Maxthon works.

[John Corliss]

Said I'd start another thread if this happened. I'd tried using
Maxthon yesterday and it was real slow for some reason. I got to
looking at my hard drive and discovered that some program or another
had slipped in a copy of MSSoap. I deleted that folder and Maxthon now
is working perfectly (don't know if that's the reason why though.)
Maxthon is a VERY fast browser.

I'm going to stop using Mozilla in all likelihood because it's just
too slow.

Maxthon:

http://www.maxthon.com/en/index.htm

 

[Romain Petges]

I'm going to stop using Mozilla in all likelihood because it's just
too slow.

Uuuh, why are you leaving a far better browser and go back to an IE-based
thing ? Don't know what hardware you're using, but you could try KMeleon
at http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net ... there is currently a new beta.

Best regards, Romain

 

[Alastair Smeaton]

Uuuh, why are you leaving a far better browser and go back to an IE-based
thing ? Don't know what hardware you're using, but you could try KMeleon
at http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net ... there is currently a new beta.

Best regards, Romain

Each to his own Romain

Look at John's posts and he explains why he is looking for
alternatives.

It seems to me that many folk are currently trying out different
browsers - me included. I get problems with Firefox on some sites
(yes, I know it probably due to non-compliant coding etc - but I just
want things to work) - and other shells always seem to have some small
problem.

Still searching for the "perfect" browser..

Was there not someone (? Garrett) who was trying to write a browser
and had problems with someone writing a custom dll for him ?

 

[John Corliss]

Uuuh, why are you leaving a far better browser and go back to an IE-based
thing ? Don't know what hardware you're using,

P4 1.9 ghz, 256 mb RDRAM, two 60 gb AT-100 hard drives at 7200 rpm.

but you could try KMeleon
at http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net ... there is currently a new beta.

Sorry. It all has to do with speed. Moz is just too slow on my system
for some reason. Can't seem to take advantage of my fiber optic
connection. Maxthon kicks ass and also has a lot of very nice
features. In it, pages load almost instantly. In Moz, I always have to
wait.

 

[Aaron]

Sorry. It all has to do with speed. Moz is just too slow on my system
for some reason. Can't seem to take advantage of my fiber optic
connection. Maxthon kicks ass and also has a lot of very nice features.
In it, pages load almost instantly. In Moz, I always have to wait.

Funny how quickly you switch from Maxthon is "soooooooooo
sssssssslllllllloooooooowwwwwwwllllllllyyyyyyy" compared to mozilla to
loads "almost instantly".

Time to check whether you have mozilla setup correctly me thinks

 

[Romain Petges]

Sorry. It all has to do with speed. Moz is just too slow on my system
for some reason. Can't seem to take advantage of my fiber optic
connection. Maxthon kicks ass and also has a lot of very nice
features. In it, pages load almost instantly. In Moz, I always have to
wait.

Not really a slow PC you have, so Moz should fly ... already tried
Firefox ? I suggest you to visit the http://forums.mozillazine.org website
and ask for some help there.

The Mozilla GUI is slower than IE and Maxthon for the simple reason it
runs on many platforms. But rendering speed should be equal if not faster
than IE. KMeleon is a native Win32 application which uses Gecko rendering
engine.

There are some bugs in Mozilla that give you the impression that the page
is still loading (rotatiing indicator on tab and flickering throbber) but
the page has loaded ... maybe it's the issue you are referring to ?

I left the Windows platform some months ago and I'm now only using a Gecko
based browser (Epiphany) and the speed is impressive ... maybe it's also
related to Linux

Best regards, Romain

 

[Tim Weaver]

Each to his own Romain

Look at John's posts and he explains why he is looking for
alternatives.

It seems to me that many folk are currently trying out different
browsers - me included. I get problems with Firefox on some sites
(yes, I know it probably due to non-compliant coding etc - but I just
want things to work) - and other shells always seem to have some small
problem.

Still searching for the "perfect" browser..

Was there not someone (? Garrett) who was trying to write a browser
and had problems with someone writing a custom dll for him ?

Maxthon is good, but GreenBrowser is better, to me. Mouse drag to the right
- autosave a picture. A button to display all links on the current page.
Multi-functional "collector" (use it to see everything it will do). Very
functional auto-form fill. Much better handling of groups and group
configuration. External tools support with a lot of plug-ins. Re-open
recent pages. Total or selective browser clean-up. Search bar.
*Functional* translation. Anon-proxy support (if you want it). "View Page"
plug-in that should give anybody just about *anything* you need to know
about the page you're looking at. And tons more stuff. Download it, try
it. It's everything Maxthon is and quite a bit more.

 

[Romain Petges]

Each to his own Romain

No comment

Look at John's posts and he explains why he is looking for
alternatives.

I don't follow this newsgroup anymore on a regular basis so maybe I
missed something ;-) ... I switched to Linux some months ago.

yes, I know it probably due to non-compliant coding etc - but I just
want things to work
Still searching for the "perfect" browser..

