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Has anyone tried Maxthon recently? I currently have a problem with my on-line BTMail when using Chrome whereby if I change directories I get logged out, speaking to the Mumbai hierarchy who are about as useful as a chocolate teapot, they 'suggest and insist' that I switch to Firefox to overcome the problem, which I refuse to do and do not consider a change of browser to be a solution to the problem more of a workaround. So I have been looking at alternatives and have downloaded and installed Maxthon which I think was originally called MyIE. With my 4th Gen I5 laptop on W8.1 it seems extremely quick and I logged into this site in less than one second which is often one minute using Chrome. Does anyone else use Maxthon? what are the pitfalls?
 
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Honestly, have never even heard of this browser! But if it works....

I have very occasional issues with Chrome not loading some pages straight away or being incompatible with some content. It's very rare though.. and I have Safari as backup.
 
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I see it's available for Linux too: Must give it a whirl.
 
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Well so far speed wise I cannot fault it but there must be a pitfall somewhere
 
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There's also Vivaldi that I've yet to check out. It's folks from Opera that's started a new company.
 
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Maxthon has been my browser for over 2 years, lightning fast in comparison to Chrome and Firefox.
 
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Is no-one worried by the fact that firm that developed Maxthon is based in China?
 
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Never heard of Maxthon, sounds like a tool you'd use to run extensive tests on old Maxtor hard drives (you know, Maxtor Marathon, Maxthon)... :p
 
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Sadly (me being me) I automatically added a 'g' and thought it was an item of underwear for +size ladies...anyway, I may give "Maxthon" a go, though I'm quite happy with Chrome right now...
 
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Well does this signal the end of my use of Chrome completely?

The Chrome browser does not support NPAPI plug-ins and therefore will not run all Java content.
Switch to a different browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari on Mac) to run the Java plug-in. More info
 
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It's java that should be killed off...
 
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I would be screwed if they killed Java off. I use Webmin on my Linux home server which makes use of Java to allow me to make adjustments on my linux server from my Windows pcs with ease.

I have to use Opera with it as Chrome doesn't work and Firefox doesn't fully interact with some of Webmin command structure. I will have to give Vivaldi a go, Maxthon doesn't appeal to me coming from China.
 
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