Bearded Kirklander Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 I have been poking around about IE 7 and am wondering if it will be worth messing with versus IE 6 and Maxthon. I was hoping to get other peoples thoughts on this in case I'm missing something. Maxthon has ad blocking, pop up blocking, RSS, mouse gestures and all that, but it also has what I think is a fantastic Tabbed Browsing setup in terms of features and functionality. I'm totally, totally used to it. I can middle click on a link and have it open in a new tab. I can choose if I want new tabs to open with focus or in the background. I can choose to have the tab open right next to the current tab or at the end. I can set tab width max and min, the number of text characters in the tab, I can turn off the little graphical icon on each tab, include a close X on each tab if I want (or not), I can set the max amount of tabs that can be opened, I can have it warn me if I am closing the browser and multiple tabs are open (or not), I can do GROUPS, which is awesome, and I can navigate the tabs with incredible speed and ease by pressing CTRL-ARROW (left or right) and basically a whole bunch of other stuff that it appears IE 7 just won't offer in terms of configurability and options. This is akin to the Tab Browser Extension for Mozilla/Firefox pretty much, and is robust as heck as far as I'm concerned. So given all this, is IE 7 even going to be worth messing with in its native form? Thoughts / opinions would be appreciated. Thanks, BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 You can still use Maxthon with IE7. Do you ever think for a secomd about waht you're typing? Maxthon will benefit from the upgrades in IE7's rendering engine. IE is more than just an interface to the web you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 You can still use Maxthon with IE7.Do you ever think for a secomd about waht you're typing? Of course I do, silly person! :) I was simply referring to IE 7 alone vs say IE 6 with Maxthon. In terms of standard features / functionality / use. It seems a reasonable question to me. Bummer if it didn't to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 It is going to be very hard for me to stop using Maxthon! As you say has all the features of all the other browsers and a few more! Had no real problems with it since MyIE days! IE 7 is going to have to pull it's finger out of it's backside before I change! ;) Edit: I got you drift, sometimes plain English does not suffice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUTZIFER Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 IE 7 rulez! Ya don't need anything but it, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0g0ut Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 i'd imagine maxthon power users would still use maxthon with IE7. Plain IE7 just not powerful enough once you get used to maxthon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msg43 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 If IE7 supports W3C standereds and pngs then it will be worth the update. I'm a linux user but I really hope IE7 pulls everything together. Trying to code a webapge that works with all browsers and still agree with the W3C rules is a pain. The CSS part atleast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mircleman Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Sitting here on this website on I.E. 7 Im not least bit impressed yes its beta 1 so we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustNotSleep Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 heeeell no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 i'd imagine maxthon power users would still use maxthon with IE7. Plain IE7 just not powerful enough once you get used to maxthon. I wonder if Maxthon would supplant / interfere with the Microsoft RSS implementation, for example. Would that feature be removed from Maxthon? It seems there are more areas of overlap now that might make people think IE 7 is sufficient. As you say, I'm not sure Power Users will, but others well may. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Unless M$ makes improvementsto it's Beta IE7, I dont think it will be better than Firefox. I test the IE7 Beta and I thought it was crap, so hopefully they'll make more improvements to it before its final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz2002 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Bearded Kirklander, you are treating Maxthon as a add on for IE6. Maxthon is not an add on it is a Browser that uses the IE engine thats all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 maxthon er myie2 is dependant on the ie rendering engine so you could technicaly call it a sorta addon to ie but with it's own menus n stuff,if you were to remove the ie rendering engine then maxthon would not function but if you use either firefox or opera(i use opera)then those browsers would still work as they don't use the ie rendering engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 Bearded Kirklander, you are treating Maxthon as a add on for IE6. Maxthon is not an add on it is a Browser that uses the IE engine thats all. It is sort of an add-on though, isn't it? Uses the same ZONES, same Favorites, same config info underneath? It sits atop IE essentially, does it not? Uses the same button bar, links bar, etc? It doesn't just use the rendering engine only, right? Cause if it did, there would be no zones, privacy control, etc. unless they duplicated every single aspect of the program, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeitgeist Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 I'm hoping some cool plugins will be made for IE that adds a lot of functionality, like the Firefox addon system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 correct Bearded Kirklander maxthon or any of these ie based browsers do sit atop of ie and use parts of ie n stuff for it to work,with opera or firefox they use there own stuff.i doubt ie plugins will be widly availible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 correct Bearded Kirklandermaxthon or any of these ie based browsers do sit atop of ie and use parts of ie n stuff for it to work,with opera or firefox they use there own stuff.i doubt ie plugins will be widly availible. So I guess now the question is, if they both have RSS, will Maxthon disable the built in IE7 RSS and use its own? Or another method? That made me laugh. Maybe you should spell check before you diss other peoples logic?Personally I dont think Id ever switch from Maxthon, its just to perfect. Bwahahaha! No contraction on Don't. Or I'd. To should be Too. U TOO FUNNY! Spelling do not matter on Teh IntarWeb! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azz0r_wugg Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 You can still use Maxthon with IE7.Do you ever think for a secomd about waht you're typing? Maxthon will benefit from the upgrades in IE7's rendering engine. IE is more than just an interface to the web you know. 586333544[/snapback] That made me laugh. Maybe you should spell check before you diss other peoples logic? Personally I dont think Id ever switch from Maxthon, its just to perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeantNoob Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 That made me laugh. Maybe you should spell check before you diss other peoples logic?Personally I dont think Id ever switch from Maxthon, its just to perfect. 586336216[/snapback] Go back to grammar school please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Of course I do, silly person! :)I was simply referring to IE 7 alone vs say IE 6 with Maxthon. In terms of standard features / functionality / use. It seems a reasonable question to me. Bummer if it didn't to you. 586333562[/snapback] Ahah, didn't really fully read your post there. I'm using IE7 now instead of Maxthon. It has all the features I'm looking for. Of course it doesn't beat Konqueror, but for when I have to use windows, it's not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 That made me laugh. Maybe you should spell check before you diss other peoples logic?Personally I dont think Id ever switch from Maxthon, its just to perfect. 586336216[/snapback] I forgot I was in Windows. When I'm running Konqueror, it spell checks for me (Y). Best browser ever http://konqueror.org/ :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 6, 2005 Go back to grammar school please. 586336440[/snapback] oh noes! he MISSED 1 LETTER OUT :rolleyes: back on topic, i think i will probably switch to IE7 a few months after it comes out out of all the browsers ive tried, i cant configure the tabs to work how i want them except for the one im using now. (& IE7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeitgeist Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 oh noes! he MISSED 1 LETTER OUT :rolleyes: 586336828[/snapback] The point the person was trying to make was that a person who obviously has no grasp on English grammar should not be correcting another's spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 The point the person was trying to make was that a person who obviously has no grasp on English grammar should not be correcting another's spelling. Plus, it's silly to worry about spelling and grammer on forums. This is supposed to be a place where people can just come and talk and not have to worry about that stuff, right? As long as you can understand what it is someone is trying to convey, why should spelling and grammer matter? This is Teh InTarWeb after all. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 because people like to flame for the tiniest things, like missing a leter out. :whistle: Guess so. Sadly. :( Let us not nitpick on spelling - let us just post links of purdy babes and help share knowledge. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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