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Browsers, detection and segmentation.

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  • Release of Detector v3.1

      • parentnode.dk

    Ever wished for serverside Detector in Java, an advanced drag'n'drop segment builder or a /text api endpoint, returning the segment as plain text?

  • Segment market share statistics, June 2015

      • parentnode.dk

    Desktop browsers still dominate with about 60% of page visits. Mobile phones take up about 35%, while the tablets only have a 5% market share. Modern browsers across platforms make up about 80% of page visits.

  • The Detector method

      • parentnode.dk

    The Detector identification is unique because it groups all browsers in unambiguous segments based on common denominators, allowing you to safely develop for a narrow target group within each segment. The browsers in each segment has a clearly specified level of JavaScript and CSS support, uses the same input method and has a limited screen resolution range.

  • The UC Browser

      • parentnode.dk

    The UC Browser or UCWeb is a Chinese mobile browser first released in 2004. Initially it used a server proxy compression to speed up page rendering, using its own proprietary rendering engine (U1 + U2) and minimize data load. It currently has a leading market share in China and India.

  • The Opera browser

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    The Opera browser has been developed by Norwegian software developer Opera Software since 1995. The browser has played a major role in early mobile devices but today it is a rare sight for both desktop and mobile devices. Opera used to have it's own rendering engine, Presto, but with version 15 they switched to Blink.