Firefox vs. Maxthon

One Maxthon user, Nauman Leghari,  compared Firefox with Maxthon:

Well you better believe it! It is true..thanks Nauman for spreading letting the word know and spreading the good news about Maxthon!

Technorati Tags: Maxthon, Firefox, Browsers, Tabbed Browsing, Desktop applications

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[none]

maxthon is a chinese crap. you are an idiot if you trust something from china.

fuck maxthon and fuck lazy and dumb chinese which the only thing they can do is to still or copy something from everyone else.

make your own things you dumb and lazy chinese idiots.

[Ronald]

Try K-meleon its around the 24,600 k memory usage and fast as hell

[ecslipe]

when i minimise firefox and maxthon. Maxthon use about 7000 and firefox use 38000!

[random]

FUCK Maxthon. YAY FIREFOX.(Sorry I had to post it. ^_^)

[Dead Maxthon]

IE runs native under Microsoft OS, all the resources that Maxthon uses are hence not shown when we look at the exe, we have to add explorer+Maxthon++++ to get the real figure

[penisface]

UHHHHH Memory leak anyone?
Photoshop?

Firefox >>> All.

Fuck you.

[jovanni]

how about security? is it safe for a maxthon browser to go to sites which are adware inclined?

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[Rui Castro]

I have always noticed that Maxthon used less more and is much faster, you you use a slow computer you will notice that Firefox is real slow. By the way I have noticed that Maxthon 2 uses more memory then Maxthon 1.5.9, any thoughts?

[Ktulu]

james on feb 15: "Ofcourse in task manager maxthon.exe will use less memory than firefox.exe... comparing those two browsers is not fair - maxthon is IE based browser and uses memory from explorer which is pre-loaded with the OS..."

James, just kill the process of explorer and the entire process tree of IE and Maxthon will keep up running and working fine. That is also for those who say that Mx shares memory resources with IE as it is preloaded by the OS. Anyway, when navigating with Mx no other processes show changes on memory usage nor page usage (swap memory).
Also, Mx has an option (Options/Mx options/Advanced/Free memory regularly) that lets it use less memory. I don't know how it works but thats the little secret, I think...
I have tested Mx against IE with the same pages opened (different pages, one at a time, ie: blank, google (plain, not logged in, nor gadgets on), and asus (it has flash)) and Mx did always use less memory, even with "free memory regularly" turned off.
And if your talking about security... it doesn't matters wich browser a user uses when he likes to click averything, sooner or later things will mess up and wait for the browser to get massive and averybody will know it's details.

[Joules]

Maxthon indeed consumed lesser memory than other browsers...

those mentioned 36 tabs? why not run both browsers and visit the same websites.. and see the difference of memory consumption... i even end tasked explorer.exe leaving both browsers up.. still maxthon prevails..

how about anyone who are using other OS? what say you?

[xTerminus nDefinitive]

I find Firefox opens up at about 23mb, Opera around 16mb, & Internet Explorer 40mb+, while Maxthon fluctuates between a measly 3-7mb. I don't usually have more than half a dozen or so tabs open at once but even with multiple tabs Maxthon is most often sitting in the 4-5mb range.

Not sure how it manages to use so much less RAM than others but having plenty that is not my main concern. I like the features, functionality, interface, looks & most importantly the fact that Maxthon renders web pages correctly as IE does. I've never been able to get into the whole Firefox craze, no matter how many times I've tried it, it just doesn't quite cut it. Opera is pretty decent except the fact that like Firefox neither are capable of rendering a good percentage of webpages correctly.

I don't understand how people can rave about those browsers when pages don't even display properly half the time. Realisticly more like 90% of pages it seems have something wrong with them. Various anomalies of sorts - font issues, margin issues, broken, misplaced or incorrectly displayed frames, tables, images, malfunctioning or nonfunctioning scripts etc. Sometimes subtle, other times glaringly obvious foulups in the display/layout of pages. My own websites may tend to be somewhat complex in the way everything fits together, but still they function perfectly fine in IE/Maxthon & adhere to internet standards, yet neither Firefox nor Opera can handle them, but then they often can't handle even basic plain text pages properly either. Are they built for a different nonstandard/nonexistent brand of HTML or something? It's as if they just can't read pages quite right, even very basic HTML/CSS they seem to not understand how to render as is intended.

