Maxthon Mobile Browser Transforms Android Tablets With Better Performance and Ease of Use

Maxthon (www.maxthon.com), a global software and web services company, announced the release of Maxthon Mobile for Android Tablets. The new browser transforms Android tablets, delivering increased speed and more efficient use of memory.

"We're making the same request to users of Android tablets as we do to Android handset users," says Jeff Chen, Maxthon CEO. "Upgrade that tired default Android browser and use Maxthon Mobile for tablets. You'll see an immediate difference. And, is it easy to use? You bet."

Maxthon Mobile for Android tablets has core Maxthon features that provide the best Android web experience available. These benefits include:

    The best memory management of any Android browser.
    Extremely fast rendering of web pages.
    Free cloud services such as portable bookmarks and browser settings.


"The design is all about highlighting and improving the best part about surfing the web on an Android tablet in any environment," says Karl Mattson, GM of Maxthon International/Chief of Product. "You name it. On an airplane or reclining on the porch, our design makes surfing the web on an Android tablet a joy."

Key features of the user friendly, new version of Maxthon Mobile for Android tablets include:

    A tablet-optimized design that makes surfing the web with your fingertips on a large, touch-screen tablet comfortable and convenient.
    Small "chrome" provides more space on the tablet for the websites and apps you want to use.
    Buttons optimized for touch screen surfing on 10-inch screens.


Says Mattson, "Our design makes surfing the web a joy because it does 2 things better than any other Android browser. It's fast. And it's easy to use."

Download Maxthon Mobile for Android tablets here:

http://dl.maxthon.com/mobile/Maxthon_for_Tablet_Android.apk

Download Maxthon Mobile for Android phones here:

http://dl.maxthon.com/mobile/Maxthon_for_Android.apk

Want to supercharge that desktop? Try Maxthon 3 for Windows PCs today.

http://dl.maxthon.com/mx3/mx3.1.1.1000.exe

About Maxthon - Headquartered in Beijing, Maxthon Ltd. is an innovative software company and developer of superior web browsers which continue to set new standards for simplicity, speed and security. Each month more than 130,000,000 people use Maxthon's web browser in 120 countries across the world. Maxthon has also brings its best-of-breed browsing to the Android platform for mobile devices and tablet computers. For more information about Maxthon please visit www.maxthon.com.

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Web Browser Conflicts Explained

The Opera browser ranks behind Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Netscape in popularity. It is now free for personal use. Some of its security concepts and other features have influenced development of the other main browsers.

A recent web template was made elastic ("fluid" or "liquid") using the DIV element instead of TABLE for layout and variable font sizes. A floating text box (DIV) was added so that it remained fixed as the user scrolled down through a page. The results looked great in FireFox 2.x, and nearly the same in Opera 9.x and Safari 3.x, except that "fixed" box scrolled in Safari. For Internet Explorer 7.x, the fixed box scrolled, spacings differed, text background colors didn't stay with highlighted text, and some menu colors (for active, hover, visited links) were totally screwed up. In other words, IE 7, supposedly free of bugs found in prior releases, is not usable for this design template.

Rather than load down the template design with work-arounds for IE, it was replaced with a TABLE layout for positioning, plus some other HTML Tags/Elements on menus and text selections. It still has elasticity and variable font sizes from dimensioning mostly in "em" and "%" rather than "px".

The logo.jpg image stays fixed in size when font size is changed, for FireFox and Safari, but is elastic for Opera and Internet Explorer. Either is acceptable if the base image has adequate resolution, namely upwards of 144 dots or pixels per inch, perhaps minimum 300. The 72 ppi that Adobe recommends for screen images is more suited for small icons.

For the uncommitted web designer, it seems that ease of coding for these four browsers ranks as FireFox, Opera, Safari, Internet Explorer, with IE being a problem. Netscape is no longer an issue, but it is the ancestor of FF.

