherwise I love it, and I don't touch anything else unless I need or have to.

With continued work, I think it will be even better. I've never been into FireFox and am still not. Though I use FF under Linux, I always end up missing Maxthon.

One little thing I noticed that I haven't seen elsewhere. If you scroll your mouse wheel on the tab bar, it changes tabs. I haven't seen this work in IE7 of FF2.something. I am so used to it that I get lost on other browsers without it.
 
I just discovered Maxthon… I LOVE IT!!!!!

I’m an avid Opera user but so many sites HATE Opera that I figured I’d see what else is out there. I don’t like Firefox or Chrome so am now trying Maxthon. I am SUPER impressed how it is intelligent and so much like Opera in its customization, but actually EASIER!!!! I wish I could import all my passwords and such from Opera but can’t have it all, eh?

As stated earlier:

Things I like:
- Very solid tab functionality - save tab groups, etc, etc.
- Comes with a boatload of features out of the box
- Really decent ad-blocking
- Extremely configurable - skins, customisable keyboard command, wand utility, very easy to configure tool bars, etc etc.
- Online settings and favorites synchronisation
- IE compatible (it runs on the IE rendering engine)
- Has its own plugins, and supports IE plugins.
- Built-in form-filling/login facility
- Pretty solid downloader
- Page zoom

Things that could be better:
- Speed. Not bad, but depends on IE javascript rendering, so not as quick as Opera/Chrome. It does have some perfomance improvers though, like enhanced caching.


Time will tell if I stay with it... hopefully I will!!

Definitely the speed needs work but that's about it.

Thank you so much for this wonderful browswer!!!!!

Brenda
 
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myminpins said:
Things that could be better:
- Speed. Not bad, but depends on IE javascript rendering, so not as quick as Opera/Chrome. It does have some perfomance improvers though, like enhanced caching.
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It's worth upgrading to IE 8 Beta 2, if only for the improved speed in Maxthon.
 
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