Maxthon

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Template:Infobox Software Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) (pronounced "max-ton") is a freeware browser. It uses Trident, the same layout engine used by Internet Explorer as its default layout engine, but can use the Gecko technology used in Mozilla Firefox as well.

Maxthon seeks to provide many rich features, but without losing any of the compatibility of Internet Explorer. It competes directly with Firefox and Opera. Maxthon offers many enhancements over Internet Explorer. However, because it uses the Trident layout engine, it is subject to the advantages and disadvantages of that engine, although being more secure than Internet Explorer.

In January of 2006, Maxthon Developers partnered with Microsoft in its booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, where they announced that Maxthon is compatible with the U3 standard for USB sticks.

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Features

Maxthon offers many features, some listed here:

More memory efficient than MSIE
Tabbed document interface
Programmable mouse gestures
Automatic updating service named MaxUpdate
AD Hunter - an ad-blocking utility that blocks pop-ups, banners, and float ads in webpages, beside the ability to make an exception list or a black list of any URL.
External utility bar - a toolbar that allows you to open third-party programs
Skinnable
RSS reader
Supports many Internet Explorer plugins as well as Plugins of its own
Partial Gecko engine support with the use of a third-party program
A search toolbar with 8 different search engines (user extendable)
Groups - program groups for opening many pages all at once
URLs aliases' feature - open URLs by just a word in the address bar.
Simple collector - a small notepad utility, used to collect any text from webpages. You can customize the font and the background, also the transparency level of its window. You can also write scripts in it and run them in the current webpage