It's great that everyone wants to make a browser to counter the so called Internet Explorer "monopoly" but it would be nice if they would all interpret the HTML in the same manner. Knowing that IE is a majority, whether they like it or not it would be better if they all rendered webpages similarly so as not to alienate potential users of their browsers. Most people probably don't want to use a browser which messes pages up so badly, hence Firefox is often considered a "leet dude's" browser, a must have for people that love to hate microsoft or for folks that are particularly paranoid about security issues, whether it actually provides any greater level of security, or not.

Another thing I like about Maxthon in addition to the low resource usage & the numerous features it has over IE or Firefox is that it matches my Windows skin. Although it has many skins of it's own available, it's nice that the default allows my custom Windows skin to carry through so everything is congruous.

[PETER]

HEY sEAN:
Posted by: Sean | February 02, 2006 at 11:37 PM

I use something called "sessionsaver" with Firefox which lets me save sets of tabs. Is there any feature either native or plugin like this with Maxthon. If you want to have more information google for "sessionsaver".

yes - under the groups menu: 'save windows [tabs] as ....

[Computadoras]

Its a great browser and i like the fact that it uses less memory.

[Shukaido]

I use Maxthon on U3 USB drive, and it's more versitile than the U3 version of firefox, but the fact that it uses IE means that all my favs get bumped every time... the memory usage is beside the point, firefox didn't use IE for a reason, it's because Microslack has been plagued with security issues with it. I have no qualms with the maxthon users, i use it primarily off my USB drive over firefox, but gimme a break. They're both decent browsers, if u want more security, though, stay away from IE, it's that simple...

'Nuff Said

[Robert]

I loved the MYIE2 browser and have finally decided to upgrade to Maxthon. I used Firefox since it's been touted as the browser to set the new standards but have switched back. Firefox just is too plain vanilla. MYIE2 was the first browser I had used with all the helpful extensions, ie. mouse gestures, saved groups and personalizeable (is that a word?) GUI. I spent too long finding all the helpful extensions on Firefox and then they upgraded the version. My only issue with Maxthon is that it's an IE shell but with my firewall and antivirus updated regularly, I'll throw caution to the wind and settle with the easiest to use browser, Maxthon.

[Netanel Jacobsson]

Hey John, that was really funny :)

[John Mitchell]

If Firefox and IE had babies, it would be called Maxthon!

So Maxthon it is! Btw, IE7 still isn't going to be as good as Maxthon, but at least PNGs will work then!

[Francis]

Even though firefox uses a lot of memory. it got real nice skins than maxthon. I just can't load firefox in my office computer, becauce it's locked up to IE. I love the tabs on both but i prefer firefox. Download programs or pictures, it's easier to accesss when it is saved on a firefox window.

If memory is an issue... buy it! I just can't resist the look of ifox skin.

[Dan]

What hapen't with Maxthon when IE7 and Vista will appear on the market ? can we expect new version[s] ?

[Simon]

Just for statistics sake, I tried 36 tabs in Firefox and it used up around 144,000K of memory.

Still higher than Maxthon, but hows that the results in the post are innacurate.

[James]

I use both Maxthon and Firefox, and.. I prefer Firefox because of its superior rendering engine and interface (I think Maxthon is a bit confusing and bulky).

But, at the end of the day, im glad that Maxthon uses less memory. It's just one of the good things you can do with IE. :)

[Sisq0]

Ofcourse in task manager maxthon.exe will use less memory than firefox.exe... comparing those two browsers is not fair - maxthon is IE based browser and uses memory from explorer which is pre-loaded with the OS...

[kurt]

I have tried to use Firefox so many times over the last year it isn't funny any more. In order to get the same functionality I get out of Maxthon, the extensions I need to load into Firefox make it completely unstable and an utterly terrible product. I love the idea of Firefox and think they have done a great job, but I cannot override my logic center and use it blindly.

[Ronny stiftel]

holy so many maxthon fanboys here it hurts
maxthon isnt even a browser its an extension to ie =/
and ie sucks plainly
no correct css support
many problems with the dom
security flaws without end
so why should anyone use that crap ? O_o

btw comparing an ie based browser on an ms os isnt fair at all first the task manager doesnt show always correct amount of used memory and ie is part of the system !

[Tungstene_Candy]

Hm yeah, that's true that maxthon used less memory, but i'd like to know which pages were opened with Firefox and which ones with maxthon..
And also consider the fact that when you lauch maxthon, you use some memory of explorer too, cause maxthon uses IE browser..

Aaaand I ain't no Firefox fanboy, it isn't even installed on my machine, I only got IE6, Opera & Maxthon, which is my main web browser..

[wootaholic]

i absoloutley love maxthon and currrently have turned 4 firefox users to maxthon users and they all love it too!

