Maxthon Browser 3.0.7.9 Alpha

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Maxthon (Formerly MyIE2) is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface. It can open multiple web pages within one browser window, and uses little system resources. Maxthon has a greatly integrated & customizable interface which supports Skins (Default, Turbo Qute, Mozilla_2, Safari, TCPort, X_Phoenity), Plug-Ins (AI Roboform, FlashSave, ViewSource, EnableRightClick, Up a Directory, Weather), IE Extensions, & specific toolbars (example: GOOGLE Toolbar).

It also incorporates 2 POPUP blockers (Auto POPUP blocker & a POPUP blocker list filter) and a Content Filter. Maxthon is based on the Internet Explorer engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in IE, works the same in Maxthon but with many additional efficient features like:

Easy Surfing - Browsing with Joy:

? Tabbed Browsing. All the web pages are arranged as tabs inside main window to ease your navigation. You can find almost all common operations in the Right-click Menu of tabs.

? Mouse Gestures. Hold right mouse button and perform the gestures to access common features such as Back, Forward, Refresh and Close Tab. You can set up your own mouse gestures in Setup Center.

? Maxthon Smart Acceleration. Boost the browsing speed of your frequent visit website. And the Super Acceleration Mode can even more improve the browse speed.

? Magic Fill. Fill all the forms with Magic Fill by a single click. It can recognize almost any form fields automatically. You can also save existing form data for further use.

? Feed Reader. With the built-in Feed Reader, you don't have to install other software to subscribe and read RSS 0.9/1.0/2.0 and Atom 0.3/1.0 Feeds. Click on the Feed icon on the Address Bar, or drag & drop the URL into My Subscriptions sidebar to subscribe to a Feed.

? URL Alias. Give a name to your favorite website, and then visit it by simply typing the name in the Address Bar. You can set the URL Alias via Right-click Menu of the tab.

? Utilities. You can add shortcuts of your programs in Maxthon, and start them with a single click. You can even set prorgams to start and shutdown with Maxthon Browser.

? Ad Hunter. Ad Hunter can efficiently clean up the web pages by stoping Popup Windows and removing Ad Content Blocks. You can add content block to the filter with the "Block Page Content..." command in the Right-click Menu.

? Web Sniffer. Web Sniffer can help you find the real URLs of FLV video file on those online video website. You can also set which file types to sniff in the dialog.

? Anti-Freeze. The emergence of Tabbed Browsing Mode and the increasing usage of Ajax Technology in websites might cause frequent freezing while browsing. Maxthon Browser has developed a new technology to solve this problem, makes your surfing more fluently.

? Super Drag&Drop. Type the keywords in Address Bar then press Enter to perform a search. Or simply drag & drop a keyword with your mouse. Click on images when holding the Ctrl key, the image you clicked will be saved to specified folder.

? Undo List. Closed a tab by mistake? There is always a chance to get them back with the Undo List. The Back/Forward History is also saved in the Undo List. You don't need to be panic when closed a tab by mistake.

? Online Favorites Service. Access your Favorites content anywhere with Maxthon Online Favorites Service. The encrypted stand-alone Favorites file format can help you protect you privacy on a shared computer.

? Super Proxy. Supports connect to internet with HTTP, HTTPS, Socks4, Socks4a, Socks5 proxy servers, also supports proxies that requires authentication. Maxthon Browser can switch between proxies automatically base on your Advanced Proxy Rule setting.

? Web Bar. This little toolbar provides a lots of small features that aid your browsing, and can be toggled on and off easily.

? URL Key. Open one or more website with only one key. It suits for lazy guys like me :p. You can set up the key and url list in Setup Center.

? Screen Capture. Capture Full Screen, Selected Area, Selected Window and Page Content as an image. You can set copy the image to Clipboard or save it as a file.

Secure Browsing - Be Your Guardian of the Web

? Security Updates. Maxthon Security Updates reduce the risk of certain unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerabilities while browsing.

? Trusted Website Check. Address Bar will show the Trusted icon and its background will turn green when you visit a trusted website. Help you secure your online transcations.

? Clean Private Data. You can erase all your browsing information easily. And you can set up to have them cleaned automatically on exit.

Fully Customizable - The Way You Surf the World

? Plugins. Add more features into Maxthon Browser with plugins. You can even make some to share with your friends.

? Filter Packs. Remove ads on a specified website or implement a special feature. The whole new Filter Pack system gives you the possiblity of modifing web page source code.

? Skins. Install Skins to change the look of your Maxthon Browser and make it different, or create one by yourself.

? Multi-language. Maxthon Browser has Language Packs in 19 different languages, all made by our community users. Let Maxthon speaks your own language.

Dual Browsing Modes

Maxthon 3.0 offers 2 browsing modes based on different browser engines. The Turbo mode, based on a new browser engine, provides tremendously faster browsing speed and better support of web standards for unprecedented browsing experience.

