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Posted by ieva

Note: The starter of this thread works for the company making the UC browser. His opinions are biased.

I would have deleted this thread if it wasn't for the number of replies already posted


Hey, guys, have you ever used the UC broswer to surfer the mobile internet??????

I strongly recommend you to have a try on that, which is so so so amazing. Very fast and user friendly.

Just 1 week, I can't help being a big fan of this lovely product.

Please do have a try!!!!

With your mobile, you can directly visit http://www.uc.cn/English/download.shtml#index, or PC for the same address.
[ This Message was edited by: ieva on 2010-02-24 06:12 ]

[ This Message was edited by: laffen on 2010-03-03 15:32 ]

Posted by hihihans
it keeps loading data. Nothing happens.
Posted by ieva
you may try www.ucweb.com
Posted by titus1
Yup, UCWEB is great. Sometimes it feels better than operamini. I'm using it right now posting this message.
Posted by goldenface
Looks good. No English language version?

This message was posted from a C905
Posted by Tsepz_GP
I like it, my main issue though is the fact that it doesnt allow me into the DailyMobile Forums and it auto redirects me to the wap version of some Websites, so i keep switching between it and OperaMini lol. But i love how it 'fits-to-screen' websites, and the two Fast Scroll Up and Fast Scroll Down arrows on the right -thats how it is in the S60v5 version.

On 2010-02-21 15:46:54, goldenface wrote:
Looks good. No English language version?



This message was posted from a C905

Go to http://wap.ucweb.com and go to the bottom of the page, you'll find the English version there. Use your phones built-in browser to go there.
[ This Message was edited by: GUCCI.011 on 2010-02-21 15:01 ]

Posted by titus1

On 2010-02-21 15:46:54, goldenface wrote:
Looks good. No English language version?


This message was posted from a C905


It has an English version.
Posted by goldenface
Cheers fellas :)

This message was posted from a C905
Posted by hihihans
I meant I have the browser but it's not loading pages. It stops at 90% pink layout
Posted by ieva
May be that's because there's sth wrong with the network connection. you can try to re-install the broswer and take another try
Posted by twerg
its ok, not a patch on opera 10 beta 3.. how do you get a desktop like layout? has some issues rendering the page too, have plenty of space on my 480 x 800 screen
Posted by ceaser2008
Yeah, i love and use ucweb for only downloading and uploading. It offers the best download and upload manager that NO OTHER browser offer. About surfing, it doesnot render the webpage as clear as operamini does on my K850i. It doesnot show pic in phonephotos section. but i love this and my phone needs it everyday.
Posted by sincan
It's free, while we download or streaming?
Posted by Supa_Fly

On 2010-02-22 05:18:05, ceaser2008 wrote:
Yeah, i love and use ucweb for only downloading and uploading. It offers the best download and upload manager that NO OTHER browser offer. About surfing, it doesnot render the webpage as clear as operamini does on my K850i. It doesnot show pic in phonephotos section. but i love this and my phone needs it everyday.



I wouldn't be so quick to make such a statement ... have you tried Bolt Browser as of yet? I'm unsure if its available for phones but I don't see why not. It doesn't need a proxy server like OM or UCWeb does so your data is YOURS not co-existing on their servers like Google does.
Posted by mannuforall
Guys here a fixed UC version with fixed UA and other minory fixed for java official english version of UC browser 7.0 - http://mannuforall.blogspot.c[....]official-version-released.html
Use user agent or UC from preference- settings to advanced 1 or 2. This not redirect the web to wap.
Its a fully english ver and not move pages to chinese lang.
Thanks for your liking Ucweb.
Visit forum.Ucweb.com for more.

Posted by ceaser2008
@sincan

Well that depends on your data plan. But you can use one by handler mod version. And trick it for free use.

@prome

Thats not an early statement. I have been using uc for quite a long time since someone has released its v6.3 in english. About bolt, i am using that too. It is quite good browser. But taking about uc download manager, it somehow trick my operator. Dont know how? May be its download manager is such type. My operator restrict me to 3 mb downloading at a time. I cannot download morethan that at a time but thanks to uc, i can download more than that. Its stop and resume type. In preference, you set the block size and your downloading will pause for couple of secs, after that size. So your operator thinks that your downloading is finished and new downloading started but in phone it is continuous downloading. You fool your operator. This is not the case with bolt or op.

