danniboi Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Maxthon rocks! :yes: It's quick & smooth, it has tons of great plugins, awesome community, hundreds of skins. Everyone should have a copy of Maxthon on their computer, even if FF is their default browser of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I have one on my computer and when I have hte mood I use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc@home Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 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. 586277087[/snapback] Yes, maxthon inherits most of IE's vulnerabilities. But there are some differences. Maxthon is a MDI (multiple document interface) design. By nature maxthon would always show the active window/tab's title/address in the browser's title/address bar, making most of the "spoofing vulnerabilities" limp. Maxthon also has some security features on top of IE. Depending on browsing habbits, such features could greatly enhance browser security without lossing much convenience. Maxthon is also keen in keeping the browser as secure as possible. For record, maxthon fixed IE's extremely critical buffer overflow vulnerability by itself 7 days after disclosed by secunia, several weeks ahead of IE's patch. maxthon also fixed the non-IE tabbed browsing vulnerability just 5 days after disclosure, much earlier than any tabbed browsers (eg both FF and avant took nearly 4 months). So I think that maxthon is more secure than IE, and perhaps most IE based browsers as well. That says, maxthon users are at least more secure than 85% of browser users. Not to bad I guess. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentaal Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I hope one day Maxthon could let user choose which engine to use 586246837[/snapback] That already exists. Maxthon CAN use Gecko Engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkorp Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 it depends on the computer and the user more than the browser. Amen to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shouck Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 My worst nag about Maxthon: When it's set as the default browser, and a 3rd party program, or email link is clicked and Maxthon's not open, it doesn't open WITH all your tabs open in addition to the new tab, it wipes them all out, and opens JUST the tab from the external link. ANNOYING. Otherwise, totally happy with Maxthon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Yes , but does it fix the current expoites. Im wondering if its better then Opera, and if its faster. 586277156[/snapback] What exploites are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchetsteadman Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Well, I am VERY happy with it. It is impossible to go back to IE because maxthon is sooo much better. Most people at work use IE and their toolbar gets filled with work related links, mine has all those links in ONE maxthon window... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaulz Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 My worst nag about Maxthon:When it's set as the default browser, and a 3rd party program, or email link is clicked and Maxthon's not open, it doesn't open WITH all your tabs open in addition to the new tab, it wipes them all out, and opens JUST the tab from the external link. ANNOYING. Otherwise, totally happy with Maxthon. 586279550[/snapback] There's a setting you can change to prevent that. Look around in the options.. (it's under Advanced>Browsing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Yea , alright thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shouck Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 There's a setting you can change to prevent that. Look around in the options.. (it's under Advanced>Browsing) I can't find it. I tried the 'Open all links when drop a selection' but that didn't do it. Good thing I saved a Group before I did it. Any other suggestions where that option is? I'm excited now.. that's my last gripe about Maxthon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayamaniac Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I tested MyIE2 and Avant years ago, I went with Avant because I can customize it to exactly the way I want. I can't remember what was missing in MyIE2, but one thing was to add the Ad Block button on the toolbar, there's no way to do it in MyIE2. Also, firefox can't do it either, Avant browser is the only one that could. I'll check out Maxthon (god I hate this name) again to see if there are major improvements since MyIE2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaulz Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I can't find it. I tried the 'Open all links when drop a selection' but that didn't do it. Good thing I saved a Group before I did it. Any other suggestions where that option is? I'm excited now.. that's my last gripe about Maxthon 586283346[/snapback] crap, gave you erroneus info. Sorry, man. Do you have "handle program's DDE call when Maxthon is running" checked? I don't know why your version should be doing that, since I've never had that happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazebee_ Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 maxthon is great, been using is for as long as i remember. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I have tried it and I really don't like it, the UI just has an unprofessional and clunky feeling to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaulz Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I have tried it and I really don't like it, the UI just has an unprofessional and clunky feeling to it. 586290363[/snapback] umm, you know you can completely customize the UI, right? Here's mine: It's about as streamlined as you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Yes, I know I've played with it but I can't get it to feel right, I guess I'm just picky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I use it, I dig it, I promote it to buddies. I have the thing set to NO SKIN and it looks and works simple. Here's a screenie: I like the GROUPS feature a ton: I also like how you can toggle things on and off for security and convenience: I'm all over it. It seems like it's what IE should have been all along. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 My worst nag about Maxthon:When it's set as the default browser, and a 3rd party program, or email link is clicked and Maxthon's not open, it doesn't open WITH all your tabs open in addition to the new tab, it wipes them all out, and opens JUST the tab from the external link. ANNOYING. Otherwise, totally happy with Maxthon. By Maxthon not open, you mean Maxthon is not running at all? Or that it is minimized and has open tabs and when you click on a link, all those tabs are closed?I can't seem to dupe the behavior. I just clicked a link in an OE 6 email and it came up as a tab right next to all my open tabs. If you want, I can provide you a list of what my config options are and you can check against that if you wish. Just let me know. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchoi Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Maxthon is better as the ads blocking feature and gesture feature are a lot better than firefox. Although there're externsions of FF,they are not as good as maxthon. FF nearly crashes and fail to load. I am switching back to maxthon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeitgeist Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Yes, I know I've played with it but I can't get it to feel right, I guess I'm just picky. 586290545[/snapback] I couldn't either. It felt 'unpolished' in a way. I use IE7 now and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tevage Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Ive never heard of this browser, but thanks for the info all, will give it a shot when i get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Ive never heard of this browser, but thanks for the info all, will give it a shot when i get home. If ya need any help configuring, just post. There is a config sheet I could post if you want that covers some of the more helpful settings. Good luck, and enjoy. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedogg Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 (edited) My worst nag about Maxthon:When it's set as the default browser, and a 3rd party program, or email link is clicked and Maxthon's not open, it doesn't open WITH all your tabs open in addition to the new tab, it wipes them all out, and opens JUST the tab from the external link. ANNOYING. Otherwise, totally happy with Maxthon. 586279550[/snapback] Options > Maxthon options > Start Page Select Resume Last visited pages or open a group. Edited August 10, 2005 by leedogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReeb Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Maxthon is really great, everyone should give it a try. For all the Microsoft haters, you can make it look like Firefox if you just wish: Maxthon is a very customizable browser, with plenty of awesome plugins and skins. It's consuming very little memory resources, 3mb with a blank tab. Firefox with a blank tab is using 20mb(!!!). Anyway, I think Maxthon is definitely better than Firefox, and you should all try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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