Add UC Browser

[laszbalo]

The crappiest browser I've ever tried, unfortunately very popular in some countries (India ~43%). What would it take to add it to the list? What can I do to make it happen?

With thanks,
Laszlo

[afmenez]

It is not that hard, you can download the sources, add the browser to environments.json, and add the results to each specific datafile. Then rebuild the htmls and submit the patch.

[laszbalo]

@afmenez Thank you. Sounds very straightforward. My first thing in the morning.

[n8schloss]

@laszbalo, to be clear when you mention UC browser you're talking about UC browser for Android? There's also UC Mini for Android and a desktop version of the browser and I don't think they are all running the same versions of the js engine.

[laszbalo]

@n8schloss Yes, I was talking about UC browser for Android. Luckily, their other browsers have not gained enough traction yet (hope they never will 😄)
Not sure if UC mini can even run JS.

[n8schloss]

Cool, UC mini is definitely gaining traction so it might be worth adding it as well. I guess I'd just try to be clear which version of the browser this is in reference to when it get's added.

[laszbalo]

@n8schloss I hear you. Are you interested in the so called Speed mode, as well? Basically UC web uses proxies for pre-rendering the page and then sends down the data in binary format to the browser. Opera mini can do the same by enabling Extreme Mode.
I am writing a tiny app, that will add the required data to the data files as @afmenez suggested. As it is currently implemented, it can collect the necessary data from any connected user agent and update the data files for me. If I host it on the Internet, I think, it will work for both UC mini and Opera mini running in proxy mode.

[n8schloss]

@laszbalo, yeah I think it may make sense to breakup UC into three different categories then? UC Browser, UC Mini and UC Speed Mode? Also, that app sounds sweet!

[alexander-akait]

/cc @laszbalo @n8schloss what is status now, at least basic UC Browser? Can i help?

[Jon-Galloway]

Curious as well. Please advise. 8.75% of global market share is UC Browser according to http://gs.statcounter.com/ (right behind Chrome and Safari).

[alexander-akait]

@Jon-Galloway seems, we should do PR 😄

[char8x]

@gclxry Given that the UC browser has a certain market share in the global market, will the UC team be willing to submit a PR to this repo? It is helpful for both Chinese and foreign developers. 😄

[ai]

Autoprefixer support all this browsers for CSS. And Can I Use sorry them too.

Right now because of missing them in Kangax Babel ignores this browsers and it is really bad.