In article , "Mike Powell -> All"

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 MP> I have heard some things lately about a browser called Maxthon
 MP> (www.maxthon.com).  I notice that the browser is based on "the IE
 MP> engine."

 MP> I can understand how a browser based on the engine of another can have
 MP> different features, and possibly even seem more light-weight.  However,
 MP> since IE is not open-source, wouldn't any browser based on the IE engine
 MP> still have the same potential security issues that IE itself does?  Or does
 MP> being "based on the engine" mean that it is only using a
small portion of
 MP> the IE code, and not all of it?

 MP> I am assuming that, since it is based on a non-open-source engine, that it
 MP> must be running a part of IE in the background, and must be dependent on IE
 MP> being installed.

 MP> I do note that Maxthon does not appear to claim to be more secure, so I am
 MP> just asking out of my own curiousity.

Eudora mail reader has for quite a while made use of the IE engine as
its default means of rendering HTML email.

It has been pointed out that this means it shares any security issues
with IE... I suspect the same would be true in the Maxthon case.

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