Maxthon 3.1.5.1000 - (2011-08-11)

[FunkY]

The only browser designed for the whole web. Dual
display engines (powered by Trident and Webkit) and
the web's fastest Javascript engine (V8) make every
website sing --- fast.

Dual Display Engine

Tired of broken and slow web pages? Tired of "this site best viewed in IE?"
Maxthon 3's Dual Display Engines recognize and load older, non-standard pages faster than any other browser.

Quick Access

Speed dial your favorite sites with Quick Access.

Drag and drop to customize on
the fly.

Magic fill

Set and manage all of your website usernames and passwords on one screen, securely.
Maxton 3 will enter them for you when you visit.

Ad Hunter

Maxthon 2's Ad Hunter is enhanced in Maxthon 3. Much more powerful and efficient, Ad Hunter 3 efficientlys stops Popup Windows and other Ad Content before you notice it.

Sync and See Favorites Anywhere

When you register as a Maxthon Passport member, you get
instant access to cloud services like online favorites.
Maxthon will securely encrypt and sync your bookmarks for access
from any computer running Maxthon 3, anywhere. It's free, too.

Surf By Mouse

No more hunt and click! Right click and move your mouse to perform common actions like Refresh, Back, Forward and Close Tab. You can also create your own.

Maxthon Multi Search

Compare search term results across Google, Yahoo, Bing and others. Customize Multi
Search by adding additional search engines yourself.

3.1.5.1000 [2011-08-11]

Fixes:

[Main Frame]
* Auto Refresh time problem.

[Webkit]
* Solved a sort of page compatibility problem.
* Fixed a sort of browser crash problem.
* “Back” button invalidation problem.

[Interface]
* A display problem of Tool Bar drop-down menu.
* The focus window of Favorites folders could not disappear sometimes.
* Skin hangover problem when opened New Window.

[Side Bar]
* Window panel moving problem.
* The width adjustment problem of Side Bar popup panel.

[Reader Mode]
* An invalidation problem of enabling Reader Mode.v

[External Tools]
* Failed to use the Office software when added it into External Tools.
* Could not add 64-bit apps from System 32 folder.
* Failed to add NOD32 into External Tools.

[Others]
* Fixed a connection error.

Homepage
http://www.maxthon.com/mx3/index.htm

Download
http://dl.maxthon.com/mx3/mx3.1.5.1000.exe

[Raymond]

I got to know about Maxthon few years back and back then it was using Internet Explorer engine.
I wonder if it is still doing the same?

[FunkY]

I got to know about Maxthon few years back and back then it was using Internet Explorer engine.
I wonder if it is still doing the same?

Maxthon 3 use dual engines, Trident and Webkit. So yes Trident is still there but also Webkit You can found some good reading at FAQ section:

What's cool about Maxthon 3?

Maxthon 3 is pretty hot under the hood: all about power, speed and flexibility. Instead of having to rely on only one rendering engine we're using the two – Trident and Webkit. 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. That means no more having to switch browsers when you get to a site that's either 'Optimized for IE.' (Or any other browser.)

Another cool thing under the hood of Maxthon 3 is our javascript engine. We switched to Maxthon-modified version of Google's open source V8 engine. This is state of the art – the fastest and most efficient way to process javascript. That means better performance for you.

Automatic-switching, dual engines? Is this some kind of a car?

Nope, it's a browser. Conceptually, this is a simple solution to a problem faced by all users. The reason for the two engines is that some web pages (especially older) are designed to be displayed using Trident. But most newer web pages look and work best with WebKit. Maxthon3 automatically detects which type of page it's loading and uses the appropriate engine. Some folks have tried to scale this mountain in the past by adding another engine through a browser plug-in. That experience, to be polite, left much to be desired…

Isn't Maxthon 3 just a shell for Internet Explorer?

Hardly. Maxthon 3 is like IE in the same way a Ferrari using Bridgestone tires is like a Yugo using Bridgestone tires. Seriously though, Maxthon 3 is only similar to IE in that it uses the Trident rendering engine, as do other browsers. All told, Trident makes up only about 30 percent of the code. 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.

How Does Maxthon 3 Compare to the Other Guys?

Make no mistake, Maxthon 3 is one of the best (we think THE best) browsers available today. We're confident we stand shoulder to shoulder, in many cases exceed, Firefox, IE, Opera, Chrome and Safari. One case in point: the Acid3 test. 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. Top score is a 100 out of a 100. Guess what Maxthon gets? A fast and zippy 100. Right next to Google and Apple Safari. Guess what IE 8 gets? 20. Firefox slowly huffs and chugs itself to 94. If you want speed, you gotta' go with Maxthon 3..................

Maxthon 3 FAQ

[jj1two3]

Thanks FunkY, Maxthon 3 is a very good browser. I have it on my test machine and it works great.