You will never find ... most websites are badly coded (mine included :-O
). The only thing you can do is contacting the webmaster and tell him that
he excludes a lot of people (explain them they risk to loose a big
amount of $$$)

Best regards, Romain

 

[John Corliss]

Funny how quickly you switch from Maxthon is "soooooooooo
sssssssslllllllloooooooowwwwwwwllllllllyyyyyyy" compared to mozilla to
loads "almost instantly".

Not funny at all. What was happening was that I had Maxthon running
the default configuration which is that new windows (tabs) open in the
background. I don't use tab browsing in Moz, so I didn't know that the
window had opened! I've fixed it so that new windows open on top. VERY
fast.

Time to check whether you have mozilla setup correctly me thinks

I've gone over and over the preferences. Can't get it to run any faster.

 

[Jonathan Wolgamuth]

In message on 26 Sep 2004, Aaron said to
all at alt.comp.freeware

Time to check whether you have mozilla setup correctly me thinks

I have the same problem as John. What are we missing?

 

[Lee]

It has been reported by the Department of Homeland Security that on Sun, 26

Still searching for the "perfect" browser..

That would be Lynx. : )




CUL8R



R*Horse



www.sonic.net/~lkokot



"Take a look behind you - upstream - now you begin to
recognize this country, don't you?"

"Yes, I do recognize it now. It is the most wonderful
thing I ever heard of; by a long shot the most
wonderful - and unexpected."

Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi

 

[BillR]

Maxthon is good, but GreenBrowser is better, to me. Mouse drag to the right
- autosave a picture. A button to display all links on the current page.
Multi-functional "collector" (use it to see everything it will do). Very
functional auto-form fill. Much better handling of groups and group
configuration. External tools support with a lot of plug-ins. Re-open
recent pages. Total or selective browser clean-up. Search bar.
*Functional* translation. Anon-proxy support (if you want it). "View Page"
plug-in that should give anybody just about *anything* you need to know
about the page you're looking at. And tons more stuff. Download it, try
it. It's everything Maxthon is and quite a bit more.

What versions of Maxthon and Green Browser are you comparing?

BillR

 

[Tim Weaver]

What versions of Maxthon and Green Browser are you comparing?

Current.

 

[JP Loken]

Sorry. It all has to do with speed. Moz is just too slow on my system
for some reason. Can't seem to take advantage of my fiber optic
connection. Maxthon kicks ass and also has a lot of very nice features.
In it, pages load almost instantly. In Moz, I always have to wait.

It's hard to make objective comparisons of speed. So many individual
variables.
It seems to me, however, that most people doing extensive testings end up
with Opera or K-Meleon as the fastest.
You really should give K-Meleon a serious try.

Have you considered memory usage?
I have no experience with Maxthon, but used the quite similar AvantBrowser
for a more than a year until I discovered how much memory it occupied.

 

[Bob Adkins]

Current.

Wow. Last time I checked (about 3-4 weeks ago) Green didn't have nearly the
functionality of Maxthon. They must have really put it in high gear.

-- Bob

 

[Bob Adkins]

In message on 26 Sep 2004, Aaron said to
all at alt.comp.freeware


I have the same problem as John. What are we missing?

I've found Moz and Firefox to be slow. Not really slow enough on my machine
and connection to a deal killer, but they are noticeably slower than
Maxthon.

I'm not pushing Maxthon at all. I'm sure it has faults. I'm just too stupid
to learn what they are.

-- Bob

 

[H-Man]

It's hard to make objective comparisons of speed. So many individual
variables.
It seems to me, however, that most people doing extensive testings end
up with Opera or K-Meleon as the fastest.
You really should give K-Meleon a serious try.

Have you considered memory usage?
I have no experience with Maxthon, but used the quite similar
AvantBrowser for a more than a year until I discovered how much
memory it occupied.

I find the whole memory argument hilarious. That's what the memory is
for, to run programs faster. It's only a problem when it slows the rest
of the machine down to a point where it makes you less productive. If
you used AvantBrowser for more than a year but just discovered the
resources it was using, then I suggest you are creating false economy.
What else is system RAM for, but to be used.

 

[Aaron]

Not funny at all. What was happening was that I had Maxthon running the
default configuration which is that new windows (tabs) open in the
background.

So it has nothing to do with the copy of MSSoap you said you found at
the beginning of this thread?


I don't use tab browsing in Moz, so I didn't know that the

window had opened! I've fixed it so that new windows open on top. VERY
fast.

You don't use tab browsing???
What are you doing with mozilla or a IEshell then?

I've gone over and over the preferences. Can't get it to run any faster.

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=53650

 

[BillR]

Current.

I won't address your comparative rating (implementation by GB is better) --
they're yours. I will challenge your statements and some implications. You
should review the features available in Maxthon more thoroughly.

BillR

 

[Tim Weaver]

Wow. Last time I checked (about 3-4 weeks ago) Green didn't have nearly
the functionality of Maxthon. They must have really put it in high gear.

After I posted that, I started thinking about it and wondered if I *had* try
out the most recent version. I hadn't! I must now take back the "not as
kind" things I said about Maxthon. The current version pretty much matches
the functionality of GB. I only have two nits - Better management of groups
and clean histories.

As of two minutes before posting this, Maxthon became my default browser.

<red face>