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Can you do a compare of the source in both browsers to see if there is anything different between them? That's the only thing that I could think of would be that. I can't see adhunter causing any issues there. Could be related to this?: http://forum.maxthon.com/thread-12899-1-2.html

Can you try testing with the portable version. Just extract and run. Don't sign in to your passport account if you use one. Also are you using any proxy service?

DomCas replied at 2014-11-7 07:29 1. From what I know, Maxthon uses Blink. Before using webkit. - Blink is the rendering engine used by Chromium. - Why it works in one and not the other?That is true. But Blink/Webkit is only part of what Chromium is. Blink/Webkit is only the renderer, basically what reads the website code and displays it onscreen. Everything outside of that is Maxthon's own code, including the extension system, although even Blink is modified by Maxthon to some degree, that isn't the cause of this issue. As you may have noted with running Chromium clones, Chromium is basically the whole browser (renderer/UI/extensions/settings). The only differences might be some UI differences and some minor modifications that the developer might add, like extra security or social media options. That is why it works in Chromium clones and not Maxthon. If you're into cars, you can think of it like this: Blink is the chassis, and everything else (body/interior/engine) is what Maxthon adds. With Chromium, the dev gets the whole car, but might add window tinting or offer more paint colours. 2. And the Maxthon1 (Classic) which is based on the Trident, will not let you install because?I haven't tested with that, so can't say for sure. Just did some testing with ActiveX in Retro and it seems it does work and isn't disabled as I first thought. Quite possibly needs to be installed within Maxthon in Retro rather than using the installer they provide as it might not hook into MX for some reason.

1. I don't think the security module is directly browser related (could be wrong though). The extensions are what interact between it and the browser if i'm not mistaken, so if you can get the extension working everything should be fine. At the end of the day market share talks and Maxthon just doesn't have the same share or limelight as the others. 4. Not sure what you are getting at with that comment? Maxthon creates the browser and users/companies decide whether they want to use it and/or create extensions for it. Maxthon is in no way suggesting you use another browser, that is my personal view given the situation at hand, but in reality is the only option in the short term. This isn't about marketing, it's simply developer support. As it stands unless the bank/security module provider creates a Maxthon extension, or Maxthon takes it upon themselves to create one or possibly work with them to do so, then I fail to see any way the current setup will work with Maxthon. 5. Tech support can be like that. As far as they're concerned the product works and you have access to it. They don't need to do anything more. As stated above, those are the options that I see at this point in time. Apart from you requesting the bank to provide support I fail to see how Maxthon can do much about the problem, but good to see BugSir007's response.

A quick search shows this google chrome forum page it's something to do with sockets not closing properly. In Chrome there's an advanced option to "close idle sockets" which apparently fixed the issue for some people. Maxthon doesn't have such options. Does the same happen with other browsers? If yes, then it's probably a local network issue rather than Maxthon. You can try clearing cookies and cache, which apparently fixes the issue, but it's not seen as a permanent solution. EDIT: link fixed.

DomCas replied at 2014-11-4 21:51 After all, what's wrong with Maxthon?Nothing. 1. I don't see the point of all these downloads & extensions etc. Seems a very convoluted way just to have extra security on your account. Curious if other banks have the same systems in place. I thought 2-factor authentication was standard if requested now? eg. you get a code sent to your phone which you need to enter when logging in. 2. The reason it won't work is that when you run the installer it installs some random security software (which now i have to try and get rid of). It also installs an ActiveX control for IE and browser extensions for Chrome or Firefox if detected. When you get to the "Instalação da extensão do navegador" (Installing the browser extension) page, it tries to install a Chrome extension which obviously won't work. More than likely the browser was detected as Chrome instead of Maxthon, so you get the download page instead of an error. 3. The reason Opera works is that it's based on Chromium and uses the same extension system, so most if not all Chrome extensions work on it. Maxthon uses it's own extension model although very similar, isn't able to load Chrome extensions. 4. Retro Mode more than likely doesn't work (shows an error) as I don't think ActiveX controls are allowed or available in Maxthon. So basically you have a few options: Choose another bank that doesn't force you to use all this installed stuff. Ask the bank to create an extension for Maxthon (but they probably won't because the userbase just wouldn't be big enough). It may be possible for someone to create a Maxthon version of the Chrome extension, but that takes someone with some knowledge, time and effort to do so. Use another browser when you want to do your banking.