When any web page cannot be opened correctly in Turbo mode, e.g. certain online banking pages, in most cases the browser will intelligently open the web page in Compatible mode correctly and seamlessly without interruption.

If the browsing mode is not switched automatically, it can be switched conveniently by clicking the browsing mode button next to the address bar. The selected mode will also be remembered and used in future visits to the web site.

What is Turbo mode?

The Turbo mode uses the Webkit browser engine to interpret and draw web pages. Maxthon 3.0 uses the Turbo mode as default browsing mode to provide the best user experience. Based on Webkit engine, Maxthon 3.0 significantly improves javascript execution and page loading speed. It has also much better support for the W3C web standards, as evidenced in the passing of the Acid2 test and the full score in the Acid3 test, both by W3C.

Why is there the Compatible mode?

The Compatible mode is provided for visiting web pages written for IE only. While web pages are increasingly compliant to the W3C standards globally, older web pages and some local web pages may not be changed soon. In addition, local intranets are often developed around IE. So even the Turbo mode provides much improved user experience, the Compatible mode is sometimes necessary.

What is Webkit?

Webkit is a highly regarded browser engine. Besides Maxthon 3.0, Google Chrome browser and Apple Safari browser are also using the Webkit engine. Webkit engine is widely used in various platforms, especially in portable devices due to its light weight and high efficiency nature. Webkit has unmatched rendering speed which is especially advantageous in slow internet connection.

Major changes in 3.0 Alpha:

1. Added user account for storing favorites, settings, internet cache, and cookies etc for each user individually

2. Added online favorites module. Edit of favorites will be supported in the next version;

3. Redesigned smooth scrolling which supports scroll acceleration and configurable parameters;

4. Added default browser option under ?customize?? of new installer;

5. New online update program provides more information and has more friendly interface;

6. Added substitute blank page with testing version information

Changes in Maxthon Browser 3.0.7.9 Alpha (2010-03-15):

Webkit Core

+ added popup blocker

+ added setup center (elementary settings only ATM)

+ added support for third parties protocol like emule (ed2k) links

+ big images can be clicked to fit browser and clicked again to restore

* optimized CPU and memory usage

* improved web page loading speed

* fixed blank tab problem when javascript links are dragged and dropped

* fixed possible crash problem in certain web pages

* fixed a focus problem

Homepage - http://www.maxthon.com

Size: 9.52 MB

Download Maxthon 3.0 Alpha

[FlintyV]

So Maxthon now uses WebKit?

Isn't this a big change and I always thought it used the IE Engine, no?

[Growled Member]

I may have to give Maxthon another try when it gets a little bit further along. It's more like a real browser now instead of a shell.

[Chasethebase Veteran]

Hm, considering it's now WebKit I may give this a shot. :) A screenshot of the UI below.

[bjoswald]

Wow, another blast from the past!

[Matt]

ive been using maxthon 3 for awhile now. i never knew why more people on the forum didnt catch on by now.

[Neoauld]

This is a browser that could end up being a big contender. The alpha is really plain and last time i tried it half the features werent enabled, but it was GREAT with the IE engine and the only reason i didtn use it was because of IE. I can easily see myself switching to this come release.

[wellofsouls]

So Maxthon now uses WebKit?

Isn't this a big change and I always thought it used the IE Engine, no?

It's dual-engine. Being a China-based browser, it will never be able to get rid of IE when IE still holds over 95% marketshare here (and IE6 still holds over 60% marketshare here). So it includes both WebKit and Trident engines, and even a feature to automatically switch between the two engines depending on the current website to load.

Wow, another blast from the past!

well, Maxthon has been one of the dominant browsers (or browser shells) in China all these years, it has just reached over 300 million accumulated downloads from the official site alone, not counting those pre-installed in internet cafes and all kinds of pirated Windows XP versions out there everywhere.

Albeit recently it's being challenged by Tencent's TT browser and Sohu's Sogou browser a lot (Sogou browser being another WebKit/Trident dual-engine browser)

[Chasethebase Veteran]

Been using it for a whole, and this is very nice. Lightning quick and stupid fast on a cold start. Impressed so far but it can't seem to save images at the moment.

[Mamoun]

If only they focused on M3's development and left M2 to die.

[Growled Member]

If only they focused on M3's development and left M2 to die.

I tried M2 a couple of time and it was truly terrible, so I agree with you.

[Tokar]

Call me when they finally add all the features a browser should have.

The Maxthon developers are so conceited to think that anyone is willing to fool around with this browser for any more than 5 minutes without a decent set of features...yeah yeah company line is "core first, features later". Sorry, thats not how the browser world works. If you add in the features you would get so many more users testing and finding bugs. Instead, a limited number of users finding an unlimited number of bugs, slowing development immensely. Maxthon has been in alpha for ages now...where as Chrome...threw the users a bone with the features during testing and look where they are now.