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Is there any way to mask android browser tag to Chrome/Firefox desktop version?
This is to allow me to use a ticket purchasing flash app on froyo.
Yes that’s would be great. But i think it is not easy to be achieved
maybe there are some open source that we could take and recompile?
Isnt android an open source platform?
Ok i found a way. Use Dolphin HD and change the agent to desktop and violla..
The default Android browser lets you do this if you enter "about:debug" into the address bar
More info: http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc...ent-string-setting-stock-android-browser.html
The modified Android browser included in CyanogenMod 6 has a settings entry to allow you to do this even more easily.
No dice for me I tired that but pages still open up in mobile on the X. On the two HTC devices I use, that is mostly a non issue, specially since in setting(without typing the debug) the option is already there. Could there be something the HTC version of the browser is doing that Moto's isn't? Thankies.
Why isn't there a chrome app yet? Its the best browser on pc/mac hands down, so why don't we google followers get to carry it around in our pockets?
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jbraucht said:
Why isn't there a chrome app yet? Its the best browser on pc/mac hands down, so why don't we google followers get to carry it around in our pockets?
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Because you're carrying a browser written by Google on your device already, which uses the same rendering engine as Chrome.
What more would you like? If you want a heavier browser then just take a look at Firefox or Dolphin, or any other ones that I may not know about.
I figured that would be the case and I'd just look like a noob. Oops. It would be cool if they gave Chrome a little more recognition in the Android OS, iOS has Safari on the iPhone... I'm not a huge sucker for branding but I happen to be a big Chrome fan, I've been down since beta
We are all noobs at some point...
Don't argue with the branding point... who knows... maybe there is a reason they avoid naming it something like Chrome Mobile.
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A good way to get more of a chrome feeling is to use chrome to phone.
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My chrome bookmarks are mostly random useless links and ebay items... So its not so useful. A Chromesque UI would be sweet
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Miren Browser is what you are searching for
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Miren Browser is what you are searching for
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Isn't that browser the one with an asian language dominant in the UI?
Miren is using the same engine with default browser, but with Chromeish UI.
Heh, although the guts may be the same, I too wish the stock Android browser looked more like Chrome. Thankfully, Honeycomb appears to have a close-to-full version of Chrome as its stock browser, tabs and all - with luck, this will work well on large-screened phones too.
If you just want something that looks the part, grab xScope and use the Chrome-like themes.
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Its the best browser on pc/mac hands down
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Far from it imo. It would probably be my second choice but I dont see ditching Firefox for Chrome for atleast a year, maybe longer. Firefox with it's extensive extensions library makes my life much easier to where I would have to vote it the best browser. Maybe when/if my extensions are ported, or an alternative of equal or greater functionality I would consider switching mainly due to the notorious memory leaks in firefox.
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If you just want something that looks the part, grab xScope and use the Chrome-like themes.
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I love xScope! It is the fastest and most feature packed browser on the market imo. Well fastest with the exclusion of Opera, but seeing as there servers compress the web page, you cant fairly compare it to any other browser in the android market.
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Honeycomb appears to have a close-to-full version of Chrome as its stock browser, tabs and all
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hopefully someone will port the browser to gingerbread or froyo, i have the honeycomb music player apk running on my froyo captivate
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I love xScope! It is the fastest and most feature packed browser on the market imo. Well fastest with the exclusion of Opera, but seeing as there servers compress the web page, you cant fairly compare it to any other browser in the android market.
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I like xScope a lot too, but I'm holding off on v6 until they bring back swipe-to-hide tabs & menu bar. Don't like relying on hardkeys for anything. Adopted Miren for some time, since it does have swipe-to-show/hide. It's getting a lot better and less power/resource hungry in recent updates. Also keeping a close eye on Fennec, it has a spiffy UI and just needs a wee bit more optimization.
Back using stock CM7 browser for now.
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I edited Miren Browser's top sites. You can try it if you like. Click here
Google has said numerous times that Chrome is aimed at the desktop platform, just as they say honeycomb is for Pads and android is for phones. Since the pads are very similar to BIG Phones it is reasonable that they both run similar operating systems with one just taking advantage of more screen space.
Each platform has different needs and we interface with each differently.
So Google is keeping them as seperate entities until they perfect each interface for each platform. It's actually a smart move. Once they actually do they could consider making one OS to rule them all that runs just as well on your phone as your desktop!
But thats a long way away if you ask me.
the Source for chrome browser is out there somewhere I'm sure...
But a simple port is probably not going to work too well without adding scaling and touch gestures to the interface.