BugSir007 replied at 2014-11-4 18:34 Hi guys, Thank you for providing more details and links on this problem. We haven't provided an opti ... That's a very interesting stance on the situation, since AFAIK every other major browser has an option to disable SSL3. Also most of the information that's discussing this bug states that is the simplest way for a user to ensure that they won't be affected by it. I think it's another great reason to request an advanced config option within Maxthon.

To me Maxthon's video playback has always been a little sketchy in that it can jump frames, especially if a page is loading in the background. It seems to be related to the way network throughput and rendering is threaded. This was mostly fixed a while back when the multi process releases started, but has since seemed to have crept it's way back ever so slightly. Firstly can you provide a link to a video/videos that consistently cause the issue. Even if it's on all, it's nice to test with the same. Have you tried with other browsers and do they show the same issues? if the video is recorded in low quality but if the video is a modern, high quality recording,This should have no bearing on your problems. It doesn't matter when or what quality the video was recorded at as it gets re-encoded by youtube. Youtube uses different file formats and encoding depending on what level it's playing at. It could just be that your PC uses HW acceleration for some and not others causing the high CPU load. If possible can you grab a screenshot of your CPU usage while running a video in VLC and also in Maxthon, preferably the same one. You can use http://en.savefrom.net/#url=XXX to download the file from youtube or elsewhere. Replace the XXX with the URL to the video. Link the video so I can have look and do a comparison. Regarding download manager, i'm thinking it's somewhat related. But we'll work on the video first and see what happens.

Ices_Eyes replied at 2014-11-4 04:06 So... As I said before, I test also to download a clean portable version of MX, and the problem is s ... Either on this version I do not login on my account, so no problem with it too.A little confused by that sentence? But if i'm reading the rest correctly - any version of MX logged in or not has issues on your PC, but copying an MX portable from another PC that was working fine, then also shows the same problems on the first PC. Based on that the only conclusion I can come to is the PC/software/drivers is the cause. It's the only common factor in both cases. Will be interesting to see what you come up with when you do the further testing.

http://skin.maxthon.com/detail/index.php?view_id=1199&current=browse

Ices_Eyes replied at 2014-11-3 01:56 Not everyone says they have not the issue... Oliver One said he has the same problem, and he is also ... I never said it was just you or that it isn't an MX issue. The fact that Oliver One is a tester I don't believe has any relevance to the problem. It might just be a coincidence that both of you run the same program that is causing the problem. Even though you might use the same applications it doesn't mean that something isn't causing a conflict of some description. A lot of things can go wrong with PC's, from failed installs or uninstalls, crashed apps, faulty drivers, malware etc. I'd be curious to see the outcome of the testing that I mentioned above. Hopefully it might lead into a direction that gives an answer.

Unfortunately no, it's only designed to house Maxthon extensions and a quicklink to start Maxthon.

As shown above it works fine here, and using the h3 tag. I want to say it's not a Maxthon issue, only for the fact that it's not happening for everyone, but you also say that it's fine in other browsers. It's weird - and if it can't be replicated it makes it even harder to determine the issue. I'm curious that you say it's only on that one PC that you have the issue, that says to me it's more than likely something on there that is causing the problem, especially when it happens with clean portable installs. I'd start with disabling everything you run on startup and other programs and see if anything changes. If it's still happening then try Windows safe mode and check again.

What are you using to download the video with? The download button on the flash video popup doesn't work very well as Youtube have changed the streaming of video since it was implemented. A much better option is to use the Youtube Centre extension.

