ONE Browser 4.2.2



The One



If you have ever been tired of the plain old Android browser, then you have probably experimented with others in the search of the one true browser experience. Alas some offer too little whereas others offer too much and for no particular reason. The feel of despair may overwhelm you but you should not lose hope. You shouldn't fall on your knees praying either because salvation may come from a Shanghai software company called Tencent. Their browser is called "ONE Browser" and I think this warrants itself to be scrutinized.

ONE Browser

If you think about it, public software companies need to have a permeable skin. Healthy software development is guided by the user's needs first and foremost. Tencent is proud to show that they listen to their user base and that the latest incarnation of ONE Browser is the result of user desideratum in its purest form.

I must agree that the features in ONE Browser seem to be handpicked. First off, it includes a speed dial as well as bookmarks. While adding a page to one or the other you also get the option of creating a shortcut on your spring board (or desktop or whatever it's called on Android).

Among the standard forward, back and home buttons, ONE has a tab button, from where you can select which tab to close or switch to. There's also a menu button, which is very comfy to use if the real life touch menu button is hard to find. From there you have access to everything else ONE has to offer.

To note some useful functions; Night/Day mode changes the color scheme so that white is predominant during Day and black during Night. This also applies to the web pages themselves.

Accessing the Downloads section also opens up a file browser with which you can navigate as with any file manager, delete files, review properties and open pictures, documents or other data formats.

The Tools section has a few items. . Page Capture allows to crop an image from the current view or just get everything. Enabling No Image instructs the browser to refuse loading images on pages. Which brings me to a bit of criticism. Although keeping images away saves some bandwidth and traffic, it does not however speed up loading times. Pages simply do not load very fast with or without pictures. This is a shame because otherwise this browser feels top notch!

ONE Browser

Features

  • Night Mode – Changes the color scheme to be less intrusive in weak light conditions
  • No Image – You can opt to save bandwidth by not loading web graphics
  • Private Mode – Web activity is not recorded
  • Page Capture – you can capture screen shots and even crop them
  • Full screen – the browser can maximize the page view
  • Page Scroll – customize controls for scrolling
  • Multiple tabs - keep multiple pages open at the same time
  • Bookmarks – save pages of interest
  • Speed Dial – quickly access frequently visited pages from the home screen

I just love how ONE rearranges paragraphs. I use a small screen and that really is a necessity for a comfortable read. Night Mode is also eye-mending.

Pros

  • Great paragraph re-arrangement. It quickly rearranges text to fit the width of the screen.
  • Scrolling can be performed with the volume buttons. Excellent for longer reads.

Cons

  • Switching to landscape might trigger a page re-load and can make some links unusable
  • A bit slow.

Conclusion

ONE Browser is a wonderful attempt at creating the ultimate mobile browser. And it almost manages to be one. Albeit for its not so stellar performance, it makes up in features and reliability.



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Users Rating:  
  2.9/5     1.2k
Editor Rating:  
  5.0/5
Downloads: 218,923
Updated At: 2024-02-20
Publisher: Tencent Mobile International Ltd.
Operating System: Android
License Type: Free