The browser that comes stock has been just fine.
Well, I guess Dolphin Browser HD is what you are looking for...
I usually prefer to use Dolphin HD but I'm finding that it tends to have a bit of scrolling lag. So far the stock is pretty quick. Any other recommendations if you prefer to see 'desktop' versions of all sites?
ICS Browser+
Google Chrome.
Stock rom sucks, with the random reboots, and laggy browsing customs roms are way better. When they developed these stock roms they are not thinking about everyday use, I mean it took them forever to release ics, then they release an update a week after ics came out as if they didn't have enough time to work out the kinks...
I use Dolphin Browser HD on my phone, but on the tablet it's ICS Browser + all the way.
I use Opera and Chrome.
I keep stock as a back up and use chrome opera and dolphin HD
I have to admit though would be nice to have one browser that does all things nicely
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I kinda like the ICS stock Browser. Its fast and so far havnt given me any issues.
It does the job and does it above average for my needs.
Stock browser handles almost everything I need, unless I need to pull up a quick search with another app in my active window, then I keep overskreen in my recent apps list and pull it up on top of what I am working on.
I use the stock ICS browser. I used to use only Dolphin-browser before I got my tablet but with the news of Dolphin-browser sending all our searches to some server and tracking them I uninstalled it. I line the ICS stock browser. It works and does everything I need it to.
And like stated above me, if I need to do something quickly in an app I'll use overskreen which I love!
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Chrome doesn't even feel like a beta but even though flash is dead I miss it on chrome.
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Do you like the stock ICS browser?
I like it but I prefer Dolphin browser. Dolphin is more faster and it have a lot of options to navigate the web more comfortable. Right now I'm trying Google Chrome Beta for ICS. Unfortunately Google Chrome runs only on ICS ROM's, but this browser it's pretty, simple, very fast and can synchronize all your bookmarks, history, passwords and more with your desktop Google Chrome with an easy way.
Stock ICS browser because i use stock browser on my phone and chrome on my PC. I have my bookmarks synced across all 3 devices. I'm not a big fan of having two or more apps installed that does the same thing. I tested out chrome for ICS, which was nice, but no flash and is very laggy when scrolling. The web as a whole is far from ready to completely ditch flash just yet. While i was testing chrome, i came to realize how much of a problem this is. So when chrome is at a stable build and has flash support, then it will become my only browser. But for now, its stock iCS browser.
I have been using Dolphin for as long as I have had an Android phone. Now, I like the stock browser on my TF much better and actually started using it on my AOKP-build phone too.
Question: You can use Dolphin to pull your bookmarks from your stock browser, but is there away to pull the bm's from Dolphin TO the stock browser. Like I said above, I have been using Dolphon for a long time and always either disabled or deleted the stock browser, until now. So I have compiled a fair amount of bookmarks and really don't want to key them in manually.
For people who likes to work with keyboard shortcuts and happen to own a Keyboard dock like me, Stock ICS browser is a must! The ability to do almost anything with keyboard shortcuts is unreplaceable to me. Other browsers that I tried doesn't give me that ability, so it's an easy choice for me.
Other than that, the speed is pretty amazing too. Faster than Dolphin + Chrome imo (well, just my own observation, I know other ppl see different results).
The only downside is the ability to choose Browser Agent, but somehow I manage to get Desktop mode on most of my visit sites.
Bookmarks is also sync-ed well with Chrome for desktop after being refreshed in Chrome for android.
Stock 4 all without flash. Chrome or Opera 4 flash..
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I'm very disappointed for not to be able to choose the browser agent anymore! Quite a few of the sites I visit force me their mobile version and even choosing from the menu to see the computer version it doesn't work. Some sites give the possibility to change to a normal view somewhere far away down on the page, but not all. It's very frustrating.
Also since a couple of days the videos in the browser are lagging or do not show at all. I wonder what is happening? Under honeycomb I never had these issues.
Otherwise I've been quite happy with the stock browser and use Dolphin HD just for some special needs (like changing a web-page to a PDF when I need to keep it for further usage, very practical!).
I have a TF101 B50 series with ICS 4.0.3. in WW-version
MarjaJ said:
I'm very disappointed for not to be able to choose the browser agent anymore! Quite a few of the sites I visit force me their mobile version and even choosing from the menu to see the computer version it doesn't work. Some sites give the possibility to change to a normal view somewhere far away down on the page, but not all. It's very frustrating.
Also since a couple of days the videos in the browser are lagging or do not show at all. I wonder what is happening? Under honeycomb I never had these issues.
