Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Hey look, a new thread that doesn't involve Chrome-Firefix-IE-or Opera! Wow! Anyways, I'm actually running Maxthon 3 right now, it's running fairly smooth and barely uses any resources compared to Firefox and Chrome. Another reason right now that I am loving it is the ability to switch between Webkit and Trident, it loads one or the other basing it off what the website is optimized for (since some websites are still built just for Trident!) Anways, wanted to see if anyone else used this, or what you guys think of the newest version. I'm actually running it with a new skin that makes it look nearly exactly like Chrome (removes the default avatar from the top left, tabs are like Chromes, etc. I can take a picture if you wanna see an example of mine but here is a pic of the latest version: It has a built in pop-up blocker and ad-hunter. Has mouse gestures built in. So far it's been stable, no crashes, takes some time to getting used a few things but other than that pretty big improvement over Maxthon 2. You can get it over at: http://maxthon.com/ Thoughts? Opinions? Anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Heartripper Subscriber¹ Posted February 26, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 26, 2011 Hey look, a new thread that doesn't involve Chrome-Firefix-IE-or Opera! Wow! Anyways, I'm actually running Maxthon 3 right now, it's running fairly smooth and barely uses any resources compared to Firefox and Chrome. Another reason right now that I am loving it is the ability to switch between Webkit and Trident, it loads one or the other basing it off what the website is optimized for (since some websites are still built just for Trident!) Anways, wanted to see if anyone else used this, or what you guys think of the newest version. I'm actually running it with a new skin that makes it look nearly exactly like Chrome (removes the default avatar from the top left, tabs are like Chromes, etc. I can take a picture if you wanna see an example of mine but here is a pic of the latest version: It has a built in pop-up blocker and ad-hunter. Has mouse gestures built in. So far it's been stable, no crashes, takes some time to getting used a few things but other than that pretty big improvement over Maxthon 2. You can get it over at: http://maxthon.com/ Thoughts? Opinions? Anything? I'd try it, but i can't get the site to load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancedar Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Hey look, a new thread that doesn't involve Chrome-Firefix-IE-or Opera! Wow! Anyways, I'm actually running Maxthon 3 right now, it's running fairly smooth and barely uses any resources compared to Firefox and Chrome. Another reason right now that I am loving it is the ability to switch between Webkit and Trident, it loads one or the other basing it off what the website is optimized for (since some websites are still built just for Trident!) Anways, wanted to see if anyone else used this, or what you guys think of the newest version. I'm actually running it with a new skin that makes it look nearly exactly like Chrome (removes the default avatar from the top left, tabs are like Chromes, etc. I can take a picture if you wanna see an example of mine but here is a pic of the latest version: It has a built in pop-up blocker and ad-hunter. Has mouse gestures built in. So far it's been stable, no crashes, takes some time to getting used a few things but other than that pretty big improvement over Maxthon 2. You can get it over at: http://maxthon.com/ Thoughts? Opinions? Anything? This is just a front for IE's rendering engine, right? I used it way back in the day and it was pretty decent - lightweight, snappy etc just like IE was(!) - but just love Chrome now. Would like to see your Chrome themed verion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I used to use it in place of IE, but since switching to Firefox, I haven't tried it. I thought about checking it out again with the newest version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 That's what my Maxthon looks like, yes it used to be running just the Trident rendering engine, now it uses Webkit AND Trident and uses Google's V8 javascript engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 This is just a front for IE's rendering engine, right? I used it way back in the day and it was pretty decent - lightweight, snappy etc just like IE was(!) - but just love Chrome now. Would like to see your Chrome themed verion though. No, it also uses Webkit, WebKit powers Google Chrome and Apple's Safari. Trident is used in a host of applications as well. Some of these...Bento Browser, Avant Browser, Skype, a VoIP software renders HTML data with Trident, and Enigma, a web browser amongst others! Maxthon is massive in China, it has been downloaded somewhere in the region of 500 million times worldwide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 That's all I used to use before Chrome. BTW, what skin are you using for maxthon 3? Care to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 That's all I used to use before Chrome. BTW, what skin are you using for maxthon 3? Care to share? My skin for it is: CHROME for MAXTHON 3 Also; my skin for Windows 7 is a metro style called Static. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Veteran Posted February 26, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2011 This is just a front for IE's rendering engine, right? I used it way back in the day and it was pretty decent - lightweight, snappy etc just like IE was(!) - but just love Chrome now. Would like to see your Chrome themed verion though. Try IE 9 and then say IE isn't snappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 maxthon used to crash quite a bit. Nothing beats Google Chrome in speed, performance and reliability. I had never seen Chrome crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 maxthon used to crash quite a bit. Nothing beats Google Chrome in speed, performance and reliability. I had never seen Chrome crash. I love Chrome, and I've had it crash a few times though. No crashes with Maxthon 3 yet, and renders nearly as fast (if not as fast) as Chrome 95% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 maxthon used to crash quite a bit. Nothing beats Google Chrome in speed, performance and reliability. I had never seen Chrome crash. Heh, you've never used the dev builds then :p. I'll admit, there's only been a couple dev builds that have been unstable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Veteran Posted February 26, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2011 maxthon used to crash quite a bit. Nothing beats Google Chrome in speed, performance and reliability. I had never seen Chrome crash. Sorry to say this but IE9 beats Chrome in Speed, Performance, Reliability