@mannu

What fixes you have applied in the official english v7.0 ? why your final installed version has size of 350+ kb whereas official version has 900+ kb size. Does that means something is missing from original version?
[ This Message was edited by: ceaser2008 on 2010-02-22 05:55 ]

Posted by ieva
To Ceaser:

For your problem that can't show picture, you can go
1. "Menu"-"6.Preference"-"1.General Settings"-"Display".
2. There is a "Image Quality" option, you can choose "Micro","Low","Normal" or "High", and save your settings.
3. Then, the pics can be showed on your phone.




On 2010-02-22 05:18:05, ceaser2008 wrote:
Yeah, i love and use ucweb for only downloading and uploading. It offers the best download and upload manager that NO OTHER browser offer. About surfing, it doesnot render the webpage as clear as operamini does on my K850i. It doesnot show pic in phonephotos section. but i love this and my phone needs it everyday.


[ This Message was edited by: ieva on 2010-02-22 06:06 ]

Posted by ieva
It will just depend on the charge policy of your operator, UC doesn't charge anything when you use it.


On 2010-02-22 05:42:52, sincan wrote:
It's free, while we download or streaming?


Posted by ceaser2008
That did not work. My image setting is on normal.
Posted by vegetaleb
Opera mini 4 is great when it works
It decides on its own when to accept your wap connection or not
Posted by jake20
does this UC browser support flash content?

Why is this UC browser better than Opera?
Posted by ieva
Many aspects, like:

UC is more traffic efficient
UC has a pre-load mechanism
UC has a localized navigation system and search engine
UC has a dedicated form for forums, UC has a user-defined shortcut
UC have designed its broswer dedicated to specific OS/Platform, unlike Opera can be just installed on java

...........
[ This Message was edited by: ieva on 2010-02-23 01:29 ]

Posted by Supa_Fly

On 2010-02-22 06:21:03, ceaser2008 wrote:
@prome

Thats not an early statement. I have been using uc for quite a long time since someone has released its v6.3 in english. About bolt, i am using that too. It is quite good browser. But taking about uc download manager, it somehow trick my operator. Dont know how? May be its download manager is such type. My operator restrict me to 3 mb downloading at a time. I cannot download morethan that at a time but thanks to uc, i can download more than that. Its stop and resume type. In preference, you set the block size and your downloading will pause for couple of secs, after that size. So your operator thinks that your downloading is finished and new downloading started but in phone it is continuous downloading. You fool your operator. This is not the case with bolt or op.



First off its Prom1; but I'll take prome as in Prometheus (but that name was taken).

I've used v6.3 since it was released for S60 as well and I'd rather have my data safe and not on some third party servers (banking information etc) with a company that is out of my country's legal juristiction should anything happen to thousands of users financial data. Yes I check financial data on my mobile smartphone - and right now I'm on THE most secure platform proven.

Right now I don't believe you're fully limited to 3MB. Maybe using the stock browser, but using a proxy still goes through your providers (ignoring wlan use) GGSN, so they can always tell how much data is going through. Unless their setup is incorrect and they cannot meter via IMEI/IMSI (which is what allows any data to go through before a proxy is reached .. then you're possibly over charged for it, or again they've setup their network stupidly (engineers or executive decision; take your pick). On my providers here in Canada there is no way this would work regardless of platform or browser used. Until you show us 3mths of bills to backup your claim about "fooling" your provider or multiple (excess of 10 users) of same type of phone and UC browser on same provider in same region ... sorry cannot believe that.

