Maxthon

[NotChetHanks]

Hey, I have been using Maxthon for a while and it works flawlessly. it is also VERY fast. Any thoughts on this program?

[Draconian Guppy]

Well I use it for logging in my bank accounts, since neither opera or FX work with some of them, and it is faster, has tabbed browsing. A good shell for IE IMO :)

[NotChetHanks]

Yea, Maxthon seems to be better than firefox and everything else I have tried. In the year and a half that I have been using it, it has crashed twice and those were my faults...

[smaulz]

The best. :)

[Colin-uk Veteran]

yep, heard if it, tried it, didnt like it :)

[Jesse Carlton]

Yea, Maxthon seems to be better than firefox and everything else I have tried. In the year and a half that I have been using it, it has crashed twice and those were my faults...

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if any browser has only crashed 2 times in 1 1/2 years, you're not using it enough.

ie crashes about 3 times a day on neowin, threads it doesn't like crash it, hence maxthon would crash, firefox runs too slow on these computers for me to use it, therefore this computer sucks. it depends on the computer and the user more than the browser.

[thejohnnyq]

if any browser has only crashed 2 times in 1 1/2 years, you're not using it enough.

ie crashes about 3 times a day on neowin, threads it doesn't like crash it, hence maxthon would crash, firefox runs too slow on these computers for me to use it, therefore this computer sucks.  it depends on the computer and the user more than the browser.

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There might be something wrong with you machine. I have had maybe 5 crashes of IE/maxthon in 1 year. I spend 6 hours+ a day on the internet and atleast 6 days a week. Never had a crash on Neowin.

Maxthon is great, with some minor issues, (like if open, it may grab hyperlinks and it might not).

[smaulz]

Dude, your 'puter must suck. I've never had Maxthon crash, and I've been using it since the early versions of "MyIE".

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

use it as a backup browser. main browser is firefox for me.

however i never ever had a browser crash for me on neowin. not ie based not any other.

in fact the only time browser crashes is when i kinda expect it to happn anyways, due to opening multiple attachements and going on loaded flash website at the same time.

nothing messes it up more then openeing a few pdfs, mp3s, and varity of flash with music at the same time.

[BigCheese]

Definately the best browser out there.

[fanboynz]

Definately the best browser out there.

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anything based upon IE, can't really be labeled "the best".

[iron2000]

I've been exclusively using it as my default browser since the MyIE2 days.

Its great!

[OPaul]

anything based upon IE, can't really be labeled "the best".

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Why's that?

[galoosh33]

Maxthon is a great IE based browser alternative! :cool:

[Zxian]

I used to use it, up until the Opera 8 beta came out...

I still use it as my IE based browser, to check that my webpage still looks good and for other stuff where Opera doesn't work (stupid non-compliant HTML...).

It is a very good browser. It gives users the feel of tabbed browsing and all the extra features, without straying too far from the familiar IE. You still need to immunize your system with SpywareBlaster and Spybot (and a HOSTS file) to be safer from spyware though. Maxthon is a notch up from IE, but it's still fairly vulnerable.

Quick answer - 4.5/5

[Bawx]

I've been using Maxthon for ages. So much faster and better than Firefox, IMO.

[The Professional]

(N) I would say go with firefox

[futb0l]

I used to use this for quite a while before making the switch to Firefox. I find Firefox a lot better, as it is more minimalistic. Maxthon has too much features and unnecessary buttons.

[abc@home]

If not heard about maxthon, you can "hear" it here: http://www.lets-talk-computers.net/guests/maxthon/maxthon1/ :D

[peyj]

There might be something wrong with you machine.? I have had maybe 5 crashes of IE/maxthon in 1 year.? I spend 6 hours+ a day on the internet and atleast 6 days a week.?? Never had a crash on Neowin.

Maxthon is great, with some minor issues, (like if open, it may grab hyperlinks and it might not).

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yep, if someone get 3 crashes a day on Neowin, that's definitely not Maxthon's fault, actually, i have been using this since MYIE time and got less than 20 crashes in the past two or three years.

Maxthon is far surpassing firefox or Opear, they just worth backup in front of Maxthon, and another stable browser i have been using is Avant, both of Maxthon and Avant are award-winning browsers from PC World

[+vlsi0n Subscriber¹]

I've used Maxthon for so long, useing now and will continue to use it. I think its much better than FF but you cant tell a sold crowd that.

[uan]

I think it is very hard to switch to FF for the one who has used Maxthon(myie) for years, especially after he/she frequently used some advance features such as super drag or mouse gesture. It is true that FF is not that convenient for Maxthon users because the extensions neglect something they are used to, though the FF group doesn't develop the extension. I hope one day Maxthon could let user choose which engine to use or there was a new shell for FF, that would be very nice. :p

p.s.I am always wondering what does the "use Gecko" do in Maxthon.

[Prometheus]

Does Maxthon have alot of bugs or glitches or expliotes as IE does, Im currently using Opera and im wondering my dad loves IE but he hates the expoites , so i showed him maxthon and he wondered if maxthon fixed these problems.

[CruJones]

I use maxathon at work because the pages we use only work with ie6, so i can't use firefox. It is a nice browser and works well for what i use it for. I also have it installed on my computer at home. I had avant, but it liked to take over my computer, so i uninstalled it and installed maxthon.

Very good advancement for IE..

[Prometheus]

Yes , but does it fix the current expoites. Im wondering if its better then Opera, and if its faster.