Maxthon 3: the speed of Google Chrome, Opera features Firefox interface
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
About Maxthon browser can safely say that this is a program with a difficult life. Coming into the world as the illegitimate child of Internet Explorer, it was as a child by the name of MyIE and was nothing more than an advanced copy of its parent. Years passed, the browser has changed the name of the wiser and acquired new abilities, and today is already beginning to push their sharp lokotochkami their older competitors. Let's see how justified his claim and whether to be afraid of Chrome, Firefox, and Opera a new competitor.
I would just mention that the presented review of Maxthon browser rather subjective and is based primarily on personal preferences and evaluations of the author, that is me. Therefore, I invite all willing, and certainly not willing to express their opinion in the comments.
Appearance
Why I decided to review it with ryushechek? In my opinion, there is more than just saying "meet on clothes ...". Clumsy, outdated, not user-friendly interface can scare the user to the first step of familiarity with the program, thereby dashing all the hidden virtues.
To the credit of the developers, with the case in Maxthon everything is in order. You can change the appearance using skins systems, several of which are included, and the rest can be downloaded from the program website. When installing a new skin does not require a restart. You can also hide, show panel software tools, as well as individual controls, thereby setting its appearance to your taste.
In general, we can recognize that Maxthon is fully consistent with modern trends in the design of browsers and provides ample opportunities individually configure the interface.
Rated 4
settings
To configure the program there is a control center. It opens in a separate tab, and contains basic Maxthon options, including the behavior of tabs, proxy settings, startup options, and much more. In short, demanding that users have to twist and poregulirovat.
I would like to mention the advanced search service configuration system and the use of corporate multipoiskovika it possible to obtain results with many sites simultaneously.
Rated 5
Additional functions
As part of the support for additional functions Maxthon creators clearly took the example of the Opera developers in Anyway on the part of the various built-in tools and utilities, these two browsers can compete on equal. There is a download manager and a simple RSS-client, ad blocker, password manager, auto-complete forms, embedded notebook, the sniffer resources, capture screenshots and even small car and truck of different functions. And if anyone of this may seem insufficient, you can add the right using extensions.
Yes, the browser Maxthon, like its famous competitors, supports the extension system. But the situation with them is not as good as we would like. On the one hand they are, and rare instances useful to give some idea of their potential. On the other hand, it is really interesting and original additions can be counted on the fingers, which can not fail to disappoint. Thus, Maxthon additions system has great potential but is currently not fully disclosed.
Rated 4
Synchronization
Now rarely anyone there is only one computer device, so data synchronization and program settings between different devices is a vital function. With this in Maxthon more than fine. You can create an online account through which will sync all your settings, bookmarks, search services and even open tabs.
And given the fact that there is a version of Maxthon Mobile devices based on Android, and is already dospevaet first beta for the iPhone, then sync function becomes even more important.
Rated 5
Speed and system resources
Perhaps many will not agree with me, but in my rankings browsing speed is one of the last places. Constantly using different browsers, I came to the conclusion that any modern browser provides ample for convenient operation speed, which is much more independent of the channel thickness and the computer power than the name browser. As for the Maxthon browser, it uses the WebKit engine, and therefore its speed is comparable to Google Chrome. Assurances about the fastest browser in the world let us leave on the conscience of developers and themselves only note that the browser Maxthon is perfect for comfortable work in the network and no unpleasant sensations after Chrome or Opera is not delivers.
But in regard to system resources Maxthon browser boasts the frugal consumption. While Chrome, Opera and Firefox in particular do not hesitate to rake in all the available memory and ask for more, Maxthon is satisfied where smaller quantities. This can be a deciding factor if you have a weak or obsolete computer.
Rated 5
Output
In general we can say that the browser Maxthon but not turned from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, but soundly usable broiler chicken is already quite similar. By all measures, we see a steady horoshist, which has the potential to become an excellent student. The main problem facing developers - it bring to mind the existing program opportunities, and most importantly, to give users the answer to the question: "Why should move to a new browser?".
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