We call that ‘Quick Access.’ It’s one way to easily access your most-used sites. Online favorites theoretically have a file limit, but no one has reached it yet.įirst time I ran Maxthon, I saw 10 thumbnails of popular websites and some language asking me to “Add website.” What’s that about? No limits on the number of tab or favorites stored on your PC. Sorry.Īre there any limits on the number of tabs or favorites? The best place to look for help on both of those browsers is the Maxthon Forum.Ī PC running any version of Windows from XP through Windows 7. Yes, we’ll continue to support and improve Maxthon1 and Maxthon2. Also, Maxthon community feedback has made it clear that most users find it annoying to have to switch browsers to use a website optimized to older standards. We’ve always been impressed with WebKit and V8, they’re the best in their respective functions. Why Are You Releasing a Third Version of Maxthon? If you want speed, you gotta’ go with Maxthon 3. Firefox slowly huffs and chugs itself to 94. Guess what Maxthon gets? A fast and zippy 100. Acid3 is a web standards test page from the Web Standards Project that checks how well a web browser follows certain selected elements from web standards, especially relating to the Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript. We’re confident we stand shoulder to shoulder, in many cases exceed, Firefox, IE, Opera, Chrome and Safari. Make no mistake, Maxthon 3 is one of the best (we think THE best) browsers available today. How Does Maxthon 3 Compare to the Other Guys? Maxthon 3, also uses a second rendering engine, Webkit, the same one used by Chrome and Safari, The two engines make Maxthon 3 the first automatic-switching dual engine browser. All told, Trident makes up only about 30 percent of the code. Seriously though, Maxthon 3 is only similar to IE in that it uses the Trident rendering engine, as do other browsers. Maxthon 3 is like IE in the same way a Ferrari using Bridgestone tires is like a Yugo using Bridgestone tires. Isn’t Maxthon 3 just a shell for Internet Explorer? That experience, to be polite, left much to be desired… Some folks have tried to scale this mountain in the past by adding another engine through a browser plug-in. Maxthon3 automatically detects which type of page it’s loading and uses the appropriate engine. But most newer web pages look and work best with WebKit. The reason for the two engines is that some web pages (especially older) are designed to be displayed using Trident. Conceptually, this is a simple solution to a problem faced by all users. That means better performance for you.Īutomatic-switching, dual engines? Is this some kind of a car? This is state of the art – the fastest and most efficient way to process javascript. We switched to Maxthon-modified version of Google’s open source V8 engine. That means no more having to switch browsers when you get to a site that’s either ‘Optimized for IE.’ (Or any other browser.)Īnother cool thing under the hood of Maxthon 3 is our javascript engine. In Maxthon 3 we tie the two engines together with smart switching technology to identify which engine (Trident or WebKit) a website is optimized for and use it. Instead of having to rely on only one rendering engine we’re using the two – Trident and Webkit. Maxthon Cloud Portable is available for immediate download from the Maxthon Cloud Portable homepage.Maxthon 3 is pretty hot under the hood: all about power, speed and flexibility. And it's in Format, so it automatically works with the Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. Maxthon Cloud Portable is packaged in a Installer so it will automatically detect an existing installation when your drive is plugged in.
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