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The long awaited English version of UCWEB 7\u00a0 is now available: PC Download Page<\/a>, Mobile Download Page<\/a>.\u00a0 UCWEB is one of the most popular mobile browsers in the world with 40 million active users, most of them in China where the company is based.\u00a0 The new release, which is also available in Russian and Chinese,\u00a0 is offered for Java<\/span>, Windows Mobile 2003 through 6.5<\/span> (touchscreen and non-touchscreen) and Symbian S60 1st through 5th edition<\/span>.\u00a0 Versions for BlackBerry, jailbroken iPhones and Android are said to be coming soon.<\/p>\n I was eagerly awaiting this release as UCWEB has always had a great feature set including tabbed browsing, the ability to open a link or bookmark in a new tab in the background, copy\/paste and an excellent download manager with multiple download support, pause\/resume and background downloading.\u00a0 UCWEB’s weak spot has always been in the way it renders pages.\u00a0 Problems have included overlapping text and images, thin, crude looking fonts and missing styling elements such as background colors and borders.\u00a0 The Java version did not even wrap text properly splitting lines in the middle of words.<\/p>\n I downloaded the Java and Symbian native versions of UCWEB 7 to my Nokia N95-3 and have been putting both through their paces for a few hours.\u00a0 I like a lot of what I see but there are still a number of rending issues plus I’m having trouble opening some very\u00a0 popular sites.<\/p>\n First the good<\/span>:<\/p>\n Things I didn’t like<\/span>:<\/p>\n The biggest problem\u00a0 is that many sites do not load<\/span>, especially with the Symbian version.\u00a0 I suspect that UCWEB is using a Chinese based server and the infamous “Great Firewall” is blocking these sites. Here are some of the sites I’m having trouble with:<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a> (Desktop)<\/span> – Symbian: timeout error, Java: works OK<\/p>\n Twitter<\/a> (Desktop)<\/span> (click “Standard” button after logging in ) – Symbian: Chinese message that translates to “connection failed…”. Java: login is impossible, the login screen just reloads when I try to log in<\/p>\n My.Opera.com<\/a> (Desktop)<\/span> – Symbian: Chinese message that translates to “connection failed…”..\u00a0 Java: works OK<\/p>\n Bloglines Mobile<\/span><\/a> – Symbian: timeout error. Java: works OK<\/p>\n Dabr<\/a> (Mobile) <\/span>– Symbian: Timeout. Java: partial page load with no Tweets, only the top menu displays.<\/p>\n Mobile Tweete<\/span><\/a>: Symbian: works OK, Java: login screen just reloads when I try to log in<\/p>\n These errors are similar to ones I saw with the unofficial translations of UCWEB 7 which used Chinese servers. It’s impossible to be sure where the server is located as UCWEB seems to be spoofing the server’s IP address!. When I use Browser Spy<\/a> to display my IP address it shows my network provider’s IP address rather than the address of the UC WEB proxy server! I didn’t even know it was possible to spoof a proxy’s IP, but UCWEB seems to have found a way.\u00a0 However, all the sites I’m having trouble with in UCWEB 7 work fine in UCWEB 6.3 which uses a US based proxy server.<\/p>\n I have to say I’m a bit disappointed with UCWEB 7.\u00a0 I love the new features and improved rendering, especially in the Java version. Fit to width “Adaptive” mode, which I prefer most of the time, never overlaps text and images.\u00a0 UCWEB’s interface\u00a0 is always responsive even on low end devices where Opera Min 4.2 and Bolt\u00a0 tend to lag.\u00a0 But a browser that can’t open some of my most used sites including Bloglines, Twitter, Facebook and My Opera, is useless to me. I’m hoping that the use of a Chinese based server, or whatever is causing these connection failures, is temporary. I’ve heard\u00a0 that Chinese servers do handle requests for the international 6.3 clients when the US server is overloaded or undergoing maintainance. I’m hoping that is the case with 7.0 and that my favorite sites that are broken in UCWEB 7 will start working soon.<\/p>\n Related Posts<\/em>: The long awaited English version of UCWEB 7\u00a0 is now available: PC Download Page, Mobile Download Page.\u00a0 UCWEB is one of the most popular mobile browsers in the world with 40 million active users, most of them in China where the company is based.\u00a0 The new release, which is also available in Russian and Chinese,\u00a0 is offered for Java, Windows Mobile 2003 through 6.5 (touchscreen and non-touchscreen) and Symbian S60 1st through 5th edition.\u00a0 Versions for BlackBerry, jailbroken iPhones and … Continue reading \n
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\nUCWEB 6.5 English Beta<\/a>
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