Tuesday, after a series of betas, the final release of version 2.5.12 of the web browser Maxthon appeared. Maxthon is not a standalone browser, but a so-called wrapper, which is like a shell around Internet Explorer. The program uses IE’s internal engine to display the web pages, but has its own interface with all kinds of extra functionality, including mouse gestures and online bookmarks. The most important changes are listed below:
New Features
- New Installer UI
The new installer UI is a breath of fresh air - Maxthon SafeBox
Confine browsing section in a safebox for protection against known and unknown vulnerabilities - Crash Blocking
Crash due to webpage errors are blocked with improved isolation technology employed in anti-freeze - Privacy Mode
Privacy Mode provides enhanced privacy by leaving no trace - URL Safety
URL Safety has been revised. Genuine URL will be highlighted in Green. Potentially harmful URL will be highlighted in red. Normal URL is not highlighted. An icon is added for convenient reporting of malicious URL.
In addition to the red address bar highlight when potentially harmful URL is visited, warning will also be provided.
| Version number | 2.5.12 build 4534 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 7, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
| Website | Maxthon |
| Download | http://dl.maxthon.com/mx2/mx_2.5.12.4534.exe |
| File size | 6.37MB |
| License type | Freeware |