[Maxthon Beta 7.1.6.1500]

terrible decisions...  vpn, maxthon gold, Web Indexing by Bright Data... at this point even vanilla chrome seems less compromised

[Maxthon Beta 7.1.6.1400]

not sure if this is a setting toggle or a maxthon issue (or an issue with settings) :
when I go to https://demo.files.gallery/?samples/embed , using Maxthon 7.1.6.1400 (same with 7.1.6.1300), I can't see the popup video players windows. it works fine in chrome, see gif below (maxthon on the left, chrome on the right).

I tried to authorize popups in maxthon (both as global and also site-specific filter, not shown on the screenshot below), but this is not working 

this is using fresh portable install for testing without addons. anysuggestions ?