IE browser through version 7 still does some things differently from the other most popular browsers. As a consequence, a lot of web design effort is wasted on making web pages work the same for IE as for other browsers. One workaround is to have web pages check the browser in use, then switch CSS style sheets or JavaScript definitions to match. The alternative is for page builders to design for only one browser, usually justified with a statement "optimized for nnnnn browser".

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Features of the Free Web Browsers

If you are new to using the Internet, the first question you probably have in mind would be what are the free web browsers. You can start using the Internet once you have a browser. There are many free web browsers available online today. You can simply save it in your computer and install it easily. Some of them are Firefox browser and Mozilla.

1. Mozilla's Firefox is one of the answers to the question, what are the free browsers. This is a standard web browser you can get for free online. It has several features which are all useful. You can open multiple pages at one time when you browse. This web browser also ensures the safety of the users by having developer and privacy tools. The pop-ups are blocked first and the user is asked to allow it to be opened first before it appears. The Firefox is much safer because the ActiveX support is disabled. This is the feature is usually the thing that spyware utilizes to give infections to computers.

2. The Opera browser is the second answer to the question,what are the free web browsers. This browser has an engine for rendering which other browsers does not. Another useful feature it has is the multiple tabs you can open at a time. It also blocks illegal pop ups. It has provides a chatting feature as well as an email feature. It has anti-phishing tools that can detect spyware and block it at the same time. It also blocks websites that seem to contain viruses. Opera has a function where you can use your voice to do commands. You can also have it read the texts to you.

3. Maxthon Tabbed is the third answer to the question,what are the free web browsers. This is a web browser that lets you open multiple pages. Users can customize the engine's interface because the IE or Internet explorer is embedded. Some of its features are auto-scrolling, plug-in tool, form filling and other tools for external use. It also blocks pop ups and lets the Unicode have extensions. You can also choose your own skin.

4. Fine Browser is another browser that lets you open many windows as well. It has a blocker for pop-ups. It can also track deleted websites and lets users to save websites into a certain category. You can also take screenshots and see the last date that it was used. You can also have a translation for other languages with this browser. You can n also have fillers as well as a feature where you can keep private notes.




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Safeguarding Your Children Online

Parental control available from Internet Explorer.

In the first article, we looked at what can be done to set up the operating system in order to control the content that younger users are able to access. This time we are looking at the controls available when your youngsters want to surf the web.

All web pages are viewed in a browser, of which there are many available. Microsoft has been criticised for bundling Internet Explorer (IE) in all its versions which use the Windows operating system. Consequently, you may have recently seen a file called 'Browser Choice' which has been automatically downloaded onto your desktop. This effectively lists the more common browsers available, gives their characteristics and a link to download the ones that take your fancy. Before you consign this application to the recycle bin it is worth having a look. The choice is considerable, and includes Opera, Safari, IE8, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Flock, K-Meleon, GreenBrowser, Avant, Maxthon, FlashPeak and Sleipnir.

We are going to have a look at the parental control afforded by the most popular 'top six' because these account for 99% of browser use.

Internet Explorer7 and Internet Explorer8 (IE7 and IE8)

Shipped with Windows machines seemingly forever, it's not surprising that IE in all its forms is the most popular browser by far, accounting for over 50% of total browser use. Having said that, it is probably the browser which has the most parental controls. For example IE8 has the following which are all accessible through 'tools' > 'Internet options':
InPrivate browsing. This offers the ability to block personal information being transmitted to any web pages that are visited. To access this:

1) Click on the 'Security' tab to set the security level to Medium-high.

2) Click the 'Privacy' tab to set the blocking of cookies (default is medium), pop-up blocker on or off, and switch InPrivate browsing on or off.

3) Click on the 'Content' tab to enable the Content Advisor, tick the content that you don't want your children to view and set the slider to the appropriate level (default is none). Here you can create the Supervisors password that should be entered to allow content to be alerted to the Content Advisor. You can also list here any sites that you are happy for your child to view under the 'Approved Sites' tab.

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Best Web Browser ?

