Maxthon (Classic)

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Editors’ Review

A browser based on the Internet Explorer engine, Maxthon is probably something of a curiosity for most North American users. It never really caught on there, but elsewhere–especially China–it’s one of the most popular browsers around. It renders pages fast and comes loaded with features, as if Firefox came with 90 percent of its most popular plug-ins.

All the basics are represented here, from tabbed browsing to skins to add-ons, and many of the rolled-in features make Maxthon hard to ignore. Some of our favorite features include rolled-in auto-form filling, the ability to set up bookmark groups that open on start-up–excellent for news or blogs, the ability to autoscroll Web pages, and pop-up and content filters for blocking ads and specific content formats you don’t want. There are also customizable hotkey commands for such nifty features as auto-completing URLs, so if you type “download” and hold down the Ctrl key, it will auto-fill the “http://” and the “.com”.

We also like the super drag-and-drop feature, which lets you directly select and drag keywords to a current Web page or directly to the address bar. Maxthon is fast, small, flexible, and easy to use, and the extra features make it a browser we highly recommend. This version, Classic, differs from the newer Maxthon in several ways–notably by being more stable and less customizable.

Full Specifications

What’s new in version 1.6.7.35

Version 1.6.7 build 35 fixed default search engine problem.

General

Release March 17, 2010 Date Added March 3, 2010 Version 1.6.7.35

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 95, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows, Windows 7, Windows XP Additional Requirements None

Popularity

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