According to Wiki, UCWEB is the number 1 browser for handphones in the Chinese market.  About 60 million users in the month of Nov 08.

With a user base this big, I got to try it out on my Nokia E71.

UCWEB works  similar to Opera Mini, it accesses the Internet via a proxy.  The proxy is located in China.  If you are using it with free WiFi providers that requires authentication, you will need to use the default Nokia browser to complete the initial setup.

Starting

The home page

UCWeb is a highly customizable browser. Its key point is the ability to render a webpage for the small screen.  Graphics are compressed and the text re-aligned for easy vertical scrolling.  There is never a need to scroll horizontally. The home page comes with collapsible sections where there are popular links. There are tabbed browsing similar to desktop browsers, but they called it Windows.

Suggested bookmarks

There are several menus accessible via the softkey Select. At the same time you can call up the same screen using the keyboard shortcuts, “m” for  Start Page, “w” for Bookmarks etc. See screenshots below.

UCWEB Open menu

Navigation menu

UCWEB Window menu

Tools menu

UCWEB File menu

Accessing the settings page

There are even more screens for Settings.  The Browse Mode is set to adaptive, where the layout is moved for easy vertical scrolling.

Display settings

Browser settings

Download settings

Menu shortcut settings

Overall UCWEB performed well. It is my current favorite browser due to its speed of loading and accessibility of bookmarks.

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