As a budding 'surfer' (back in the days when surfing the web still seemed mysterious and vaguely appropriate), I never took to Internet Explorer. I think it was because every time I opened a link in a new window it always managed to position it somewhere annoying on the monitor. Then again, maybe I just preferred the Netscape Communicator loading button. Either way, from the beginning I was a fan of using programs that didn't come with Windows, and it's a trend that I've followed to this very day.

It's not that I enjoy jumping on (or off) the Microsoft bandwagon - they're too easy to hate and it's even easier to forget that Windows has provided most of us with the majority of our computing experiences to date. It's just that if there are features in parts of Windows that annoy me, I turn them off, or find ways to do what I want without being driven into a blind, keyboard ruining rage... damn you, Office Assistant Paperclip!!!

Of course, Netscape is now defunct (though I still amuse myself with a Netscape skin now and then), and at any rate, if I shove nostalgia to one side and let honesty step in, I stopped using it years ago. There is, to my mind, a very obvious replacement, but there are quite a few browsers out there vying for a bigger share of the market. As far as the number of users is concerned, Internet Explorer is and will no doubt remain the King for a long time, but what genuine alternatives are there?

Mozilla Firefox

In my opinion, nothing will beat Firefox. They can rip off ideas but they'll never take its crown.

Recently in the headlines for setting the Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software in a day, Firefox does what I want it to do without irritating me about it. It introduced me to the idea of tabbed browsing, it's fast, it lets me choose if I want to view content or not and it has a large community making the applications I want. The idea behind Firefox was to create a stripped down browser that users could add what they liked to it, and for that alone it beat Internet Explorer hands down. I've never been able to look back since I discovered tabbed browsing. In short, it's great, and it saddens me that it still only has a market share approaching 20%. Looked at in another light, however, when you consider that the vast, vast majority of PC's come with Internet Explorer installed as standard, this is quite a feat, and one that will no doubt impress further as Firefox 3 gains momentum.

The jury is still out somewhat for Firefox 3 - it looks better than Firefox 2, I like the big back button and the new browsing options. But it just doesn't feel different enough, and I've come across a few irritating styling issues with it that didn't crop up with v2. Still, I'll be used to it before long, and a few small glitches here and there are to be expected with any new release.

Opera

Opera is a very close contender to Firefox in my mind. Maybe Firefox 3 will lose out to it in the long run, but I just can't get my head around the position of the home button in the browser (mainly because I don't trust the Google toolbar , and I never will) - it's not mixed in with the back, forward and refresh buttons. I like a very minimalist browser, and Opera isn't set up to have that one button where I want it. Small annoyance, I know, but there you are.

That said, I love Opera's style, it seems very quick, I appreciate the ease of installing new apps (doesn't require restarts), and I think the speed dial is a marvellous thing, a far better way of using bookmarks. I like the little page previews that pop out of the tabs and for some reason I like the name. The ability to set up automated page refreshing is nice, too - it's uncluttered, modern, and I like it, a lot. Home button! Why!

Maxthon

Maxthon is a free browser that is based on Internet Explorer. That is, it effectively runs a heavily modified version of it. And by heavily modified, I mean a lot, lot better.

Maxthon is quite close to Opera in many ways. Like Opera (and Firefox 3) you can use mouse gestures to perform simple tasks, but unlike both of them, Maxthon draws your gesture on the screen and this makes it a lot easier to work out what you're doing. It is full of little innovations that I like - for instance, if you highlight some text and then drag and drop it anywhere on the page, Maxthon 'Google's' it immediately. You can rearrange the toolbars and buttons with a drag and drop as well, and it has a nice, clean look and a decent speed. Sadly, it seems a lot of the community behind Maxthon is based in Asia, and so for that reason alone it comes behind Opera - just. For now!

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Features of the Free Web Browsers

If you are new to using the Internet, the first question you probably have in mind would be what are the free web browsers. You can start using the Internet once you have a browser. There are many free web browsers available online today. You can simply save it in your computer and install it easily. Some of them are Firefox browser and Mozilla.