@ieva,
UC is more traffic efficient
UC has a pre-load mechanism
UC has a localized navigation system and search engine
UC has a dedicated form for forums, UC has a user-defined shortcut
UC have designed its broswer dedicated to specific OS/Platform, unlike Opera can be just installed on java


Whats a "pre-load" mechanism? This is just the proxy used much like Opera Mini if I'm not mistaken.
localized navigation system (using what, GPS or provider towers - that's not UC doing it just it utilizing it, any software can do this). Search Engine I'm sure uses Google/Bing/yahoo.
Dedicated form for forums??? you mean the layout? I have no issues using Bolt for Esato/howardforums/engadget/etc you name it no forums limit me; regardless of platform the boards where created with.

The last comment made by doesn't really make sense.
Opera IS based on Java and installs like it. UC has to be coded for a specific OS/Platform using Java or C++/Carbide C+/ etc. Not all platforms play well with Java ... S60 2nd/3rd/5th edition where horrible at Java vs SonyEricsson OSE phones. Opera Mini worked OK for S60 3rd FP1/FP2 but it was slow thus they made dedicated app for S60 opera mobile. Bolt ... just works and works well. You need to understand each platform before blaming the browser (limitations/benefits).

UC browser does NOT support flash content. It has its benefits and drawbacks just like any browser out there. Give it a try and see if it works for you.
Posted by ceaser2008
@Prom1

Sorry for not writing your name correctly.

I really dont know that deep technicality about proxy. But in raw understanding, i only know one thing, this is the only browser which allows me to download or upload any given size. This is not the case with my default browser nor with opera nor with bolt. I have clearly mentioned in my previous post that i use this browser for downloading and uploading stuffs only. My main browser is operamini.

I donot check any financial stuffs on mobile. Because i dont need to. I have all the facilities at my doorstep or i can just make a call and know everything.

Posted by ieva
Hello Prom1:

Form your post, we can judge you have many experience in mobile browsing.

First of all, Pre-load technology is not a proxy. With Pre-load technology, when there is a keywork, like "Next" or "Next Page", on the page you are viewing, the UC broswer will pre-load the "Next Page", so when you click the "Next Page" button, you don't need to wait, because it is already loaded.

Second of all, Localized Navigation Page. Based on the survey of the most popular sites in different countries, UC will deploy those sites to the Navigation Page. For instance, for indian people, UC will provide peperonity.com, orkut.com, rediff.com, and for U.S. people, UC will provide facebook.com, Yahoo.com, Twitter.com, and so on. Hence, different users from different country can get to their favorite site ASAP, by just clicking the links in the Navigation Page. You can have a try^_^

Thirid, Yes, I mean the layout for forums. With on doubt, you can get access to forums with Bolt, Opera, etc.. However, what I want highlight is UC can have a better display effect bacuase of their dedicated design for forums.

Forth about the Platform. What did I mean is different platform/OS has different features. According to those features, UC desinged its broswer dedicated to different platform. Compare to Opera Mini, you should have a java to support that, and the running of opera mini is based on java but not dedicated to the platform. Just for a simple example. When you run UC on Nokia N73 and Nokia 3200, you will have different experience because UC on N73 is develodped based on Symbian V3, and UC on Nokia 3200 is developed based on Java.

Thanks

Posted by Tsepz_GP
Java is fine on S60v5, ive got Java Run Time2.0 installed, VERY stable and not resource hungry, both Java and S60v5 versions of UC run just fine on my phone.

Posted by mannuforall
@ceaser2008 The fixed version only for java. Other one are original as it is. Higher size ver for S60 or others.
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UC supports flash for limited platform some S60 and S40 but still in chinese ver.
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For localized navigation UC has dedicated servers for different countries.
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UC available for almost all common platform and others like iPhone version soon available in english. This make easy to use it in any phone.
Posted by Raiderski
Forth about the Platform. What did I mean is different platform/OS has different features. According to those features, UC desinged its broswer dedicated to different platform. Compare to Opera Mini, you should have a java to support that, and the running of opera mini is based on java but not dedicated to the platform. Just for a simple example. When you run UC on Nokia N73 and Nokia 3200, you will have different experience because UC on N73 is develodped based on Symbian V3, and UC on Nokia 3200 is developed based on Java.

no need to create myths...

