Internetweek, just ran an article called a very good article called: IE7 Vs. Everyone Else, where they let four tech expert battel over which is the best browser. One of the experts, Ron White from Networking Computing wrote this superbt piece in support of Maxthon, as the best alternative:
The first rule of Maxthon is, “Don’t talk about Maxthon.” If Firefox and Opera are underground favorites among Web surfers, then Maxthon must be the double-dog double-secret browser. Over the last four years, Maxthon has quietly developed a base of devoted — and tight-lipped — users who make the Illuminati seem like exhibitionists. How obscure is Maxthon? It’s so obscure that, despite more than 46 million downloads, even Google barely knows about it. When I did a search for Firefox, Google yielded some 412 million hits, while a search for Maxthon returned a scant 4 million. I can get more hits than that off my own name. (Of course, it helps if you share a name with a well-known comedian.)
Usually such obscurity is well deserved. But in the case of Maxthon, it’s as though Jack Nicholson never made it out of B horror flicks. Maxthon is simply the most powerful, and yet the simplest, browser to be used anywhere, anytime, by anyone.
Ron White, really managed to capture much of the spirit of the Maxthon community by saying that we” make the Illuminati seem like exhibitionists” – that’s hilarious! Ron continues,
When you install Maxthon, it emerges on your screen fully decked out in an array of features and tools and conveniences, as if to say “We’ve anticipated everything you could possibly need for your surfing.” It’s like being on a safari with room service.
Ron then comes to what sets Maxthon apart:
What sets Maxthon apart is pure brawn. To say it browses is misleading. It blitzes the Internet like a cybertank wrapped in armor plate and studded with heavy-duty weaponry.
Finally, towards the end of the article, Ron asks, why we haven’t heard about Maxthon?:
All this invites the inevitable question, “If Maxthon is so smart, why do Firefox and Opera get all the press?” Could it be that, while Firefox and Opera have the clout of free-world capitalism behind them, Maxthon is the creation of one man, working mostly alone, in the warehouse of a company in China? (Really.) There are no PR people pushing Maxthon at CES. No advertising. No press kits.
Well, dear Maxthon brothers and sisters, I think that that Ron White has deserved to become a member of our beloved, well kept, devoted and tight-lipped fraternity. As to Ron’s question “If Maxthon is so smart, why do Firefox and Opera get all the press?”, the answer is quite simple. We are still a very small company (but we are growning..) and so far we haven’t invested any money on advertsing and PR people, but been focused on developing a great product. However, like Bob Dylan sang, “the times they are a-changing”…(in true cryptical spirit please pay attention to a few lines on the last verse..) so stay tuned for more exposure during 2006.
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More CES stuff: Today I was invited to DivX for a private demonstration of their latest technology. Maxthon‘s VC – WI Harper is actually the biggest shareholder in DivX and have mentioned them to me many times, so it was great to finally get to meet with them. Just when I was entering their private showroom I ran into Mena Trott (founder) and Andrew Anker (VP) from Six Apart…seems like they are shopping for a good video codex for Typepad and Movable type ( I told you that Video Blogging is going to be big 2006) If so, its an excellent choice. DivX is conquering the world with its fantastic video codex and we got a good demonstration of what you can do and it looks great. I will transfer my videos to DivX now since it demands only have of the storage compared to other formats.
Alot of funny things happen here, the other day I was having breakfast at my hotel, when suddenly AOL’s Ed Fish asks if he can sit down with me. Ed was responsible for AIM and ICQ when I was at ICQ and is now responsible for a number of things at AOL among other things AOL Music. We had a great chat about old times and some new interesting stuff that AOL music is working on. Ed is a great guy always full of passion for what he is doing.
It has been a packed/Crazy day at CES in Vegas. We announced a partnership with U3 enabling users to run Maxthon and have all their settings with them wherever they go. Maxthon will be pre-installed on U3 Keys. Check out U3 here. A lot of people came by to say hello today. Scoble dropped by as did Chris Pirillo and interviewed on for his cool podcast The Chris Pirillo Show. Steve Bass of PC World, Margaret Cobb (IE Product Manager), James Bilefield (VP Skype), Safa Rachstchy and Nathaniel Schindler (Piper Jaffray) and many many others. CES is really big, and I haven’t got a chance yet to really take a look on what’s going on yet. Will hopefully have a chance on Sunday when things calm down a bit. Later on in the evening we also had time to chill out with Vista people at the Vista Community Lounge. Windows Vista really looks cool (but reminds me of Tiger OS in some aspects). Had a great chat there with Kris Barton too (Windows Live Portals) about www.live.com their plans and visions for Live.
I am off to CES and Las Vegas for Maxthon today. We have been invited by Microsoft to exhibit with them and we will be there from January 3-8, and then off to Menlo Park for additional meetings. If you are attending CES please drop by our station in the Central Hall in the big Microsoft booth. We will also make new product and partnership announcement on January the 3rd so stay tuned here for more on that. I haven’t planned to cover CES here but I might publish a post here and there on interesting stuff that caught my attention.
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