Maxthon has an awesome, one click feature that allows users to see two tabs in the same window. All told, Maxthon supports HTTP, HTTPS, Socks4, Socks4a, Socks5 and other authenticated proxies. Maxthon allows users to preset several proxies and switch between them based on a set of rules, enabling them to browse anonymously anywhere. Same goes for the BBC’s popular iPlayer that lets you watch some of British television’s best shows, so long as you are using a U.K.-based proxy. But if you browser to from China, you won’t be able to watch anything. visitors to can watch hundreds of television shows and movies, including the popular Heroes Season 3. Many sites require users to be from a particular region of the world to access content. Proxy Switching to Access Any Site from Anywhere Add to this more than 1,400 add-ons and it is not a surprise that this lesser known browser is garnering a loyal following. And tabs are one of Maxthon’s minor features. As an example consider how Maxthon handles tabs-allowing users to sort them by site move them around copy them detach them (a trick Chrome copied) give them aliases or assign them unique keyboard shortcuts. Out of the box, Maxthon offers more innovative features than nearly every other browser Practical eCommerce has reviewed. Maxthon is a Hot-bed of Feature Innovation The most recent version of Maxthon (2.1.4 when this article was written) had become compatible with the forthcoming IE8 beta2 that does a better job of meeting W3C standards. For example, like IE6 and IE7, Maxthon does not always comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards, so it renders some web pages incorrectly or unexpectedly. Maxthon’s relationship to IE is both a strength and weakness, since it gains the benefits of Microsoft’s improvements but also gets its problems (and is a PC only browser). The browser is based on the Trident Layout Engine, which is the same engine powering Microsoft’s IE-in fact, the Maxthon browser was originally named MyIE2. As an example, when users pointed out that Maxthon had a tendency to crash when tabs were closed, its software engineers quickly released an updated version of the software. And, perhaps thanks to its egalitarian Chinese designers, Maxthon has a reputation for quickly converting user feedback into new features, options, or corrections. In spite of its strong Asian user base, Maxthon is really very global browser, supporting more than 20 languages right out of the box. All told the browser has been downloaded about 170 million times, but Maxthon reports just 12 million regular users-and only about 2 million users outside of China. Maxthon has its roots in China where the majority of its users reside. These browser battles can and will have an effect on how everyone accesses the Internet and what they expect from the websites or online stores they visit. Google fired the shot of this renewed browser war when it launched the beta version of its Chrome browser in September. Our reviews have been in response to what we believe is a new, more heated battle for browser supremacy. The Maxthon web browser brings several great features to the same platform as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) and lets users pretend to be from other counties so they can access otherwise restricted sites.įor the past several weeks, Practical eCommerce has been reviewing the leading web browsers, pointing out each one’s strengths and weaknesses.
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