[Uri L.]

feel free to also post comments/views and vote for either maxthon/firefox here:

http://www.say-so.org/view/gxns6713

[Rmy]

93mb?
I tried openeing 50 tabs once in Matxhon as a test and it only used around 50/60mb.

[Tigerhawkvok]

Once you use IE7...... no, FireFox really isn't a better browser. I've not found any function of it that's not performed better by either Maxthon *or* IE7... and that's all that really matters.

As far as plugins, go... meh. Most of the time they're just memory hogs.

[Mister]

Firefox might load slower, but it is a better browser. Who couldn't spare an extra 20 seconds per 5 days to start (because that is about how often i reboot).

Anyone that insults firefox because it takes a few extra seconds to load doesn't know the first thing.

[Sean]

Firefox being slow? Im a LOYAL Maxthon user and havent touched firefox for months, but it is incredibly faster than Maxthon for almost every page. You just have to tweak it with the publicly available tweak guides

[Paul Terry Walhus]

I use something called "sessionsaver" with Firefox which lets me save sets of tabs. Is there any feature either native or plugin like this with Maxthon. If you want to have more information google for "sessionsaver".

[Oleg]

No way - FireFox will gain its place - Microsoft is too monopolistic!

[StabbyMcTwist]

Did a little test of my own using FireFox.. I was able to open 36 pages and use LESS memory than Nauman did for 6 in FireFox... the page you load plays a BIG difference in the ammount of memory that the browser uses. Try loading 6 pages with alot of ads/flash animations/pics/etc vs 30 google pages in the SAME browser, you will notice a HUGE ammount of memory being taken up by the 6 and not so much from the 30 googles.
I'm not trying to bash Maxathon or Nauman but rather want it noted that the results may be slightly off.

A good test would be to load Maxathon with 30 pages and load FireFox with the EXACT SAME 30 pages.

[Piro]

I love maxthon! I've used it since it was just "My Internet Explorer 2" (its older name) I love it more than Firefox which I'd been using for a couple years before I knew of this program. I'm trying to find a way to run it in Linux. I love this program!!! Firefox has got a run for their money!!!!

[Name one]

Maxthon is the best

[Rick]

I look forward to returning to Maxthon (which I had to leave because of the IE foundation) in the Vista timeframe, since IE7 in Vista is supposed to run in a "sandbox" of sorts, so even if there is a flaw in IE (and there will be) it won't matter.

Will Maxthon for Vista run in this same protected space considering that it leverages IE?

For me Firefox 1.5 loads in a snap.

But sometimes Maxthon can hang.
(Which I know mainly caused by the plugins.)

But I rarely see Maxthon using less than 20MB (Unless it is minimized)

For example currently with same 8 sites loaded in both browsers, Firefox consumes 44, Maxthon 42 MB.

All I want to say is such comparisons are not meaningful as there are many many other factors.
I would say the same it is was in favor of Firefox.

[Milan Petrovic]

Well, evenwithout any pages open, Firefox needs much more memory then Maxthon. Also Firefox is very slow when it needs to load.

If the Windows is designed to have IExplore always running in the back, and Maxthon uses that and loads very fast, well, I as a user am good with that, because it means I will get faster browsing. I am using Maxthon for a long time, even some bugged versions that had a lot of memory problems. Now that is all gone, I Maxthon is the best.

All the extra features are just much better integrated in Maxthon then in Firefox, both with sidebar and toolbar button plugins.

Long Live MAXTHON!

[THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK]

As loyal Maxthon User, Auto hide feature is #1. However, I read about "Quick Tabs"? Will MAXTHON have quick tabs? Can you just grabb 'em off someone elses & have "Quick Tab" Plug-In?
Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.

shouldn't the VM size be considered too?

[linx05]

But then you will always get the Firefox fanboys saying "Maxthons memory usage is lower because parts of IE is already loaded up".

Grrrr

[Tigerhawkvok]

It should be noted... when I just looked at the memory usage of Firefox, Maxthon, and IE 7 Build 5299 against each other:

Maxthon: 5684 k
Firefox: 23420 k
iexplore: 61380 k

It should also be noted that in an informal test of mine (trying all order combinations), FIrefox was consistantly the slowest loader, with IE7 and Maxthon varying in the load-time-champ.

Just more reasons to support Maxthon :-)

Are the tabs from same sites?

Also it should be noted that sometimes with some specific sites both browsers can result in excessive memory usage.

Also extensions and such stuff should be noted while making such a comparison.

[Chench]

As if I needed more reasons to stick with Maxthon? :-)

Ken