The future of Mobile browser

With the rapid development of mobile Internet, mobile browser market has become very hot. And Tencent, Baidu, Google and even mobile and other giants have also started to enter the mobile phone browser market, then the mobile browser competition in the focus of what is the future of mobile phone browser?

Mobile browser transformation

Once in the era of feature phone, mobile browser once just as a mobile phone browsing the Web tool, and as a PC browser online extension, so you can only do a simple WAP page browsing, coupled with the then WAP site resources are limited, as well as the slow speed of mobile internet, So the development of mobile browsers has also become very slow.

However, with the popularity of 3G and smartphones, mobile browsers have grown by leaps and bounds. According to CNNIC data, as of the end of 2011, the number of Chinese mobile browser users more than 215 million. In addition, the mobile browser can not only browse WAP pages, but also direct access to wap2.0, Web pages, in the HTML5 and plug-in technology with the help of mobile phone browser to watch video, play games are also possible.

In addition, the rapid development of HTML5, so that mobile browsers to become a fertile ground for webapp growth, tools, games, video, SNS, microblogging, e-commerce and other types of webapp are emerging, users do not need to install the application can be directly through the mobile phone browser to use these applications. There is no doubt that mobile browsers have changed from the original browsing Web tools to mobile Internet portals and application hosting platforms.

Mobile Browser Competition Focus

Facing the new development trend of mobile browser, mobile browser enterprises should be fully prepared, so as to better deal with the trend to meet user needs. The author believes that the future mobile phone browser competition focus on three aspects, the core, open architecture and cloud.

First of all, kernel research and development of mobile phone browser core performance, mobile phone browser competition is the foundation. At present, the domestic mobile phone browser enterprise independent research and development of the kernel is not realistic, because the core of research and development is no less than operating system Therefore, on the basis of open webkit kernel, optimize and upgrade, it is the common practice of mobile phone browser enterprise. For example, Tencent's X5 kernel has been in the leading edge in parsing and rendering capabilities, security, and HTML5, laying the foundation for the future differentiation of mobile phone QQ browsers.

Again, open platform architecture means the ability of mobile browsers to expand. The future trend of mobile browsers is to be platform oriented, with developers to provide users with a variety of applications and services, so the mobile browser from the closed architecture to open architecture as soon as possible. In order to meet the demand of one-stop Internet service, the mobile QQ browser adopts the "open platform" architecture design, opens the API and the standard SDK to the general developers, and supports both the Web app and the native app application portfolio. The new Open architecture features sidebar design and application +, and provides access solutions for partners and developers through OpenID.

Finally, cloud computing, which determines the service capabilities of mobile browsers. Mobile browser resolution capabilities, security capabilities, backup and synchronization capabilities, account system and the ability to graft voice input functions. Therefore, increasing the investment in cloud computing is related to the service capability of mobile browser. Mobile phone QQ Browser pioneered the "cloud strategy" and the introduction of corresponding cloud functions, such as cloud acceleration, cloud conversion, cloud storage, cloud security, Cloud account, bookmark synchronization, voice recognition input. The X--cloud architecture also provides a solid underpinning for cloud computing.

Through the above analysis, we can see the future blueprint of mobile browser, should be a strong core of high-speed Internet performance, to ensure the speed and experience of mobile Internet access; application developers develop rich applications on the open platform built by mobile browsers, and users can install and uninstall them from their applications. The realization of personalized mobile browser, without sacrificing the performance of mobile browser, while enhancing the function of mobile browser, so that mobile browsers become a real Internet access and application hosting platform.