Android platform three mobile browser comparison evaluation

Thanks to the scalability of Android phones and strong Internet performance, more and more people are starting to use Android smartphones. A good mobile browser can make Android Internet performance.

Today, we are on the market three of the most popular Android mobile phone browser (opera-mini5.1/ucweb7.2/mobile phone QQ Browser 1.0) To do a detailed comparison test, the test platform for android2.1. The specific test results are as follows: (note: Four stars for excellence, Samsung for Good, two stars for general)

The humanization and convenience of UI design

In UI design, the three big mobile browsers have their own advantages. Opera mini5.1 's splash screen and other versions of the Opera Mini, only a small logo plus a progress bar, the background is white, it seems too monotonous. Android version of mobile phone QQ browser and Symbian version of mobile phone QQ Browser 1.2 of the splash screen, are blue for the background, with mobile phone QQ browser logo; UC7.2 relative to the previous two splash screen to be more gorgeous, will be the pet image of UC and robot parallel display.

In the start page design, operamini5.1 is the simplest, only one URL bar, search box, and 9 fast link bits, of which 8 locations can be based on user browser Web habits, automatically record URLs. The first fast link bit is the URL navigation bit, click to enter the URL navigation page. Mobile phone QQ Browser is the biggest feature of 12 fast link location, according to the habit of browsing Web pages automatically generate icons, and through similar to safari UI design is divided into three page display. At the same time, the Start page also provides a URL navigation bar. UC7.2 's start page design and UC on the other platform's design is basically unchanged, the entire page is the URL navigation bar and no fast link bit.

In addition, Operamini5.1 the refresh button at the bottom of the browser to make it easier for users to refresh the page directly. Mobile QQ Browser will refresh the function directly in the address bar, which is very consistent with PC browser users refresh habits. And UC Refresh is hidden in the menu, only open menu click Refresh to refresh the page.

Overall, in the UI design, the three major browsers have their own advantages. But Operamini 5.1 and mobile phone QQ browser Fast link design, refresh key design, are very in line with the Chinese netizens operating habits, this aspect UC7.2 to be improved.

Second, open WAP and web operation experience and speed

Measurement of a mobile phone browser good or bad standard two aspects, first of all, it is best to support open all types of pages, whether WAP or the web, and show better results, and secondly, save the flow of the same time, open faster. Below, test the operating experience and opening speed of these three Android phone browsers (open wap.sina.com.cn and www.sina.com.cn respectively).

Three major browsers can open WAP and Web pages, mobile phone QQ browser Open Web pages have not changed the page CSS style, the site style restore is very high, basically close to the experience of the PC; Opera has been reformatting the Web page, which is not in line with the standards of the Internet, The font size ratio is not very harmonious Web page restore is not high, and UC7.2 by default to "fit the screen" of the single-column mode, so the amount of data is small, slightly faster. UC7.2 and Opera browser exist the same drawbacks, such as, Sina Homepage was compressed, and the original page difference is larger, the display effect is not good.

Addition， operamini5.1 and UC7.2 compared to mobile phone QQ browser has a big disadvantage, that is, when browsing a number of websites specifically designed for Android, mobile phone QQ browser and Android Chrome browser can be perfect access, and operamini5.1 and UC7.2 is the default access to WAP version of the page. Enter Google.com as an example of the URL bar test, the results are as follows:

Left: Mobile QQ browser Right: UC7.2

Three or three large browser horizontal screen operation and multi-point touch comparison

Most Android machines support the automatic horizontal screen under the gravity sensor and the multi-touch capabilities under the capacitive screen, so the Android phone browser should take this into full consideration. The three major browsers support the automatic horizontal screen function, and UC7.2 and mobile phone QQ browser can automatically set whether the need for "automatic horizontal screen" and is not affected by the mobile phone system settings, while the operamini5.1 does not have the autonomy to set options, according to the mobile phone system settings to determine whether the automatic horizontal screen.

Because the test machine supports the capacitive screen, it can support multi-touch function. When the test opens the Sina homepage, the operamini5.1 supports the double finger scaling webpage, but the operation is not very fluent; UC7.2 and mobile phone QQ browser support dual-point scaling web page, operation is very smooth.

Four or three large browser multi-window browsing function comparison

Multi-window browser function, can speed up browsing speed, enhance the experience of mobile browsing web. The following tests the multiple window browsing capabilities of the next three browsers. Operamini5.1 support for multiple window browsing, multiple window animation effect is good, but the window open too much, see thumbnails, increase the difficulty of operation, not directly click the Switch window, the most suitable window number of 4. UC7.2 also supports multiple window operation, one screen only shows one page, to browser other pages, need to slide left and right, not convenient for users to switch windows. Mobile phone QQ Browser support a screen Display 4 window thumbnails, you can save 3 screen a total of 12 web site thumbnails, will not appear operamini5.1 because the window too much overlap, not easy to switch the problem.

Five or three large browser menu settings reasonable comparison

Three mobile browsers have menu settings options, in the end whose menu settings more concise and convenient?

In contrast, UC7.2 has the most settings, and some common options and feature options are mixed to affect the user experience, for example, the refresh option is placed in the menu setting and does not conform to the user Refresh page habits. Operamini5.1, mobile phone QQ Browser Setup features simple and convenient. and UC7.2 and Operamini5.1 have sync function, sync bookmark link and collection, this is worth the mobile phone QQ browser learning, because QQ number is the best synchronization account.

Finally, summed up the next three mobile browser comparison evaluation results:

Operamini5.1 design is simple and convenient, multi-touch, automatic screen, multiple window browsing and other aspects of the design is good, support account synchronization function, convenient synchronization bookmarks and collections. The disadvantage is that multiple window operations, because the window is too large to easily choose to open the window.

UC7.2 Homepage is the website navigation, the classification detailed, may facilitate those beginners to use the mobile phone to surf the internet quickly, but does not have the quick link bit to let the person disappoint. But UC7.2 also has bookmark manager and Account synchronization function, bookmark management is very convenient, but the UC does not have desktop browser system, only in the phone between the account synchronization, only to change the phone or mobile phone brush machine when used, the role is not very big. In addition, UC7.2 in the opening speed of the Web page also performed well, but when the Web page was opened to change the CSS page, the display effect is not good.

Mobile phone QQ Browser 1.0 using the WebKit kernel, in multi-touch, scrolling experience close to the system default browser, multi-window experience because the direct release of the Operation button, you can easily do multiple window switch, this is very good. Home can be set up commonly used links, this is very human. Support multi-touch function, can zoom through the Web page, is cool. However, in the account synchronization needs to continue efforts.