Otherwise I've been quite happy with the stock browser and use Dolphin HD just for some special needs (like changing a web-page to a PDF when I need to keep it for further usage, very practical!).
I have a TF101 B50 series with ICS 4.0.3. in WW-version
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Thats why ICS Browser+ exists. Its basically a stock browser with user agent options and a few more refinements.
linuques said:
Thats why ICS Browser+ exists. Its basically a stock browser with user agent options and a few more refinements.
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I tried ICS Browser+ yesterday... It worked quite good although slower than the stock.
... But after 5min it stopped loading pages, and I still havnt been able to get it load pages again (although I didnt spend much energy on it).
Stock browser works like a charm still.
Right now its a toss up for me. Browser + has ua options, but stock has the thumb scroller...
i have been looking for a way to get internet explorer web sites to work on my tablet but have had no luck as of yet could someone help me out or is there something to do. tried the about:debug did not work. please help
thanks in advance
What tablet do you have and which version of android are you running? If your running ICS or your device has support for ICS you can try Chrome on your tablet.
I have the ZTE optik v55 running 3.2 Android
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well after doing some research on the tablet....there are some rumors going around a OTA update for the Optik that's supposed to have android 4.0. But there's nothing solid. The other alternatives you could use are like Dolphin Browser HD and Opera Mini Web Browser. If you go with Dolphin be sure to set it as desktop so it will give you normal full sites instead of the mobile version of sites.
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well after doing some research on the tablet....there are some rumors going around a OTA update for the Optik that's supposed to have android 4.0. But there's nothing solid. The other alternatives you could use are like Dolphin Browser HD and Opera Mini Web Browser. If you go with Dolphin be sure to set it as desktop so it will give you normal full sites instead of the mobile version of sites.
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Use Opera HD instead of Dolphin and set it to desktop. This is as close as you will get to proper rendering. However, the site may play nicer with firefox set to desktop user agent.
I think ie is does'nt exist on android device CMIIW ....
You can try chrome if your tablet running ICS..
Thanks Opera works like a charm, thanks all of you for the information
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What do you need Internet Explorer?
It's very lazy browser i think.
Maybe you should try Dolphin Browser or Opera(Mobile or Mini-i think Mini is better,light and faster)
miui-lover said:
What do you need Internet Explorer?
It's very lazy browser i think.
Maybe you should try Dolphin Browser or Opera(Mobile or Mini-i think Mini is better,light and faster)
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That's all well and good, but I also could do with IE on Android because some sites I need to access are specifically written for IE. While I can fudge the Agent string to get round the checks the website does, once in, it doesn't render correctly and you can't use the site.
I wish IE was also available because the default browser is clunky. I've heard Dolphon Browser is good, anybody have an opinion on Dolphin?
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hello! i have volar vlr t702 and running android 4.0. i hate internet explorer but i must use ie for my job. i tried chrome, opera, dolphin but anyone didn't work on my job site. how can i use ie on my tablet? please help.
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I wish IE was also available because the default browser is clunky. I've heard Dolphon Browser is good, anybody have an opinion on Dolphin?
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Dolphin browser is the best android browser avaliable, in my opinion.
dnctsn said:
hello! i have volar vlr t702 and running android 4.0. i hate internet explorer but i must use ie for my job. i tried chrome, opera, dolphin but anyone didn't work on my job site. how can i use ie on my tablet? please help.
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That is a compatibility problem of poor web code of the website you're trying to access, not the browser.
IE is developed by Microsoft and since they have Windows Mobile I doubt they're going to port IE to android. That being said, there are probably some unofficiall unstable ports and google is your friend there, but it's surely not worth the hassle.
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the_main_app said:
I wish IE was also available because the default browser is clunky. I've heard Dolphon Browser is good, anybody have an opinion on Dolphin?
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Dolphin is great in every way, except that it doesn't support flash in it's pages, like Firefox does (and in the case of IE compatibility; it won't be able to render IE specific ActiveX plugins). If anyone finds a way to emulate or run IE under Android; I'll be most interested to know what's involved.
