Maxthon 2.5.6 is released today with 2 major features – a brand new Video Popup feature and the redesigned Float Button.The free Maxthon 2.5.6 is available for download at here
After the lengthy development and refinement of the anti-freeze framework introduced in Maxthon 2.5, we are glad to introduce some new convenient features in this version.
The Video Popup feature can detach video from web page to separate window for more convenient watching. Video will be detached by clicking the video popup button which will appear when mouse hover video of supported sites. The video will be re-attached to the web page when the video window is closed. To play another video, just drag and drop the video link to the video window.
Supported Video Sites
YouTube
Hulu
Yahoo！Video
Shockwave.com
Truveo
AOL Video On Demand
Heavy.com
Atom
Float Button is a classic feature of Maxthon. With a lot of user feedbacks collected, the Float Button is redesigned to provide more convenient functions. The Float Button is now context sensitive and provides different function when mouse hover on image, video, selected text, and input box.
A more comprehensive list of changes for developers can be found on the Maxthon changelog
[...] the browser automatically reattaches the video to the original window. Maxthon developers released version 2.5.6 yesterday with the detach video button live. This feature is already supported by a slew of popular [...]
i had tested this when it was posted to the blog a while back i love the pop out video
and the new float bar is great
You heard my thoughts. I was detaching a tab and resizing it to act just like this new feature. That’s why I love Maxthon. You make dreams come true!
Congratulations on the new Maxthon! What I would like to see is the ability to slide the Y search Bar to a larger size, as in FF and O. AND to give us the choice of Search Engines – I would prefer Google. Preferably the Google Toolbar should be installed as default under the address/navigation) Bar. If so the very small, relatively useless Y SearBar under “Help” can be removed altogether. Yes, remove that ridiculously Y bar and put in the updateable Google Bar! Thanks for Maxthon. Many of us USE it and it’s fast and reliable – also the quick most-used sites as in FF and O gets top marks!