Duibrowser

Duibrowser is a web browser which is based on the WebKit engine, also employed by Safari, Opera, and Chrome, for rendering web pages.

The first impression users get when opening Duibrowser is the incredible GUI similarity it has with Google Chrome. This feeling, however, lasts only for a few seconds since it quickly becomes obvious that it doesn't have neither the complete options nor the features Google Chrome has.

The second thing a user will notice about Duibrowser is the preeminence of the Chinese language. The browser's default web page is the Baidu home screen. This is a major Chinese web service company that plays the role of Google in China. Duibrowser, being a Chinese app, will display the Baidu search engine as the default home screen.

When it comes to options, however, there are none. The little wrench icon next to the web address bar does absolutely nothing, and no matter when or where you may try to access some options via right-click, nothing will happen.

The facade of a Google Chrome imitator quickly fades in sectors other than just the lack of feature availability or settings. Since it's a Baidu-centered browser, you'd expect it to work properly at least when it comes to China's biggest search engine when, in fact, it doesn't.

The Baidu main page isn't displayed properly while other high profile websites, like Google, Facebook or YouTube aren't displayed at all. However, other pages that include Baidu news, pictures, and economics are usually displayed properly until the tool decides to suddenly crash on you.

Duibrowser isn't as much a proper browser as it's more an incomplete and faulty Chinese domain websites 'viewer.' While it may work on opening some pages, other websites outside China are simply inaccessible. If you plan to browse international websites, like Facebook or YouTube, you can forget about it, and there's nothing you can change about that either.