Update: Maxthon 2.5.1.4075

Maxthon 2.5.1.4075 is now available for download.

Why the big version number jump, you’ll ask. Well, there’s something else wrapped inside this release beside a long list of fixes (I can’t help mentioning the “possibly fixed” changelog entries :D ).

Starting with this version, tabs in Maxthon are really independent from each other, meaning that a frozen tab won’t cause the whole browser to become unresponsive. Such tabs can be closed or simply refreshed.

On the downside, I noticed a problem with moving Maxthon’s window around. Sometimes, when I “grab” the title bar with the mouse pointer and drag, it behaves like nothing happened, but when I release the mouse button, the window “jumps” to the new location. Strange :|

Other glitches I’ve experienced:
- opening a new tab via CTRL-n causes the address bar to lose focus after 1 second, so to type something you have to re-select the field (by using the mouse or otherwise)
- no option to enable the window frame
- when maximized, Maxthon seems to go outside the desktop by 1 or 2 pixels on the right side of the screen (the vertical scrollbar for example is not visible completely)

Sorry guys.. but I’m downgrading to Maxthon 2.1.5.1250 for the time being :(

DOWNLOAD MAXTHON 2.5.1.4075
Get it now: Download Maxthon 2.5.1.4075
exe installer, 4.95MB, MD5 sum: 2078C7CF1812643DA819380683F3F07E
MAXTHON 2.5.1.4075 SCREENS
WHAT’S NEW IN MAXTHON 2.5.1.4075
[Core]
* Redesigned browser framework and added new anti-freeze feature

[Plugin and External Tools]
* Improved plugin security. Security id is no longer accessible in max.src. Existing Script/HTML plugins are not affected, individual COM plugins could obtain the security id through a new putSecurityId method if necessary.

[Interface]
* Added clean browser history option in the exit confirmation dialog
* Added a save as option in Collector, support ANSI, Unicode, and UTF-8 txt format
* Added a notice window when cleaning browser history
* Fixed a GDI leakage when tab is dragged
* Fixed a favorites and RSS sidebar focus problem
* Fixed a Maximize problem in mult-monitor environment
* Fixed a Float Button position problem under Split View
* Fixed a RSS duplicate addition alert problem
* Fixed a freeze problem when the shadow of menu is clicked
* The URL of favorites is shown when mouse hover favorites sidebar
* The close button on the active tab now works on mouse released (previously when mouse pressed)

[Capture]
* Fixed problem capturing long web pages

[Others]
* Fixed a zoom problem under IE8
* Fixed a freeze problem when maxthon exits
* Fixed a Magic Fill auto fill problem
* Fixed problem opening .url shortcut
* Fixed some browser window focus problems
* Fixed some memory leakage problem
* Possibly fixed problem that browser frame may not be drawn
* Possibly fixed problem that browser window may go behind other windows when opening external url
* Improved page scrolling efficiency
* Web page zoom ratio is limited between 10% to 1000%

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