1. Mozilla's Firefox is one of the answers to the question, what are the free browsers. This is a standard web browser you can get for free online. It has several features which are all useful. You can open multiple pages at one time when you browse. This web browser also ensures the safety of the users by having developer and privacy tools. The pop-ups are blocked first and the user is asked to allow it to be opened first before it appears. The Firefox is much safer because the ActiveX support is disabled. This is the feature is usually the thing that spyware utilizes to give infections to computers.

2. The Opera browser is the second answer to the question,what are the free web browsers. This browser has an engine for rendering which other browsers does not. Another useful feature it has is the multiple tabs you can open at a time. It also blocks illegal pop ups. It has provides a chatting feature as well as an email feature. It has anti-phishing tools that can detect spyware and block it at the same time. It also blocks websites that seem to contain viruses. Opera has a function where you can use your voice to do commands. You can also have it read the texts to you.

3. Maxthon Tabbed is the third answer to the question,what are the free web browsers. This is a web browser that lets you open multiple pages. Users can customize the engine's interface because the IE or Internet explorer is embedded. Some of its features are auto-scrolling, plug-in tool, form filling and other tools for external use. It also blocks pop ups and lets the Unicode have extensions. You can also choose your own skin.

4. Fine Browser is another browser that lets you open many windows as well. It has a blocker for pop-ups. It can also track deleted websites and lets users to save websites into a certain category. You can also take screenshots and see the last date that it was used. You can also have a translation for other languages with this browser. You can n also have fillers as well as a feature where you can keep private notes.

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Windows 7: 10 Things That Still Need Fixing

Illustration by Keith Negley> For a Microsoft product, Windows 7 is quite refined. However, even unnecessary inconsistency. Why most of the tools menu instead of the left, while Internet Explorer 8 and the help system to drive them to the opposite extreme? Does the new media sharing feature (HomeGroup) have zero, one or two capital letters? Why the Office 2007 Ribbon interface in just the paint and WordPad?

Too often, decisions of Microsoft names confuse rather than clarify. ? User Account Control "has nothing to do with the function that is supposed to describe the sounds? Action Center" as a local television news of Ron Burgundy. And an operating system that already has a feature called Device Manager should not call a new feature? Devices and printers.

The operating system patches incorporated in capacity is essential. However, Windows Update is also more irritating property of extension of the operating system. Tell it to download and install all without further intervention (such as Microsoft recommends), and may still insist on reboot when in the midst of important work - or deny access to your computer completely while installing the updates.
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Federated Search Window 7 lets you add external sources such as Flickr and YouTube to Windows Explorer searches. However, the operating system does not help you find those sources and federated search does not mention in their help system.

Help ... need help. Some sections of destination command line nerdy fans, while others address rookies no idea. A few sections focus on smart, but occupied users of intermediate experience.

Press-Tab in Windows, and Vista to get fancy 3D task switcher, which needlessly requires you to cycle through tasks one by one. This duplicates the functionality of Alt-Tab instead of allowing it to reach any task in a couple of clicks, like Apple's Exposé is similar.

Win 7 backup and restoration is no longer required to spend an external hard drive to a full backup of the system. But still not as easy to use as Apple's Time Machine. And Microsoft's decision to put the network back up on Windows 7 is more expensive editions is nonsense.

After several versions of Windows is fine in theory. But in reality, their small differences, subtle and arbitrary invite confusion. Misleading names like Windows 7 Home Premium - the only home version of Windows 7 available in the U.S. - Don'T Help.

Windows 7, the browser included is perfectly adequate. But it is catching up with innovative competitors, such as Firefox and Google Chrome, which sets new standards.

Like Vista, Windows 7 lets you create applications independent of the PDF documents using Microsoft as the XPS format retain their original format. However, it is ubiquitous PDF and XPS has not caught, so would not it be much more convenient if supported Windows 7 PDF of the box?

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