Our next entry in the Maxthon tutorial series deals with shortcuts. Not the kind that get you to the office ten minutes faster, but those handy little keyboard and mouse combinations that can transform the average user into a smarter, more efficient Web surfer. Maxthon for Windows offers several dozen integrated shortcut keys and mouse gestures, as well as the ability to create your own. When it comes to browsing the net, faster usually equals better. Learning how to utilize and customize Maxthon's shortcuts and gestures the correct way will undoubtedly take your browsing experience to the next level. Our in-depth tutorial provides all of the details necessary to turn you into a shortcut expert in no time!‏

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Mozilla made the most noise this past week, ironically for releasing a version of Firefox containing silent updates. In addition to the unveiling of Firefox 12, version 13 beta was also launched with support for the SPDY protocol. In other beta news, Opera 12 was made available for download while Chrome for Android took another step closer to going gold...

• Mozilla Releases Firefox 12 With Silent Updates (PC Magazine)
• Firefox 13 Beta Geta A Speed Boost With SPDY By Default (PCWorld)
• Mozilla Dispatches Firefox 3.6, Fills Its Chair With Version 13 Beta (Engadget)
• Onion Browser: A Mobile Browser For The Truly Paranoid (TechCrunch)
• Google Details Chrome Browser Security-Testing Technology (Computerworld)
• Opera Forges Ahead With Plan To Support WebKit Prefixes (Wired)
• Nokia Browser 2.0 Update Rolls Out (Ubergizmo)
• Opera 12's First Beta Also Swan Song For Quirky Features (CNET)
• Google "Zerg Rush" And Prepare To Defend Your Browser (PC Gamer)
• Chrome For Android To Come Out Of Beta Soon (CNET)
• Google Drive Comes To Chrome OS (CNET)
• Folloyu Uses QR Codes To Take Your Browsing Experience From Desktop To Mobile In Seconds (The Next Web)
• Build Your Own Android Browser, Courtesy Of Maxthon (Android Authority)
• Reader Mode Coming To Firefox Mobile (Mobiputing)
• Poorly Designed Mobile Sites 'Drain Smartphone Battery' (BBC)

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This week's browser news was highlighted by Google's self-proclaimed mission to double website load times over mobile networks, in an effort to unearth a perceived treasure trove of e-commerce and advertising dollars. We've assembled these stories and more below...

• Chrome Browser For Android Gets New Features, Languages (Computerworld)
• Search And Browse Simultaneously With Slikk (VentureBeat)
• Google Gives Apache A SPDY Boost (Computerworld)
• 74% Of The Browser Market Supports HTML5 Video, But Flash's Death Will Take Time (The Next Web)
• Marc Andreessen's Five Big Ideas That Have Shaped The Internet (Forbes)
• Google Seeks Billions By Boosting Mobile Internet Speeds (Bloomberg)
• Who's Fastest? Google Measures Web Speeds Around The World (Bloomberg)
• Google Introduces New TV Like Metrics For Measuring Ads (PCWorld)

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Maxthon, the winner of About.com's Small Market Desktop Browser award for the past two years, has begun to gain quite a following. Taking into account the browser's growing popularity with About's readers, publishing a series of Maxthon tutorials seemed appropriate.

Our first group of step-by-step help articles involve managing Maxthon's integrated search engines, home page settings, and private data components such as browsing history.

• How to Change the Home Page in Maxthon
• How to Delete Private Data in Maxthon
• How to Manage Search Engines in Maxthon

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