Tony

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  1. fully customise it to my liking

    thats worth repeating - I CAN FULLY CUSTOMISE MX5 TO MY LIKING - well as long as i want to only hide the side bar

    so to whoever wrote that crap this is my MX5 - its fully customised but not with any help from you

    the only help i got/get from the devs is they removed some code to stop my CUSTOMISED side favourites bar working so i am stuck on 1200 - adding it back would go a long way to allowing me to customise to my liking on the latest builds

     

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  2. 49 minutes ago, magg said:

    Maxthon is no more a browser... Now it's  a (web) superb notebook, because being "just" a simple browser isn't so "amazing", "wanted by MILLIONS mx users", "innovative".

     

    fortunately there is 4.9 for the few that still support Maxthon - 5 is just internal vanity - in business as in life we all get things wrong - putting sticking plasters on something that is terminally broken will do no good

    how do those of us that still think Maxthon is good have to say it and be taken notice of rather than ignored - vanity is a terrible affliction - those that make the decisions should step outside and look in - see all the loyal users that have gone and ask why

    all my opinion of course - as ever it will not register

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  3. who thought that up - who thinks users want that rather than a 'simple' browser 

    there is a saying - a camel is a horse designed by a committee - MX5 is going that way - whatever its supposed to be it is meaningless if no one uses it and the member and post count here suggest that

    Hell even some of those with coloured names post they do not use Maxthon as their browser of choice - just support it in the hope that it might get back to its roots - what does that say about the 'information assistant'

     

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  4. 38 minutes ago, magg said:

    The answers are simple. We both know that mx 5  is basically nothing more than re-skined 4th version. There are plenty of lines of code (leftovers:titter:) from previous version.

    2nd thing - the reason why all of those features are still hidden is also simple. They don't have nothing innovative or interesting to offer at this moment.

    So you should expect that sooner or later there will be a big comeback of all those missing features. With big announcements, with more exciting GIF's and screenshots through over the forum and fb... They did exactly the same with 4.9 branch.

    all true - its all smoke and mirrors to confuse the poor users

  5. 11 minutes ago, magg said:

    Agree. All of those "missing" features should be (optional) out-of-box... :tap:

    some code from 0,dat 

        <!-- History Button -->
    <!--
        <div class="item nav-history" mx-object="ui.navHistoryButton" mx-listen="$(on-NavHistory)$" " title="$history.recentList$" style="behavior:popup-menu; context-menu: selector(#POPUP_HISTORY);" menu="#POPUP_HISTORY" align-context-menu="bottom">
            <div class="icon"></div>
        </div>
    -->

    for those that dont understand it that is the history button that is coded into the standard skin - so its there and would show on the navbar but someone has chosen to hide it from users - WHY? - for what purpose

    there are similar examples in the main drop down menu of commented out settings - settings that users have asked for - who decides such things and [again] why?

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  6. 6 hours ago, 7twenty said:

    I like the new start menu. Having just the tiles makes it look much nicer/cleaner and all apps is just a click away just like they used to be. No doubt someone will complain as they always do.

    New features like PIN entry even when numlock is off is great. Can't believe it was never implemented before.

    Not too sure what to make of things like the Photo's app being updated. The new design is nicer (almost harks back to the Win8 style). But then loses the similarities with the rest of the OS and other built in apps. Although usability should trump that I guess.

    Curious to see what other goodies they're going to throw in before too long.

     

    IIRC there was a known issue with some NAS or network things in the previous release.

     

    thanks Rob will check that out - as i say it sees everything on the network but will not access anything

    well changing the network to 'private' did nothing - still cannot map drives - no idea what 'enterprize' is - thats not an option

     

  7. 9 minutes ago, PHYR said:

    I've reported this to M$ through the popup I receive when rebooting after it occurring(been doing so through the last three builds). I can open a number of apps but can't do anything within them. Can't even restart from the menu, have to use the physical power button. It appears to happen if I don't immediately login during boot. Reboot has fixed it on each occurence(with prompt login).

    thanks - do you run a home network and if so is it working - i have 2 NAS setups - it can see both but if i try to map any of the drives it comes back with a permission error - up to this build i did not see that although i had not downloaded a new build for a while so it may have been in some earlier builds

  8. well it downloaded last night - i lost access to my network - it can see the devices but there is a permission error - i think i have read something about a setting but on a quick look found nothing

    start menu worked once - first click on the button brought it up - after that left click does nothing - oddly ?? right click still works - i gave up after that - need to solve the network problem first - if not its a waste of time

  9. can someone try this

    click on QA icon and open page 

    type something in search box - 123 will do - that opens a google page

    click on QA icon again to open new QA page 

    do you see search box - best i have seen is it hidden in windows toolbar at bottom of page or not showing anywhere on page

    minimise maxthon from control button - top right 

    click on maxthon icon in toolbar to expand maxthon

    search box is where it should be

     

    a bug - something on my system - dont know - will wait to see what others find - maybe its known but i cannot find a reference

  10. 1 hour ago, jerber said:

    Would it be possible to have the tabs on the bottom as an option as in MX2? I know folks like it and would like the option.

     

    like that? - as ever only quickly tested - backup your 0.dat file

    a new install will overwrite it - so you need to re-apply this - 0.dat is some of the UI so it should be ok to use this with later releases

    tabs at bottom.png

    0.dat

  11. wilser knows the score with skins - if he publishes he is [obviously] happy - if the powers that be got the skin centre working then that solves the problem - but to do that they need sort skins out for 5 rather than the way it has to be done now

  12. 39 minutes ago, Magdalene said:

    I like the extensions on the toolbar. Can you stretch/shorten the address bar like in MX 4.

    address bar is fixed length - not worked that bit out yet - all options that were in 4 seem to be there but commented out for whatever reason

  13. 16 minutes ago, Magdalene said:

    Will it be appearing in Personal Mail? Hint hint, nudge nudge, wink wink. A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat.

    it might in part - its wip at the moment - it all works but its by no means tested - the side bar is the BIG IF - thats carried over from 4 and is not updated - i have no idea if its possible to get that to work correctly 

    i will not release it as a full skin - its too complicated [imo] - it involves 0.dat - 1.dat and page.dat 

  14. I like 5 but the interface/skin is minimalistic and naff [imo] - maybe this is OTT but it works for me - describe it as a work in progress and shows what can be done

    it will not be appearing on a site in the Philippines or Nsane :wacko: 

     

    5 skin.png

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  15. 2 hours ago, -ody- said:

    yes and the update took quite a while...

    again several settings are not kept ( restoration is disabled.. )

    they are worse than Maxthon for resetting stuff that they are convince they feel is best for the user - i have a list of stuff to check after each update

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  16. 1 hour ago, Shuvongkor said:

    Although we advanced user can install extension at any time we want but for some user some very essential extensions need to be preinstalled like '' Youtube link, Imagus, ad blocker " etc. Maxhon could be the best browser if they can make maxthon a very easy to use browser. 

    as an advanced user [with the grand total of ONE post] you should know better - why would i or many others want youtube link or imagus - dont use them - never have never will - Maxthon scores in that it can be all things to all people - pre-installed addons will add nothing

    i take it you know Roxana - if not then look her up she will support you

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  17. 14 hours ago, PHYR said:

    I'm sure tony can help you

    Loopings or whatever he goes by these days is the skin maestro - must be - it says so in his profile - or Joe maybe - he does skins or is that themes - as to this one - not seen the original