One day not so long ago, I got bored of Google Chrome. I'm not entirely sure why. It's a perfectly good browser; one of the best out there. However, I'm always on the lookout for new things due to a rather short attention span, so I reckon that's the reason why I did a search for a replacement. I stayed away from all the usual suspects: Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc, in search of something a little more off the beaten path. That's when I came across Maxthon 3, and let me tell you, it's pretty awesome.
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| My Customised Maxthon 3 Browser... :-D (The Wallpaper Came From Here.) |
First of all, Maxthon has a dual render system, combining both Internet Explorer's Trident and Webkit. This means that in the case of compatibility issues, you can switch between them by way of a button on the URL bar. It's a very handy feature. For the developers out there, a right-click gives you access to Webkit Developer Tools. Moreover, Maxthon is extremely fast, even faster than Chrome in my opinion.
Maxthon comes with free cloud services. With a Maxthon passport account, which of course requires registration, your favourites, logins and passwords are securely synced and saved, so you'll never lose them. Cool inbuilt tools include an RSS reader, a night-mode option, and an online notepad. The resource sniffer allows you to easily download video, audio or any images for any webpage you're on. For pages with large amounts of texts, you'll find an option on the address bar for Reader Mode, which shows the text clutter free, and loads the rest of it automatically so you don't have to click through many pages to get to the end of a long article or book. Maxthon Multi-Search allows you to quickly search across multiple search engines, and there are many more features that I don't have the time or the space to do justice to here.
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| This Demonstrates Maxthon 3's Reader Mode, Which Has A "Day" And "Night" Option... :) |
Maxthon is available for Windows as both an install and a portable version. It also boasts versions for Android phones and tablets. Previous versions of Maxthon are also available, and I would add that at present Maxthon 2 still has more skins and extensions available, although Maxthon 3 is ever-expanding in this area, and so is fully customisable. It's quite well supported, and has an active blog and forum.
In the interests of fairness, I will mention that the latest update did include a small bug with regards to icons not being displayed properly in the sidebar. However, I found an easy fix for it straight away in the forums, and it actually opened the door to further customisation for me, so I didn't mind. However, I realise that you might.
Overall then, I love this browser. It suits me better than any other I've tried. Why not give it a go and see how you like it? Here's the link: http://www.maxthon.com/
This is such a great resource that you are providing and you give it away for free. I love seeing websites that understand the value of providing a quality resource for free. It's the old what goes around comes around routine. Plagiarism detection
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Jennifer. :) I really did want to provide something that people would find really useful, especially in these credit crunch times! Your encouragement means a lot.
DeleteIf you, or indeed anyone, comes across some great freeware that you feel would make a good post here, I'd love to hear about it so I could give a review.
Thanks again. X