Software Update: Maxthon 3.0.17.1000

Version 3.0.17.1000 of Maxthon was released on Thursday. Maxthon once started under the name MyIE2 as a so-called wrapper for Internet Explorer. The program uses IE’s internal engine to display web pages, but has its own interface with many extras functionality, including mouse gestures and online bookmarks. In version 3.0, the Trident IE engine is still present, but the WebKit engine is used by default. This is used in Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome, among others. It is easy to switch between the two engines. Below is the changelog of this release.

Additions

ADFilter

• added ADFilter, supporting custom filter rules

Main Framework

• added cookies synchronization
• added tabs reorder by dragging
• added proxy option in main menu
• added “classic” skin

Options

• added global default Page Zoom option
• added option to show close tab button on background tabs

Improvements

Main Framework

• Mouse Gestures support more browser actions
• improved smart address bar logics

Web Kit Core

• FTP browsing supports directories with space and special characters in path
• Magic Fill can fill forms created dynamically
• improved memory usage

Popup Blocker

• improved Popup Blocker performance

fav manager

• improved Favorites manager performance

Fixes

Main Framework

• fixed problem that Clear History options not remembered
• fixed problem that address opened from Google Reader not included in History
• fixed a hot key problem
• fixed problem that keyword not displayed in Search Bar after search from Address Bar
• fixed problem that HTML pages with space in path can’t be opened by drag and drop to browser
• fixed problem that pages opened from Quick Access always uses Ultra mode
• fixed a tooltip display problem
• fixed problem that history can’t be deleted from Smart Address Bar drop down menu

Web Kit Core

• fixed problem that Google Reader index can’t be reordered by dragging
• fixed many web page encoding and rendering problems
• fixed a continuous reloading page problem
• fixed a loading problem after entering invalid address
• fixed a Search Engine configuration problem
• fixed a HTTP login dialog position problem
• fixed address bar and title bar display problem after running bookmarklets
• fixed problem that Google Music login dialog is erroneously blocked
• fixed some browser crash problems caused by web pages
• fixed problem that cache files can’t be cleared thoroughly

Trident Core

• fixed problem that file downloads stop after closing all tabs in Retro mode
• fixed problem that Mouse Gestures cannot be disabled in Retro mode
• fixed a flickering problem when resizing browser window by dragging
• fixed a crash problem in an online banking page

Quick Access

• fixed problem adding local page to Quick Access

Maxthon 3 screenshot. Click on the image for a larger version.