Maxthon
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Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) (pronounced "max-ton") is a web broswer for Windows. It is an Internet Explorer shell and thus uses Trident, the same layout engine used by Internet Explorer.
Maxthon seeks to provide all of the features of Opera and other feature-rich browsers, but without losing any of the compatibility of Internet Explorer. It competes directly with Avant Browser and other Internet Explorer shells. Maxthon offers several enhancements (see features list below) over Internet Explorer, but still uses Internet Explorer's Trident layout engine and is subject to the advantages and disadvantages of that engine.
Features
- Tabbed document interface
- Programmable mouse gesture
- MaxUpdate - an automatic updating service
- Super Drag&Drop - open new links by simply dragging and dropping the link on the page
- AD Hunter - an ad-blocking utility
- External utility bar - allows you to start other programs with a click
- Skinning
- Supports hundreds of Maxthon Plugins and many Internet Explorer plugins
- Partial Gecko engine support.
- Programmable search functions, with 8 preloaded engines (including Yahoo! and Google).
External links
- Maxthon official website (http://www.maxthon.com)
- Maxthon changelog (http://www.maxthon.com/en/index.htm#whatsnew)
- Maxthon plugins (http://maxthon.tarapages.com)
- Maxthon skins (http://www.skinnable.com/maxthon)
- Maxthon FAQ (http://maxthon.cafedeux.com/faq)
- How to pronounce "Maxthon" - MP3 file (http://maxthon.com/files/maxthon.mp3)