Have you tried disabling adhunter and all extensions?

Reading up on this, it probably one of the least problem causing exploits of late. There has are a lot of pre-requisites for this to happen: Server must support SSL3 (many don't now, or have since been disabled); Browser using SSL3 (irrelevant due to #1, and easily disabled in most clients); Hacker needs to be on the same network; More than likely in close proximity. Security researchers say that the Poodle bug is more innocuous than Heartbleed or Shellshock. For one, they note that SSL 3.0 has been largely superseded by a newer encryption protocol called Transport Layer Security, or TLS. Also, to pull off an a Poodle attack, security researchers say that the victim has to be actively online and physically close to the attacker — say, using the same public Wi-Fi. Also I think that if you're on a hardwired connection your chances of falling victim to the bug is almost 0, unless of course someone has hacked your network. The issue is connecting to random WIFI hotspots that may not be secure. Also as stated you need to be close to the hacker. I could be wrong about it, and i'm not saying there's nothing to worry about, just that in the big picture the odds of being hit by this bug is very, very small. So unless you're in one of those situations it's not that much to worry about till the hole gets plugged. Of which I'd be surprised if Maxthon don't fix this in the next release.

Do you use a Passport account? If yes, then first try logging out and see if you can save anything then. If that works then as you say it could be a corrupt file. Data is stored here: \UserData\Users\guest\MagicFill, otherwise your account name in place of guest if you're signed in. Try renaming/deleting that file and see if it fixes the issue.

If you're using a Passport account, try signing out and see if the problem still happens. I'm thinking it's something related to cookies seeing as it works then doesn't - the theory is the second time it finds a cookie that is corrupt/wrong/something else and that's why it won't run. You can try deleting cookies and see if that helps - Menu > Clear browsing data.

Works fine here. Update as No.1MaxthonFan has pointed out. If it still occurs, try testing with Retro mode, turn off AdHunter, and check with other browsers. If it happens on those as well then it's something on your system, not Maxthon. Or it could be what SWFlash0 said, which I found quite interesting - i didn't know they do that :S

thx for the reply but I prefer a "none" option like before That's fine if that's what you want, but there's no point putting up with having a background when there is a simple solution. Unless for some reason you're constantly changing backgrounds, I can't see why that shouldn't suffice till the "none" option is added.

Use the custom option (the big + box) and just choose a plain white image. It doesn't have to be big as it gets stretched full screen. 2nd question is discussed here: http://forum.maxthon.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=13262

A.S. replied at 2014-10-24 16:22 Someone already asked. But it's too difficult for me now. And I have no time. Try to persuade author ... I had a look at that extension a while back. Very complicated to me, lots of Chrome api's being used. I can't see it being simple to convert, but then i'm not really well versed in it. Hopefully the Hola devs to have a change of heart like the adblock guys. If it was available I wouldn't have to use another browser ever, apart from maybe troubleshooting.

Chain Reactan replied at 2014-10-24 13:37 To me, there is no need for an additional search engine on the topright if the main bar does the s ... OK, that's what I thought you meant, but your reply to BugSir007 made me think otherwise. Menu > View > Uncheck Search Box. It will disappear! I agree with you as well, it has become somewhat redundant since you can easily search using the address bar. And with aliases setup, it's just as easy to search a different search engine to your default one.

and having that extra is hindering the browser.I doubt it's doing much at all. I think you have to have at least one that will be set to default. So if you're going to add one of your own, add that first and then delete whatever is left.

Firstly, you shouldn't be deleting anything of a program when it's running - even though it should warn you if it's in use. Secondly, it seems you have found the problem. Reboot your system (if you haven't already since posting) and see if Windows asks for a disk check to be performed. If it doesn't then open an explorer window, right-click on the drive that Maxthon is installed on > Properties > Tools > Error Checking - press the check button. Windows should hopefully find and fix any disk issues causing the problem. You should then be able to delete the file.