noads stopped working for me in the latest branch - with help from the devs it now works
there is [apparently] an error in the original noads extension - why it worked with earlier versions of Maxthon is not explained by Maxthons but no matter
the error is in def.json
def.json-'include': [ '*.', 'localhost' ]should be change to 'include': [ '*', 'localhost' ]
i will not post a fixed version only point to the fix given by Maxthon and would acknowledge the work of the original author of the extension who i believe went by the name of Trincare and the Maxthon devs who found the error
all i did was ask for help and am grateful for the help given