Jeffrey Vanneste

With so many people falling in love with Firefox I'd just like to state that I'm not following that trend. If I wasn't using Windows I would use Firefox hands down but since I use Windows all day at work and at home it isn't going to happen. If I had to just use Internet Explorer with no add-ons then I would probably consider using Firefox as well. However, after I first discovered Netcaptor and was introduced to tabbed browsing there was no going back. Netcaptor also introduced me to the popup blocker which is absolutly wonderfal. The problem with Netcaptor is that it isn't free so I can't use it at work as well. Enter Maxthon (used to be known as MyIE2). This gem is the first thing I put on friend's computers when I help them get started. It's completely configurable, free and provides even more than Netcaptor.
The thing with Netcaptor and Maxthon is both just use IE to render their pages so everything that works in IE will work in both of these browsers. Maxthon gives you tabbed browsing with lots of options. You can have it open the new tab to the right of your current tab, to the left, activate the new tab, don't activate the new tab, open the new tab on middle click, and so much more configuration can be done just on how the tabs should act. The popup blocker is extended into an ad blocker instead. Instead of having those annoying blinking banners on a page you can Maxthon replace the ad with a short string like "An ad has been blocked here" or just leave the ad the same color as the background.
So if you haven't discovered tabbed browsing or you want to try using IE the way it should be then give Maxthon a try.