New version of Maxthon browser released, version 1.2.2

Posted April 9, 2005

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I used Maxthon heavily from last May to October, but then it got really buggy. I had problems with the tabbed windows limiting me to three windows, my back button would stop working, and then the browser would crash when I closed it. But it appears all of those bugs have been fixed and we can concentrate again on what is really great about this browser.

It is a shell that is built off of Internet Explorer, so you have their base browser which is nice, but is also comes enhanced with many more features.

Plugins : Flash Save and View Source. One press buttons to download flash movies from websites and you can quickly view the site’s source with one button, instead of two clicks to the main view menu, or the right click context menu.

Tabbed browsing : As far as I knew, Maxthon was the first browser that had tabbed windows, or maybe it was the first one I discovered.

Window Save on Exit : That’s right. If you have to force quit, or reboot or something, this is one of Maxthon’s greatest features and isn’t in
any other browser I have found. It will reopen all of the tabs you had up when you closed if you would like.

Mouse Gestures, enhanced favorites, and skins this has all the works. Except, I am pretty pissed that the new version 1.2.2 does no longer support Google Toolbar, which stinks, but I haven’t been using that in Firefox either, so no big deal.

Check this browser out either way as a cool alternative.