Someone on another forum post somewhere, mentioned that IE mobile (assuming it works for the sites in question); could potentially be ported or emulated with a Windows Mobile emulator? AFAIK: nobody has done this yet (probably fearing reprisal from Microsoft). But if it was done in such a way that if you owned a WM device; you could pull the binary off the existing phone, and run it in an emulated form under Android (effectively avoiding some of the reverse engineering contract clauses, and having the owners assume responsibility for not distributing copied images (already in the MS EULA)...then it might be sufficiently grey area that you could have a personal copy running (be it rather wastefully)?
opera renders sites good like pc browser
i think it is the closest browser to pc's
*****ABOUT THE PRODUCT******
:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:UC Browser could be the best alternative to your built-in browser. It supports 7 languages and has lots of great features such as RSS reader, Download Manager etc. Highly recommended to give it a shot.
Note: To install it, your device should be running Android 2.1 and up.:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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Presenting you the latest beta version of UC Browser for Android 9.0, brand new features are added in this version including:
1. UI Enhancement
-Multiple start screens with the ability to organize your Web apps into folders.
2. Watch Offline
-Keep your favorite videos from webpages in your phone.
3. Customized Themes and Wallpapers
-You can change the way your UC Browser looks by downloading themes and wallpapers from the UC Theme Center.
4. Incognito Browsing
-For your convenience and privacy, when you activate Incognito Browsing your browsing history will not be recorded.
5. Ad Blocking
-Intelligent blocking of advertisements in WWW sites without breaking the layout of the webpages.
6. Screen Shot
-Take screen shots of any webpages and scribble what you want to mark on the shots.
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How about upload manager? That's what android really needs. You currently have to use opera to file browse and upload. This worked fine on winmo, I still Dont understand how its not considered a basic feature in android.
Thanks for sharing.
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Awesome!
-*=<fr3ked-out in the asylum rome™>=*-
Will give it a try.
This isn't working at all for me, see screenshots:
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timmaaa said:
This isn't working at all for me, see screenshots:
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Thanks for your feedback. We are looking into this. It will help us make it better.:good:
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Thanks for your feedback. We are looking into this. It will help us make it better.:good:
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FYI my handset is the HTC One XL, and I'm running the Carbon ROM.
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So I tried it...
and got some issues...
that browser is good looking and it works fast.
But:
I can't see the multiple language support.
If you want to make it "world wide" you should allow users from outside the U.S. delete/edit Speed dial items to chose from. Let's say (for example) "Mercado Libre" is not as interesting as you might think.
Concerning all of your browsers: the "help buttons" are a joke, can't get any real information here.
Why don't you offer ad free versions of UC Browser and UC Browser mini? I would pay to use them.
You should give a clear statement which user data is collected/forwarded to your servers.
Regards!
Good browser. Using it for a time, but... Too many permission!
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random hero said:
and got some issues...
that browser is good looking and it works fast.
But:
I can't see the multiple language support.
If you want to make it "world wide" you should allow users from outside the U.S. delete/edit Speed dial items to chose from. Let's say (for example) "Mercado Libre" is not as interesting as you might think.
Concerning all of your browsers: the "help buttons" are a joke, can't get any real information here.
Why don't you offer ad free versions of UC Browser and UC Browser mini? I would pay to use them.
You should give a clear statement which user data is collected/forwarded to your servers.
Regards!
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Hello, random hero. Thanks for your review.:good:
First I am sorry that I made a mistake because the beta version is only for English, the current version on Google Play and the release version for 9.0 support 7 languages. For the Speed Dial, you can long press on it to remove, and an edit option is put into consideration. Also the websites for Speed Dial recommendation are not very carefully chosen because it's the beta test, it is certain that the official release will make it right.
The content in "Help" may not provide really helpful info for users, as you mentioned, I have reported this to my colleague to make it with more guidance.
For the ad-free version, we will consider it seriously. For the moment, we are not pushing many ads to the browser and it's for sure that user experience is our priority. Thanks again for your feedback.:fingers-crossed:
Hello finally someone to listen for uc browser
Okay
This was the best browser on symbian and having used it for a long time I am way disappointed by the Android version
I have used both the normal and hd version
And here it goes
1) )u guys have an awesome in browser down loader I use this browser for precisely this purpose
One thing that can be added to the downloader is the option of changing links for an active download which stops like we do in loaderdroid download manager
2) the server compression program doesn't work as good as expected for countries like India
3) it displays annoying messages which should be hidden
Like page zoom saved there's no need to display that
4) the pinch to zoom is laggy as compared to any other browser
Talking about the normal version not the tablet one
Yes I mean it as compared to any other browsers and I am on s3 so it cannot be a hardware issue
Pinch to zoom needs to be way more smooth
5) the tablet version does not have any advanced option that used to exist in the symbjan version
So please change this also.....
