Donderdag is versie 3.0.17.1000 van Maxthon uitgebracht. Maxthon is ooit onder de naam MyIE2 begonnen als een zogeheten wrapper om Internet Explorer. Het programma maakt gebruik van de interne motor van IE om webpagina's weer te geven, maar heeft een eigen interface met allerlei extra functionaliteit, waaronder mouse gestures en online bookmarks. In versie 3.0 is de IE-engine Trident nog steeds aanwezig, maar wordt standaard de WebKit-engine gebruikt. Deze wordt onder andere in Apples Safari en Googles Chrome gebruikt. Er kan eenvoudig tussen beide engines gewisseld worden. Hieronder is het changelog van deze release te vinden.
Additions
ADFilterMain Framework
- added ADFilter, supporting custom filter rules
Options
- added cookies synchronization
- added tabs reorder by dragging
- added proxy option in main menu
- added “classic” skin
- added global default Page Zoom option
- added option to show close tab button on background tabs
Improvements
Main FrameworkWebkit Core
- Mouse Gestures support more browser actions
- improved smart address bar logics
Popup Blocker
- FTP browsing supports directories with space and special characters in path
- Magic Fill can fill forms created dynamically
- improved memory usage
Fav manager
- improved Popup Blocker performance
- improved Favorites manager performance
Fixes
Main FrameworkWebkit Core
- 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
Trident 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
Quick Access
- 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
- fixed problem adding local page to Quick Access

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