and security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Sorry to say this but IE9 beats Chrome in Speed, Performance, Reliability and security. O.o uh... what? Chrome is faster in every test. It's more secure via sandboxing security. Performs just as good as IE9, if not better, since it's snappier and far more responsive than even IE9. It's realiable... all browsers are reliable, at least all the currently released ones (FF 3.6, IE 9, Chrome, Opera, Maxthon3) Lay off the drugs man, or do some research before you post that fud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 My skin for it is: CHROME for MAXTHON 3 Also; my skin for Windows 7 is a metro style called Static. :p Cool, thanks! I might have to check out that win7 theme. I haven't installed a VS since Windows XP days (ah how much I miss reluna). Gotta learn how to get VSs installed with Windows 7 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azure.sapphire Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Try IE 9 and then say IE isn't snappy. I agree. However, they will point out that Maxthon 3 supports either trident or webkit for rendering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 I agree. However, they will point out that Maxthon 3 supports either trident or webkit for rendering. Which is fact. :) But in all honesty, this is a nifty pretty smooth running browser that has taken a nice step into turning itself around from nothing, to something that feels a lot better than FF4 imo. It even supports add-ons, but they're all outdated for Maxthon 2.X for right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Veteran Posted February 26, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2011 O.o uh... what? Chrome is faster in every test. It's more secure via sandboxing security. Performs just as good as IE9, if not better, since it's snappier and far more responsive than even IE9. It's realiable... all browsers are reliable, at least all the currently released ones (FF 3.6, IE 9, Chrome, Opera, Maxthon3) Lay off the drugs man, or do some research before you post that fud. IE was the first to use sandboxing technology. Performance is debateable. IE and Chrome are the most reliable browsers. Lay off the drugs man, or do some research before you post that fud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 IE was the first to use sandboxing technology. Performance is debateable. IE and Chrome are the most reliable browsers. Lay off the drugs man, or do some research before you post that fud. Can you post any proof of IE using sandboxing technology? ;) The only test that IE9 outperforms Chrome on is HA. Chrome's V8 Javascript engine runs faster, same with Webkit. Prove to me how IE9 is performing better against Chrome, or even Firefox for that matter. And yes both are the most reliable, yet your previous post you tried to make it seem like IE9 is better in all aspects, which, in reality it is not. I'm not spreading FUD around, you are. You came into this topic, which is about MAXTHON, and tossed in your two-cents that was completely off-topic, and failed to even post any factual statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Forgot to mention they do have Add-Ons; or did I mention that? Either way, the add-ons are prepard for 3.0 just yet, apparently all features that were in Maxthon 2.X will be put in 3.X in a future release as they work out all the bugs first, from what I hear they're also looking for ambassadors from different countries to help out. :) So let's discuss this browser, what do you like or dislike about it? And let's stay on topic this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Veteran Posted February 26, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2011 Can you post any proof of IE using sandboxing technology? ;) The only test that IE9 outperforms Chrome on is HA. Chrome's V8 Javascript engine runs faster, same with Webkit. Prove to me how IE9 is performing better against Chrome, or even Firefox for that matter. And yes both are the most reliable, yet your previous post you tried to make it seem like IE9 is better in all aspects, which, in reality it is not. I'm not spreading FUD around, you are. You came into this topic, which is about MAXTHON, and tossed in your two-cents that was completely off-topic, and failed to even post any factual statements. Protected Mode (available in Windows Vista only), whereby the browser runs in a sandbox with even lower rights than a limited user account. As such, it can only write to the Temporary Internet Files folder and cannot install start-up programs or change any configuration of the operating system without communicating through a broker process. IE7 Protected Mode relies on the User Account Control technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 maxthon used to crash quite a bit. Nothing beats Google Chrome in speed, performance and reliability. I had never seen Chrome crash. That's funny, because I'm working on a computer that BSODs when I try to go to a website with Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Protected Mode (available in Windows Vista only), whereby the browser runs in a sandbox with even lower rights than a limited user account. As such, it can only write to the Temporary Internet Files folder and cannot install start-up programs or change any configuration of the operating system without communicating through a broker process. IE7 Protected Mode relies on the User Account Control technology. IE8 came out March 19th, 2009. Google Chrome came out September 2nd, 2008. See where I am going to this? IE8, was in test for several months with said features, Google was testing it for several months with sandboxing being around since v1. Again, do your research. Chrome had it first. So... you were right they do have it in there, but you were wrong to think IE had it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ferson Veteran Posted February 26, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2011 After seeing this thread I've downloaded Maxthon 3 to see how I find it. I'm quite impressed by it, actually! I just need to find a way to remove the Status Bar from the bottom. I always hide the Status Bars along the bottom in any browsers I use, because I like to have as much screen space as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurizer Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 IE8 came out March 19th, 2009. Google Chrome came out September 2nd, 2008. See where I am going to this? "On August 27, 2008, Microsoft made IE8 Beta 2 generally available. PC World noted various Beta 2 features such as InPrivate mode, tab isolation and color coding, and improved standards and compatibility compared to Internet Explorer 7." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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