The Maxthon Browser application was designed to be a powerful tabbed browser built for all users. Besides basic browsing functionality, Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience.

Please remember to uninstall any previous versions of Maxthon 2.x before installing the Softpedia Edition !

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Here are some key features of "Maxthon [Softpedia Edition]":

· Easy Surfing - Browsing with Joy

Tabbed Browsing:
· All the web pages are arranged as tabs inside main window to ease your navigation.

· You can find almost all common operations in the Right-click Menu of tabs.

Mouse Gestures:
· Hold right mouse button and perform the gestures to access common features such as Back, Forward, Refresh and Close Tab.

· You can set up your own mouse gestures in Setup Center.

Maxthon Smart Acceleration:
· Boost the browsing speed of your frequent visit websites.

· And the Super Acceleration Mode can improve your browse speed even more.

Magic Fill:
· Fill all the forms with Magic Fill by a single click. It can recognize almost any form fields automatically.

· You can also save existing form data for further use.

Feed Reader:
· With the built-in Feed Reader, you don't have to install other software to subscribe and read RSS 0.9/1.0/2.0 and Atom 0.3/1.0 Feeds.

· Click on the Feed icon on the Address Bar, or drag & drop the URL into My Subscriptions sidebar to subscribe to a Feed.

URL Alias:
· Give a name to your favorite website, and then visit it by simply typing the name in the Address Bar.

· You can set the URL Alias via Right-click Menu of the tab.

Utilities:
· You can add shortcuts of your programs in Maxthon, and start them with a single click.

· You can even set programs to start and shutdown with Maxthon Browser.

Ad Hunter:
· Ad Hunter can efficiently clean up the web pages by stopping Popup Windows and removing Ad Content Blocks.

· You can add content block to the filter with the "Block Page Content..." command in the Right-click Menu.

Web Sniffer:
· Web Sniffer can help you find the real URLs of FLV video file on those online video website.

· You can also set which file types to sniff in the dialog.


Anti-Freeze:
· The emergence of Tabbed Browsing Mode and the increasing usage of Ajax Technology in websites might cause frequent freezing while browsing.

· Maxthon Browser has developed a new technology to solve this problem, makes your surfing more fluent.

Super Drag&Drop:
· Type the keywords in Address Bar then press Enter to perform a search. Or simply drag & drop a keyword with your mouse.

· Click on images when holding the Ctrl key, the image you clicked will be saved to specified folder.

Undo List:
· Closed a tab by mistake? There is always a chance to get them back with the Undo List.

· The Back/Forward History is also saved in the Undo List. You don't need to panic when you've closed a tab by mistake.


Online Favorites Service:
· Access your Favorites content anywhere with Maxthon Online Favorites Service.

· The encrypted stand-alone Favorites file format can protect your privacy on a shared computer.

Super Proxy:
· Supports connect to internet with HTTP, HTTPS, Socks4, Socks4a, Socks5 proxy servers, also supports proxies that requires authentication.

· Maxthon Browser can switch between proxies automatically based on your Advanced Proxy Rule setting.

Web Bar:
· This little toolbar provides a lots of small features that aid your browsing, and can be toggled on and off easily.

URL Key:
· Open one or more website with only one key. It suits for lazy guys like me :p

· You can set up the key and url list in Setup Center.

Screen Capture:
· Capture Full Screen, Selected Area, Selected Window and Page Content as an image.

· You can set copy the image to Clipboard or save it as a file.


· Secure Browsing - Be Your Guardian of the Web

Security Updates:
· Maxthon Security Updates reduce the risk of certain unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerabilities while browsing.


Trusted Website Check:
· Address Bar will show the Trusted icon and its background will turn green when you visit a trusted website.

· Help you secure your online transactions.

Clean Private Data:
· You can erase all your browsing information easily.

· And you can set up to have them cleaned automatically on exit.


· Fully Customizable - The Way You Surf the World

Plugins:
· Add more features into Maxthon Browser with plugins.

· You can even make some to share with your friends.


Filter Packs:
· Remove ads on a specified website or implement a special feature. The whole new Filter Pack system gives you the possibility of modifying web page source code.

Skins:
· Install Skins to change the look of your Maxthon Browser and make it different, or create one by yourself.

Multi-language:
· Maxthon Browser has Language Packs in 19 different languages, all made by our community users.

· Let Maxthon speaks your own language.

Requirements:

· 800MHz CPU
· 512MB RAM
· 64MB Free Hard Disk Space
· Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Security Module:
· removed "Maxthon Guardian"

Quick Access:
· Fixed the browser crash when URL is too long

Plugins:
· Fixed a potential security flaw of the plugin system