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An IE-Based Tabbed Browser from China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the adversity-breeds-strength dept.

wannabgeek writes "CNET reports that a new browser, Maxthon is gaining wide popularity in China. 14 percent of Chinese websurfers have used it ... Part of the reason, it has features that help in circumventing the Chinese government censors. CNET says it was shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this year, and is slowly gaining foothold in Europe as well as the U.S."

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  1. Fun With Statistics by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Interesting


    From TFA:

    According to Maxthon research, about 14 percent of the Chinese Web population has used the browser and 17 percent employs it for Web search.
    So...3 percent of the Chinese Web population employs the Maxthon browser for Web search without having used it?
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  2. USED it? by clragon · · Score: 4, Interesting
    14 percent of Chinese websurfers have used it
    have used it? I've used countless softwares in the past, but the ones that I continue to use is only a fraction of that. Just because a Chinese websurfer have used it once does not mean they thought it was a good software and continued to use it. IMO some more evidence should be provided before saying this internet browser it is "gaining wide popularity in China"
  3. TorPack? by aymanh · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Maxthon, a browser made by a tiny Beijing company of the same name, has attracted millions of users in China for functionality that can funnel traffic through a Web proxy and circumvent government controls on information in search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, Baidu.com and other popular sites or Internet service providers in that country.
    Neither the article nor Maxthon's feature list go into the details of how this feature is implemented, does it simply provide a list of open proxy and an easy way to switch to one of them? Or is it something more sophisticated? Anyone tried this feature?

    I wonder if Chinese users are aware of TorPack, it is Tor + portable Firefox + some extensions. Being Firefox-based, it can benefit from the wide range of extensions available, and is arguably more secure.
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    python>>> q="'";s='q="%c";s=%c%s%c;print s%%(q,q,s,q)';print s%(q,q,s,q)
  4. avant browser by toirdnim · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Avant Browser is another tabbed browser based on the IE engine. I prefer firefox for most of my browsing, but I use avant when I have to load up my company's intranet site, which breaks in firefox.