6) the ui of the normal version is in general laggy
U need to let go of some of the transition effects and stick to faster animations
Rest I believe this browser has the potential to be the best android browser ever even better than chrome if u guys work on it
Right now my choice is naked browser
Feature requests
1) 1click copy paste and go like naked browser and copy all like naked browser
2) link changes for paused downloads like loader DROID download manager
3) porting features from s60v3 versions
scottspa74 said:
How about upload manager? That's what android really needs. You currently have to use opera to file browse and upload. This worked fine on winmo, I still Dont understand how its not considered a basic feature in android.
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for you feedback.
About the "upload" function, do you mean something like "Skydrive" on winmo?
To browser files on your device, you can use file manager in UC Browser (Setting-General-Downloads-File Manager), and the official release of UC Browser 9.0 will have UDisk(a free online storage function) so that you can upload and keep your files on the "cloud":fingers-crossed:
Yup and I almost forgot to applaud u guys for the browser stability this is a very stable browser and the download process is far more stable than any other browser be it default or third party this means no page reloads due to lack of ram etc
In terms of stability this is the best browser ever
But ui is laggy in the normal version so not using presently
Tablet version is so fat good will report after trying
Also what happened to the forum mode u guys had on the symbian version single most used feature by me
Reimplement it here
There was another feature which was pre loading pages wherever the word next etc appears and displaying them as continuous pages in the same page
Came in handy when reading or viewing vuclip
Reimplement it on Android
These are the unique features to ur browser u gotta bring it to the table
invinciblecc said:
Hello finally someone to listen for uc browser
Okay
This was the best browser on symbian and having used it for a long time I am way disappointed by the Android version
I have used both the normal and hd version
And here it goes
1) )u guys have an awesome in browser down loader I use this browser for precisely this purpose
One thing that can be added to the downloader is the option of changing links for an active download which stops like we do in loaderdroid download manager
2) the server compression program doesn't work as good as expected for countries like India
3) it displays annoying messages which should be hidden
Like page zoom saved there's no need to display that
4) the pinch to zoom is laggy as compared to any other browser
Talking about the normal version not the tablet one
Yes I mean it as compared to any other browsers and I am on s3 so it cannot be a hardware issue
Pinch to zoom needs to be way more smooth
5) the tablet version does not have any advanced option that used to exist in the symbjan version
So please change this also.....
6) the ui of the normal version is in general laggy
U need to let go of some of the transition effects and stick to faster animations
Rest I believe this browser has the potential to be the best android browser ever even better than chrome if u guys work on it
Right now my choice is naked browser
Feature requests
1) 1click copy paste and go like naked browser and copy all like naked browser
2) link changes for paused downloads like loader DROID download manager
3) porting features from s60v3 versions
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Dear invinciblecc,
Thank you so much for your feedback and advice, rest assure that your voice is passed to our dev team, you are helping us make a better browser for Android
Hey guys,check out the update for the test version:good:
ThomasPeng said:
*****ABOUT THE PRODUCT******
:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:UC Browser could be the best alternative to your built-in browser. It supports 7 languages and has lots of great features such as RSS reader, Download Manager etc. Highly recommended to give it a shot.
Note: To install it, your device should be running Android 2.1 and up.:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
Update for TEST!!! [April 10th]
Changes:
1. Multi-languages support enabled.
2. UDisk(Free Online Storage Service) enabled.
Download this beta version.
or get the stable version on Google Play
Presenting you the latest beta version of UC Browser for Android 9.0, brand new features are added in this version including:
1. UI Enhancement
-Multiple start screens with the ability to organize your Web apps into folders.
2. Watch Offline
-Keep your favorite videos from webpages in your phone.
3. Customized Themes and Wallpapers
-You can change the way your UC Browser looks by downloading themes and wallpapers from the UC Theme Center.
4. Incognito Browsing
-For your convenience and privacy, when you activate Incognito Browsing your browsing history will not be recorded.
5. Ad Blocking
-Intelligent blocking of advertisements in WWW sites without breaking the layout of the webpages.
6. Screen Shot
-Take screen shots of any webpages and scribble what you want to mark on the shots.
*****WHY THIS POST*****
Hey guys, I am a product manager of UC Browser and to make it a better one we need to hear from more users especially you fellows. We do hope you could leave us some comments about the very product no matter it is a compliment or criticism, we are all ears. Thank you.
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A very big apk and eats too much RAM. And it is slower than I thought. Totaly useless on my huawei sonic. Even stock browser is much better.
Hey fellows,
Check out the official release,hope it works great on your devices. You are also welcome to give more feedback. Thanks again.