UC for Symbian (sisx version)
UC for Java (jar/jad version)
Opera for Symbian (sisx version called Mobile)
Opera for Java (jar/jad version called Mini)
Posted by Supa_Fly
GUCCI.011 Java is just slow, much slower to load on existing deployed S60 versions than on any other platform - for the same respective J2ME app.

@ Ieva,

Great explanation ... thank you for clarifying that up for me. Guess I'm getting old with these new technologies. I'll see if I can post a screenshot of what I see in this forum on Bolt and compare it to what you see on UC. Localized Navigation Page; I remember OperaMini & Bolt, only began with default Navigation (home page) which wasn't localized for every country. Glad UC has taken this approach.

Raiderski, I think you and ieva are both correct.



On 2010-02-23 17:53:30, Raiderski wrote:
Forth about the Platform. What did I mean is different platform/OS has different features. According to those features, UC desinged its broswer dedicated to different platform. Compare to Opera Mini, you should have a java to support that, and the running of opera mini is based on java but not dedicated to the platform. Just for a simple example. When you run UC on Nokia N73 and Nokia 3200, you will have different experience because UC on N73 is develodped based on Symbian V3, and UC on Nokia 3200 is developed based on Java.

no need to create myths...

UC for Symbian (sisx version)
UC for Java (jar/jad version)
Opera for Symbian (sisx version called Mobile)
Opera for Java (jar/jad version called Mini)


Posted by hihihans
Tried the fixed version and did it all over again. But now it loads nothing anymore i'll stick to OM5b2
Posted by boy.in.PINK
Is this a mobile browser war?! kidding..

Anyways, do you have UCB 7.1 with HandlerUI?! Or you guys just use the original?!
Posted by hihihans
Yep, it's the same war as for PC.
Posted by jake20
i just tried it on my c905, and i couldnt even connect to any web sites except yahoo.. it didnt work at all
not sure why
Posted by ieva
@jake20

What's the version of UC browser have you downloaded?
Posted by hihihans
Where can we get 7.1 ? All I find is 7.034 or something like that.
Posted by boy.in.PINK
i have downloaded 7.1 but it seems that i can only access esato and google.. i can't access other sites such as facebook, twitter.. i think the most stable version is 7.0, IMHO..
Posted by hihihans
You're lucky , I cant enter anything there are lots of other browsers
Posted by boy.in.PINK
well, i just used a modified and translated version of 7.1.. i guess this version isn't available in english yet so it can't access other sites.. IMHO..
Posted by jake20
app doesnt even work for me..

UC browser = not so amazing
Posted by hihihans
It's amazing that it does nothing
Posted by boy.in.PINK
@hihihans tried the previous versions like 6.7, 6.3, or 6.0?!
Posted by hihihans
No i'm a UC newbee tried bolt, but i'm a opera addict
Posted by boy.in.PINK
Me too.. Actually, i'm also using the pink skin on OM.. Hehehe..
Posted by hihihans
What a surprise UC has purple, om5b2 only red
Posted by mannuforall
UC Browser 7.2 Official English will released soon. Which may give better result to you.
UC works better with full/unlimited gprs plans. Its not properly works with some wap/limited connections.
Visit official forum forum.Ucweb.com for all official or translated versions.

Posted by Tsepz_GP
Hihihans
Go to your phone's Settings -Connectivity -Internet Settings -Connect Using: -Options -Edit -scroll down to Proxy Settings and set Proxy to Off. Save the settings and then boot up UCWeb and try it.
By the way on my K850 when i set Proxy to Off i didnt get the option to Save, so i had to set a different access point then switch proxy off in the access point im going to use then after that set it again as the access point and save.
Posted by hihihans
Yes that is working Thanks.
now to test it and see if I like it.
Posted by ceaser2008
Hihi, finally Glad that uc is working on your aino.

Tell me, do you get font wrapping distorting the layout?
Posted by Tsepz_GP

On 2010-03-09 10:23:34, hihihans wrote:
Yes that is working Thanks.
now to test it and see if I like it.


No problem. Enjoy it
Posted by boy.in.PINK
Wonder when Handler (an Indonesian programmer) modify this version for free internet browsing.. jijiji..

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