Maxthon (v2) 2.5.9.2246 Fileforum Pick

3.4 out of 5 stars 3.4 (1051 votes)

(October 15, 2009)

Windows 2000/Me/Vista/XP / Freeware / 507,565 downloads

Maxthon is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer engine which means that what works in IE, works the same in Maxthon but with many additional efficient features like Tabbed Browsing Interface; Mouse Gestures; Super Drag&Drop; Privacy Protection; AD Hunter; Google Bar Support; External Utility Bar; and Skinning.

Extremely Customizable, Improved Ad Hunter, Built-in Online Favorites Service, Improved Feed Reader, Magic Form Filler, Smart Acceleration, Splendid Skins, Improved History, Super Proxy, Seperated User Account, File Sniffer and more.

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  1. 2 out of 5 stars
    Aegis69

    Reviewing 2.5.9.2246 (Oct 15, 2009)

    If you still insist on using IE, get IEPro and install it. Thats a lot better than installing this mess.

    Better yet, get Firefox or Opera. Once you see the list of addons for Firefox, you will never go back to something like this.

  2. 1 out of 5 stars
    DoHickey

    Reviewing 2.5.7.1162 (Sep 13, 2009)

    Why don't these people at Maxthon just give up & go home.
    I've moved on from the mess that the browser has turned into.
    Firefox has blown the out of the picture totally.

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    olirosee

    Reviewing 2.5.7.1162 (Sep 10, 2009)

    Have been using Maxthon 2 for over 2 years now (changing from version 1) and I still prefer it over Firefox, Opera and Chrome because I can customise it much more to the way I need it to work, without any third party add-ons. It loads (at least on my machine) slower than Chrome but at least 3 times faster than Firefox (which now takes not less than 45 seconds to become available).

    However recently I am experiencing many problems - up to 10 crashes a day (I am a heavy user) of which 90% happen when I try to close a Window in which a Flash application is running, and about half of the time it takes not less than 3 minutes to unload after closing it - generally I am using task manager now to dispose of Maxthon.

    Favourites menu needs up to 30 seconds to open (I have a lot of bookmarks, but all sorted in groups and folders) and it brings my work to a halt if I accidentally mouse-over the menu. Perhaps it is rendering the bookmarks tree each time before dropping down the menu?

    Every now and then, it completely forgets my passwords, loses my cookies...

    And still it has the features I need which I can't get from the competition (no mention of IE 7 or 8 here - that's not competition) and I will keep using it, hoping that with each new revision some of my problems will disappear.

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    jblane

    Reviewing 2.5.7.1162 (Sep 10, 2009)

    At least for me: quick, complete, customizable to the max, useful features, working like a charm.

  5. 2 out of 5 stars
    ZenoLabs

    Reviewing 2.5.7.1143 Beta 3 (Sep 9, 2009)

    No more reasons to use this one now.

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