kiddingguy Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Hi, Do you guys have experience with Maxthon and Firefox. And what are the differences? I know that Maxthon uses the IE-engine and Firefox Gecko. However, which browser best to use to -mostly- have full compatibility with most websites? And the convenience/features of both browser? Which one has more/handy feats? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranasrule Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 i prefer firefox even though i have both on my system Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587162020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
»X« Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I have used them both, but i prefer avant browser over maxthon. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587162035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastertech Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I prefer Avant as well but if it was between those two, I would go with Maxthon. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587162694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mufdvr3669 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I prefer Avant as well but if it was between those two, I would go with Maxthon. Couldn't see that coming from a mile away. Hell if it were between poking both your eyes out or using firefox you'd be blind tomorrow. Anyway, use whatever browser you want to use. Most compatablity? you probably visit different sites that us, different sites have different compatability. Handy features? Try each, my personal opinions on why I like firefox isn't going to be the same as yours. You may hate the features of firefox. Nobody is going to be able to answer which one you are going to like more except for yourself. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587168669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Cu_Guy Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 ^ ^ ^ That has got to be the most intelligent and well written post I have EVER read. I mean, posted by someone else that is :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587172352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I'd go with Firefox... Much more secure, much more standards compliant, and much more features (extensions, anyone?). The few sites that dont work with it are not worth going to anyways (IMO). Though take note that currently Firefox has huge (generally) memory leak issues, and its UI is a little different from the IE UI. But in the end it all ends up with what you like or not. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587172608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted February 9, 2006 Veteran Share Posted February 9, 2006 Couldn't see that coming from a mile away. Hell if it were between poking both your eyes out or using firefox you'd be blind tomorrow. I'd happily gouge out my eyes with hot coals. :p Go with your own choice. Last time I used Maxthon it gave me the option to use the Gecko engine via an ActiveX control. If you need flexibility in using both engines, you can try using Firefox with IE Tab. I personally haven't tried this extension yet, but it sounds interesting. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587173216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik05 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Firefox for life... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587173342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooB Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Firefox is the best Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587188693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislee149 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 (edited) I'm using Maxthon now, although I still have Firefox installed. Why? 1. For me, it's almost instant loading up 80% of webpages. Firefox takes about 5 seconds on those same sites. 2. It doesn't crash every few seconds like my Firefox does (although most other people don't have this problem). When it slows down, I don't have to worry about a dialog popping up in 10 seconds. 3. Uses 5-10MB of memory instead of 70-80MB. What don't I like? 1. Firefox has a better interface. 2. Ugh. All those IE icons. Couldn't they substitute the Maxthon icon into the engine somehow? 3. No live bookmarks. :( 4. Middle click settings doesn't work for bookmarks/favorites. 5. A lot of the minor options (such as the arrow on the search bar and star on the favorites bar) aren't easily configurable. Still, what do I use a browser for? Browsing. >_> So therefore, for me, I think speed > interface and bonus options. I wish Firefox didn't crash like crazy for me though, maybe then it'd be awesome. Edited February 15, 2006 by chrislee149 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587196743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nXqd Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 You can find more from Maxthon I think Live Bookmarks plugins is haved Speed for Maxthon --> Install IE7, you can find your speed :) I love Maxthon because its' crazy plugins and eat small resource . I love Firefox because its' extension :) But I myself, i want to use only one browsers, I have chosen Maxthon for now :) . May be later I come back to Firefox :) Sorry for my poor Eng :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587198423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smit Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I think IE is ok, but I don't use it because of crappy page rendering. So this inlcudes Maxthon. I use Firefox/Opera because it actually supports PNG's (IE7 should too) and has a nicer tab interface. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587198433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc@home Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I think IE is ok, but I don't use it because of crappy page rendering. So this inlcudes Maxthon. I use Firefox/Opera because it actually supports PNG's (IE7 should too) and has a nicer tab interface. Well on paper IE may render the worst but on screen, nothing renders better than IE. I never find a website (other than FF/W3C related) uses anything not compatible with IE, or at least not without satisfactory workaround. BTW, maxthon supports transparent png thro' plugin since mid 2004. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587199268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Well on paper IE may render the worst but on screen, nothing renders better than IE. I never find a website (other than FF/W3C related) uses anything not compatible with IE, or at least not without satisfactory workaround. BTW, maxthon supports transparent png thro' plugin since mid 2004. you'd be suprised... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587201343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
