Appearance of Yandex. Free Yandex browser

Yandex browser- a new free browser created by Yandex and released on October 1, 2012. In the first days after the release, its market share was 1.4%, to today increased to 4.5%. Perhaps the success of the browser from another search engine awaits him - Google Chrome. Outwardly they are very similar and perhaps in the near future search engine browsers will displace similar software products other developers.

You can download the free Yandex browser from the company’s website. As in, the bootloader is downloaded, which then downloads and installs the new Yandex browser. Installation takes just minutes.

After launching the browser it is immediately activated address bar, it is also a search string. Yandex calls it "smart line". Below it appears a so-called scoreboard with your favorite sites. Initially, the most popular Runet sites were added here, and in the future the board will display the most visited sites.

The gear-shaped button in the upper right corner of the window contains the menu of the new Yandex browser.

The "Settings" item opens a tab with browser settings.

Group of settings "Where to start?" allows you to specify what the browser should open at startup - the pages that were opened the previous time or a display with your favorite sites.

The "Show bookmarks panel" setting specifies when the panel with user-added bookmarks should be visible - always in the program window, only in the display, or not visible at all.

In the "Search" parameter you can set search engine default for "smart line".

These are the basic settings of the new free Yandex browser. Additional settings are opened by clicking the "Show" link additional settings".

If you want the browser to prompt you to save passwords for websites, leave the "Offer to save passwords" option turned on. By clicking the "Manage Passwords" link, you can view already saved ones, change or delete them.

In the "Languages" section of the free Yandex browser settings, by default the option "Offer to translate pages in a foreign language" is enabled - when opening such pages, a translation into Russian will be offered.

In addition, you can specify the path to save downloaded files in the "Files are downloaded to" setting.

Yandex also used the “Turbo” page compression technology, borrowed from the once popular in RuNet Opera browser. This allows web pages to load faster on slow connections. The "Turbo" option is enabled by default to "Automatically turn on on slow connection". If you wish, you can disable this technology altogether or make it always on.

The free Yandex browser supports extensions that allow you to increase its functionality. To manage extensions, in the settings window, click the “Extensions” link at the top left.

Here you can disable or remove unnecessary extensions. True, unlike Google Chrome, the developers did not provide links here for downloading extensions from the online store. A search in Yandex itself led me to this page http://help.yandex.ru/yabrowser/settings/plug-ins.xml#extensions, which contains a link to that same online store. But the most interesting thing is that this is a link to the online store of extensions for Google Chrome... I.e. Yandex offers to use extensions of its competitor Google Chrome for its new browser. Since both browsers are built on the same source code Chromium, then extensions are suitable for both of them.

The page loading speed of the new browser is very high, which is easy to see from the first minutes of using it.

The new free Yandex browser is a worthy competitor in this market segment and is in no way inferior to its counterparts from other companies.

When creating Yandex, the developers made sure that it was easy and understandable to use.

There is nothing superfluous in the design and font settings, so users can quickly understand what's what.

Each version of the Yandex browser is designed beautifully, the design is carried out by the best specialists. But there are users who do not like monotony. Even the most beautiful view They will quickly get bored and want to “change the situation” and “breathe life” into their work with the web browser.

There is nothing wrong with this, otherwise why did the developers introduce the function of changing the interface? So that anyone who doesn’t like the standard background or is bored with the monotony can change the look of their application.

To change appearance your Yandex browser, you only need to be distracted for a couple of minutes:

Turn on your web browser.
Open new tab(you can do this in the settings next to the bookmarks bar).
An “Express Panel” will appear in front of you. You need to go down to the bottom of the screen and click on the “Change background” icon.
Then a list will open with a variety of browser designs, among which you need to choose the one you like best. Having selected the appropriate drawing, click on the “Done” button.

You don't have to worry about changing the background every time - you don't have to. Now every time you get into the “Express Panel” (even if you closed and reopened Yandex) you will enjoy a pleasant picture. And working with a high spirit is much more interesting and easier!

Is it possible to set something “of our own” to the background?

Yandex developers, of course, cannot please every user with the images they offer for changing the background. If you look through the full list of available designs and do not find anything suitable, do not despair.

Such cases are provided for by the creators of Yandex Browser: you can download personal pictures available on your computer. This gives full rein to imagination. How pleasant would it be, for example, if every time you get into the Express Panel, you see a bright fragment of your life or a photo of a small child?

In order to set a picture from your device as the background, you need:

enable Yandex;
open a new subwindow;
find the “Change background” function and click on it;
Behind the last image there is a “+” icon, you need to click on it;
select the photo you want to see in the browser and press enter (“Enter”).

Now you can set absolutely any image, which is saved until the next change.

In this article we will touch on some Yandex browser settings that allow you to improve the quality of using the Internet using Yandex.Browser, according to your convenient criteria.

Changing the start page

The initial page here shows a Tableau with those that you use most often, and if necessary, you can change the starting page to a page, for example, Yandex, or so that the previous ones pop up at startup open tabs, which were at the previous closure. This can really help when the user visits their favorite sites. To change, you need to find a button with three horizontal sticks, at the top right, go to “settings” and “where to start?” chooses what is needed.

Changing the file download folder

You can change the folder in which files downloaded from the Internet will be saved when you need a specific folder, and not the one assigned by default in Yandex.Browser. To do this, press the button with three horizontal stripes and go to “ Tinctures", open the tab below "", find " Downloads"and select the folder required for this and now you can close the tab.

Change page scale and font size

If the font size of a particular page does not suit you, being poorly visible or, on the contrary, very large, you can easily solve this problem yourself by pressing the button with three horizontal stripes (top right), open “ Settings» find below « Show advanced settings", there is an option " Web Content»

Presence of the site icon on the bookmarks bar

If you are guided by specific site icons and need to display them in bookmarks, then you need to start by clicking on the three horizontal stripes at the top of Yandex.Browser, go to “ Settings", and there is an option section " Show bookmarks bar", where to select this parameter by checking the box.

Enable Turbo mode

This function is very useful property, especially when the Internet speed is very limited, or you simply want to navigate through pages and portals faster. A button with horizontal stripes at the top right, then “ Settings", there will be a function " Turbo" and check the box in the required box. There is also an option to remind you about changes in Internet speed and the ability to select “ Compress video»

Make Yandex.Browser default

If it is needed Make Yandex.Browser default, that is, open clicked links with this browser. To do this you need to go to " Settings"Before pressing the button with three horizontal stripes, there will be a choice " Default browser" and install there " Make Yandex the default browser" You can also copy saved bookmarks along with the entire history from another browser by selecting “ Copy bookmarks and settings from another browser»

Add-ons and extensions for Yandex.Browser

Yandex.Browser was developed based on extensive experience in creating Internet browsers and the most useful and necessary add-ons and extensions were selected for it, which can be found in the catalog by clicking on the three horizontal bars at the top of the browser, then go to the “ Add-ons" and search for what you need by clicking on the button " Catalog of Yandex.Browser add-ons».