Jul 1, 2010
Alternative IE-based web browser
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Type: freeware
Manufacturer: Maxthon International Limited
Size: 6.5MB
Rating:
Verdict: Good update, but make up your own mind whether you think it offers more functionality than Internet Explorer 7
System Requirements: Internet Explorer 7+
In the past, Internet Explorer has received a lot of bad press for lack of updates, security issues, poor CSS support and more. However, since the release of Internet Explorer 7, we now have a web browser that offers tabbed browser, a much improved web engine and enhanced security features.
When you install Internet Explorer 7 on your system, the installed HTML web core is built in to Windows (and this element is very hard to remove), there have been a number of attempts to create a replacement for Internet Explorer that take this core HTML engine and add additional features to produce a even better web browser.
Maxthon is one of the more popular Internet Explorer replacement browsers and is constantly updated.
The latest version Maxthon 2 contains a new streamlined interface, which looks a bit like a mix of the Mac OS X Safari web browser and Firefox. Other features include multi-user support from the same web browser, so each user has their own preferences. There are tons of other minor updates, too.
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