migo Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I'd go with Firefox... Much more secure, much more standards compliant, and much more features (extensions, anyone?). The few sites that dont work with it are not worth going to anyways (IMO). Though take note that currently Firefox has huge (generally) memory leak issues, and its UI is a little different from the IE UI. But in the end it all ends up with what you like or not. Standards compliance is an illusion, the only standards that count are the ones webmasters follow, for which Maxthon/IE is better. Maxthon also has plugins support both specifically for Maxthon and IE. Maxthon has no memory leak issues, which is one of the main reasons I use it, in addition to having the most customisable interface I've seen so far. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587201523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I'd go with Firefox... Much more secure, much more standards compliant, and much more features (extensions, anyone?). The few sites that dont work with it are not worth going to anyways (IMO). Though take note that currently Firefox has huge (generally) memory leak issues, and its UI is a little different from the IE UI. But in the end it all ends up with what you like or not. The "few" sites that don't work with it? :blink: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587201598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neyht Member Posted February 16, 2006 Member Share Posted February 16, 2006 The "few" sites that don't work with it? :blink: Could someone show me this huge list of sites that won't work with firefox? There must be a list someone is making somewhere. Show it to me. I'm serious, if someone could PM me with a website that will show me a list of sites that don't work in Firefox. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587201618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanboynz Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Could someone show me this huge list of sites that won't work with firefox? There must be a list someone is making somewhere. Show it to me. I'm serious, if someone could PM me with a website that will show me a list of sites that don't work in Firefox. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com ;) seriously theres not many websites out there that hinder my web browsing experience when I use firefox. And if I have to use IE, I'll use the IEView extension. (which I hardly ever do). I'm happy with firefox. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587201953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I'm using Maxthon now, although I still have Firefox installed. Why? 1. For me, it's almost instant loading up 80% of webpages. Firefox takes about 5 seconds on those same sites. 2. It doesn't crash every few seconds like my Firefox does (although most other people don't have this problem). When it slows down, I don't have to worry about a dialog popping up in 10 seconds. 3. Uses 5-10MB of memory instead of 70-80MB. What don't I like? 1. Firefox has a better interface. 2. Ugh. All those IE icons. Couldn't they substitute the Maxthon icon into the engine somehow? 3. No live bookmarks. :( 4. Middle click settings doesn't work for bookmarks/favorites. 5. A lot of the minor options (such as the arrow on the search bar and star on the favorites bar) aren't easily configurable. Still, what do I use a browser for? Browsing. >_> So therefore, for me, I think speed > interface and bonus options. I wish Firefox didn't crash like crazy for me though, maybe then it'd be awesome. Yeah middle-clicking a favourite is a nice feature that I miss from FF. As for the icons, get yourself over to http://skins.maxthon.com and get a new skin. Get the Winstripe skin if you want that FF look. I personally use Maxthon because all my work is for internal IE applications so using Firefox to just go to the internet is a bit pointless to me. I also use Maxthon at home because the memory usage is crazy small. I fluctuate between about 4mb and 8mb on average. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587201989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopper Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 i prefer maxthon as well. love the way tabs just work. tried opera, firefox, flock and keep comming back to maxthon because of its ease of use. my fav maxthon feature is the superdrag and drop, or whatever u call it, when a link is just text and not a link simply highlight it and click-drag a little and a new tab opens with the link.no need to copy and paste or drag it to the address bar. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587202084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayamaniac Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Could someone show me this huge list of sites that won't work with firefox? There must be a list someone is making somewhere. Show it to me. I'm serious, if someone could PM me with a website that will show me a list of sites that don't work in Firefox. Its not that hard for me to find incompatible sites for FF, just any sites that uses the embedded Windows Media Player, Yahoo Launch is a good example. I could never play any music videos or any WMP videos within FF. This is one of the reasons why I use Avant Browser instead of FF. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587202111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislee149 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Yeah middle-clicking a favourite is a nice feature that I miss from FF. As for the icons, get yourself over to http://skins.maxthon.com and get a new skin. Get the Winstripe skin if you want that FF look. I personally use Maxthon because all my work is for internal IE applications so using Firefox to just go to the internet is a bit pointless to me. I also use Maxthon at home because the memory usage is crazy small. I fluctuate between about 4mb and 8mb on average. I was using a skin. However, skins don't replace many of the interface images. I was specifically talking about the Favorites Bar. I turned off the setting for using system icons on it, though. Now it uses Maxthon icons instead. Still, I'd like to have the website's specific favicon. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587203688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP_Tech_Support Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Maxthon ontop of IE7 is awesome. I would never go back to Firefox (it leaks alot of memory) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587203705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc@home Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Could someone show me this huge list of sites that won't work with firefox? There must be a list someone is making somewhere. Show it to me. I'm serious, if someone could PM me with a website that will show me a list of sites that don't work in Firefox. Maybe the Tech Evangelism bug list https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?qu...gelism&content= Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429493-maxthon-vs-firefox/#findComment-587203882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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