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Maxthon Spreads Like Wildfire
By: Priyanka Pradhan   |   Jun 25, 2006
Maxthon, a small Beijing based web browser has maxed out bigwigs like Google, Yahoo! and MSN in China, by attracting millions of Chinese users. The browser manages to work its way around the government's censorship by funneling traffic through a web proxy, giving Chinese users a free web to surf. Maxthon is built on top of the IE engine, which, according to executives, adds value to the browser through features like tabbed browsing, highly customizable settings and baked-in RSS detection.

Although Maxthon does not promote its web proxy feature openly for obvious reasons, Chinese web users have been spreading it as a shortcut. The popularity of the browser is rapidly spreading to Europe, mid east and US, patronized by over 60 million internet users.

Maxthon 2.0, which is due to launch soon, will include parallel browsing, but will continue to operate over the IE engine. However, the biggest draw for Chinese and mid-eastern countries remains the ability to search the web without censors.

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I am a huge fan, even more so now that it works with Google Toolbar. It’s also quicker than IE7, despite sharing its engine. Finally, it’s far more logical—fewer annoying warning boxes and the like. Maxthon seems to understand users better than IE.
Jack Yan @ Jan 05, 2007
Maxthon Is Hotter Than a Finnish Sauna

Two weeks ago I gave an interview to Cnet's Stefanie Olsen at the Global Internet Summit about Maxthon. A few days ago her article was published, with a very different pitch that I expected. The article took off like crazy
Net @ Jun 27, 2006
Maxthon Spreads Like Wildfire Moneycontrol Tech Blog - Mumbai,MH,India Maxthon, a small Beijing based web browser has maxed out bigwigs like Google, Yahoo! and MSN in China, by attracting millions of Chinese users. ... See all stories on this topic
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