The buzz in the computer world these days is the rise of the Firefox web browser. More and more folks are downloading and using it as their browser of choice. The magazines and web reviewers mostly gave it very good notices, so I too gave it a try and found it quite good.
There was not much really unique about it, at least for me, as I have used the Opera browser for a few years. So many of Firefox’s top features are old hat. But it had one irritating flaw that kept me from using it full time...if I set Firefox as my default browser, it would not open automatically when I clicked on a link in an e-mail (I use Outlook). I tried it on two computers with the same result. This made it impractical to use as my default browser.
While reading the reviews, I came across the name of another browser, which several folks preferred over IE and Firefox. Its name is Maxthon. It is based on the IE engine, so it functions just like IE in many respects, only it has the same features that everyone raves about in Firefox. It is also much faster than IE. And, it solved the e-mail link problem mentioned above. When I click on a link in an e-mail, Maxthon loads and displays the requested web page.
While I have only been testing it for three weeks, I have found Maxthon to be an excellent alternative to IE. It is 99% compatible on web sites. You might want to give Maxthon a try. And, of course, it’s free. To download it, go to:
http://www.maxthon.com
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