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When you leave Redmond, where do you go?

Tags: maxthon, k meleon, chrome, netscape

By Jo Best

Published: 23 October 2008 14:44 BST


So, you've been together a long time but your head's being turned by what else is out there and you fancy trying something new... Yes indeed, many a web browser user has decided to ditch their old faithful relationship with Internet Explorer and take a look at what the competition has to offer.

Here's silicon.com's round-up of the best of what other browsers are on the market, starting with Maxthon.

Maxthon may remind you of your ex a little - it's built on the IE engine but boasts a shed load of nifty features of its own including a search bar that finds search terms in the web page you're viewing (shown here) as well as in search engines. It also boasts a pop up blocker and a content filter that lets you do away with Flash ads.

One of its more interesting features is its use of the mouse: dragging and dropping a word, for example, searches for that word in a new tab, while holding down the right mouse button and drawing a small line will get the browser to go back or forward, depending on what direction you move your mouse in.

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