Versie 3.1.8.1000 van Maxthon is 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 onlinebookmarks. In versie 3.0 is de IE-engine Trident nog steeds aanwezig, maar wordt standaard de WebKit-engine gebruikt. Deze wordt onder andere gebruikt door Apples Safari en Googles Chrome. Er kan eenvoudig tussen beide engines worden gewisseld. Sinds versie 3.1.7 zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen aangebracht:
New Feature:
- Supported Shift + Right Click on a tab to open its menu once enabled " Right-click a tab to close it".
- Maxthon Option syncing.
- Smart Address Bar syncing.
- New style of Last Session, History, Favorites Manager pages.
Improvement:
- Improved the page compatibility of Webkit Core.
- Syncing of AdHunter Blocking Rules was enabled by default.
- Optimized the memory usage in Ultra Mode.
- Updated flash player to Version 10.3.183.7 in Ultra Mode.
- Thunder Downloader supported adding tasks in bulk.
Fixes:
Main FrameWebkit Core
- No response when pressed ALT+CTRL+ESC.
- After clicked "Restore Defaults" in "Page Setting" of Options, the path of "Default Save Location" would disappear.
- One problem of locking tabs.
- Focus problem when resized Side Bar.
- Focus problem of Auto Refresh pages.
- Problem of creating a new folder when imported user data.
- The dialog box did not disappear if modified the nickname when logged out the account.
- Invalidation of mouse scrolling when opened a new Quick Access page.
User Interface
- Download window popuped when dragged some images in some pages.
- No "Copy" option in right-click menu when selected some text in pages.
- Some no response problems of Maxthon browser.
- Improved the compatibility of Ultra Mode.
- Language display problem of the search box when chose baidu as the search bar.
- Failed to user mailto: protocol in some pages.
- File name display problem of Eread download.
- Page number problem of Print.
Smart Address Bar
- Problem of the enabling "Show Close Tab button on background tabs".
- Scrolling bar appeared if one URL was too long in Source Sniffer.
- The setting of Customize UI did not work for new windows.
Magic Fill
- Opening a page from Address Bar always activated a new tab.
Thunder Downloader Module
- Focus problem when chose to fill in the Magic Fill in its drop-down list.
- Enable to fill in the same username and password in different places of tianya.com.
Trident Core
- Language display problem when the first time used Maxthon Thunder Downloader in English OS.
- Thunder Downloader Module might crash when closed Maxthon browser.
Favorites
- High memory usage problem.
- One memory leak problem.
Smart Address Bar
- Folder losing or browser crash problem caused by editing folder in Favorites manager page.
Source Sniffer
- Conflict between address bar's auto-complete and QQ input method.
Download
- Failed to get videos in some pages.
Data Syncing
- It needed to refresh if downloaded something to desktop.
- The folder in Favorites would change after syncing in different places.

Maxthon 3 screenshot. Klik op de afbeelding voor een grotere versie.