I tried Maxthon a coule of years ago - just as it was changing to that name. Better than Firefox? No.
I used Firefox for quite a while, although I didn't like the way it handled a few things... and no matter how many times I re-installed (or whatever) it refused to remember my preferences on SOME things.
Recently I discovered K-Meleon. So far, I like it a lot.
"Recently I discovered K-Meleon. So far, I like it a lot."
I run K-Meleon off a thumb drive. Very handy for what I do on lots of different computers.