UCWEB
Encyclopedia
UC Browser is a web browser
for mobile devices, such as mobile phones. The web page is not handled on the phone, but compressed and rendered by a server, similar to the operation of a thin client
. As of November 2011, UC Browser is the most popular mobile browser in China with the market share of 65%.
The browser is available for a number of platforms, including Android, iOS and Java. It works on both low memory phones and high-end phones.
U3 can be used on multiple mobile platforms.
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
for mobile devices, such as mobile phones. The web page is not handled on the phone, but compressed and rendered by a server, similar to the operation of a thin client
Thin client
A thin client is a computer or a computer program which depends heavily on some other computer to fulfill its traditional computational roles. This stands in contrast to the traditional fat client, a computer designed to take on these roles by itself...
. As of November 2011, UC Browser is the most popular mobile browser in China with the market share of 65%.
The browser is available for a number of platforms, including Android, iOS and Java. It works on both low memory phones and high-end phones.
Innovation
In June 2011, UC mobile launched U3, a layout engine innovated by the UC browser R&D group. UC browser v8.0 for Android platform (Chinese version) has loaded this engine. Based on C/S architecture, U3 can be helped by server to achieve some interested function like UC browser 7.X. For example, U3 can compress and restructure pages into simple and friendly forms. And U3 has a stronger client than UC 7.X for better render, it improved the suite of open web standards, HTML5, CSS , JS .U3 can be used on multiple mobile platforms.
History
| Version | Support platform | Release date | Significant changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | Java Java Platform, Micro Edition Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes... , WM Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is... , S60 S60 (software platform) The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic... |
November 5, 2009 | First release; sidebar, quicksearch, tabbed browsing. |
| 7.0 | Java Java Platform, Micro Edition Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes... , WM Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is... , S60 S60 (software platform) The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic... |
December 28, 2009 | Sidebar, extension management. |
| 7.1 | iOS | June 1, 2010 | First release on iOS platform. |
| 7.2 | Java Java Platform, Micro Edition Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes... , WM Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is... , S60 S60 (software platform) The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic... , Android |
July 14, 2010 | First release on Android platform. |
| 7.4 | Java Java Platform, Micro Edition Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes... , WM Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is... , S60 S60 (software platform) The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic... |
October 29, 2010 | Cursor mode as default, new design, Speed Dial customization. |
| 7.5 | Java Java Platform, Micro Edition Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes... |
December 7, 2010 | Access via Server as default, alternative proxy. |
| 7.6 | Java Java Platform, Micro Edition Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes... , WM Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is... , S60 S60 (software platform) The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic... |
March 16, 2011 | Quick Share to Facebook/Twitter. |
| 7.7 | Java Java Platform, Micro Edition Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes... , WM Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is... , S60 S60 (software platform) The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic... , bada Bada (operating system) Bada is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Samsung Electronics. Its name is derived from " ", meaning "ocean" or "sea" in Korean... |
May 12, 2011 | In-line editing support. |