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How to return the old design of the Yandex browser? New Yandex browser - pros and cons. Search engine battle

I think many have heard about the browser from Yandex in one way or another. If only because it is offered to be installed when you go to Yandex 🙂 I remember when it first appeared, I read a couple of rather unflattering reviews (the general leitmotif was chrome, but with a search from Yandex and without plugins). Of course, after that, a cross was put on the browser, and he did not interest me absolutely and completely, until I suddenly (quite a long time later) saw new review, already in completely different colors. Yandex, it turns out, did not waste time, but improved its product. Therefore, they wrote about the browser in the vein that it is quite a "chrome compatible" project made on Chromium base, with some additions on the interface, integration with Yandex services, as well as synchronization through an account on Yandex.

This interested me. In general, I was looking forward to the appearance of synchronization as such, since the step was obvious, and I, as the owner of several computers and devices, felt it especially strongly. A few years ago, this feature appeared in all popular browsers, which left me uncomfortable. Why? No, not because of security. Although there are some problems in this area, I wrote about this in the article ““. For me, the main problem arose in the preference difference between desktop and mobile browsers... Yes, we will not talk about any specific pros and cons, but about tastes, preferences and habits, but I think many will understand me.

What am I talking about? Yes, that I have long been a devotee of Firefox, but the version of this browser for Android I was not impressed. The interface seems inconvenient to me, working with bookmarks is the same. I had high hopes for the release of mobile Chrome. Even on a desktop I migrated to this browser ahead of time, and specifically for it a tablet on Android 4 ... Only to find out - and this browser in its mobile incarnation does not suit me. And on Android, meanwhile, Opera remained my favorites. But with her desktop version, mutual understanding did not want to improve, despite several decisive attempts.

And so, poking around recently in Google play, I suddenly saw Yandex Browser there. Expecting to see something familiar, but with integrated Yandex services, I installed the browser "for a look" and was surprised when I saw a completely original solution. If the program is made on the basis of something, it is not possible to find out the "parent". The first thing that caught my eye in the version of the browser for smartphones was the address bar at the bottom. At first, this confused me a little, but later the solution seemed convenient and successful to me.

The main screen contains a "scoreboard" - a set of "tiles" with the most frequently visited sites. However, you can add the desired sites here manually. It all looks very nice.

The work with bookmarks is designed in the same style, which, in my opinion, is done quite well here. There is no separation between mobile and desktop bookmarks, as in some other browsers. Bookmarks are just general and that's it. In my opinion it is the best way... And you can get access to them in one tap. And of course synchronization. It works, and it’s even difficult to write anything else here.

The "turbo" mode deserves special attention. It works the same way as in Opera - traffic goes through Yandex servers, where it is compressed, which saves traffic and speeds up work with a weak connection. Attention, meanwhile, is not the mode that deserves attention, but the fact that it knows how to turn on itself when the connection speed drops. At the same time, an icon with a rocket appears in the address bar. The effect of turning on the mode is quite tangible, in general I liked the idea.

After installing the browser on the tablet, another interesting surprise was found - during the search, the screen is divided into two parts, the search results remain on the left, and the pages on the right are opened by links from them. Fantastically convenient, but it only works if you search in Yandex. By the way, to the developers' credit, it must be said that the default search engine can be changed - you can set Google, Mail.ru, Wikipedia, and Yandex, of course, as such.

All in all, the browser is pretty interesting. By the way, he encouraged me to switch to Yandex products on the desktop 🙂 The migration went “without a hitch” - after installing Yandex Browser, it carefully transferred “into itself” everything that was in Chrome - from bookmarks to extensions and cookies. Everything was transferred correctly and worked.

And after setting up synchronization, which consists only in the fact that you need to enter the login and password for your Yandex account, it also worked. What made me finally the happy owner of the same browser on all devices with synchronization.

Let's move on to the fly in the ointment. Unfortunately it is there. And this is some "dampness" of the programs. Especially mobile. For example, it has a "save history" parameter, but I never found the story itself. The slightly lame algorithm for arranging the text in one column (it is, however, still designated as beta, so let's be patient), also upset the browser, and the browser takes quite a long time to start, even on quite decent hardware. The desktop version presented surprises in a similar style. For example, she suggested a couple of times to turn on notifications about letters in my mailbox (on Yandex). I answered in the affirmative both times, but I have not seen any notifications yet. There are a couple more of these minor troubles, but I sincerely hope that this is a matter of time. As for the rest, Yasha's browsers came out very good and it is pleasant to work with them.

Greetings to all, dear readers of the blog site! Among all the variety of browsers, the undoubted leader is Google chrome... This fact is confirmed by the statistics of its use in comparison with other products, both around the world and here in Russia. The share of this browser in Russia is 55%, followed by Yandex Browser - 21%.

What is better Yandex browser or google chrome? It would seem that the answer is obvious, but do not rush to conclusions. I suppose that the statistics are somewhat "cheated" due to the fact that Chrome is the standard browser on all android devices, and this is the majority of smartphones in the world. But the browser from Yandex, exactly like another popular one Opera browser- by default it is not installed on any devices, it must be done manually.

Honestly, at first I was ironic about the browser from Yandex, but after a detailed study I realized that this is very convenient browser... And whether this is really so, you can decide for yourself by reading this article to the end.

The first stable version of the American browser Google Chrome appeared at the end of 2008. It was a real alternative to the two most popular browsers at that time - Mozilla Firefox and Opera. I clearly remember this time, just that year the Internet was connected at my house. The newfangled browser used a fundamentally different "engine" for processing Internet pages, due to which the loading of sites took less time. Chromium quickly gained popularity among users.

Here is such a variety of browsers using one "WebKit" engine

After Google's apparent success, others large companies decided that they will have their own browsers with blackjack and all that it implies, which will be based on the same engine as that of Chrome. And already in 2012, Yandex, the search engine of which is used by the most users in Russia, released a stable version of the so-called Yandex Browser. As of March 2018, the Yandex browser is devoid of any bugs and shortcomings that users pointed out at the very beginning, as soon as it was released.

When you write an article (as it is now), you have to keep open several dozen different tabs with information, and with this mode of operation, not every browser will remain as "nimble" as when working with one or two tabs. Before switching to Yandex browser, I used Firefox as my main browser for a long time. And also Opera on the Chrome engine and Iron Browser (consider the same Chrome, only with tracking protection).

And although in fresh versions Firefox completely redesigned the engine and included support for multiprocessing (for each open tab - its own process in the system), while using it you still feel a kind of "slowdown", especially if you install a dozen extensions. In addition, after switching to an improved engine, Mozilla stopped working with old extensions, which have no modern analogues. I can say that Mazila is a good browser, but for me personally, Yandex Browser is better.

Appearance

Outwardly, Yandex Browser looks simple, like Google Chrome, however, there are fundamental differences. By default, the browser interface is displayed in standard light gray colors. But, as soon as you scroll the page to the beginning of any picture or video, the browser color changes as if you are looking at them through glass with a blur effect. It looks very cool live. The interface does not get bored over time, which is probably why there are no other themes provided here.

And this is how the browser will look if you scroll down a bit:

The main page of the browser greets the user with an original scoreboard that contains visual bookmarks with a message counter. For example, you can place the VKontakte site there and you no longer need to go to the site itself to see the number of unread messages. You can do the same with mailboxes. This makes browsing the Internet more convenient.... The new Opera has something similar, but I don't like the pale interface, which makes the tabs difficult to read.

It is easy to diversify the Yandex browser start page with an extensive background gallery, and you can upload your own images. There are also animated backgrounds (video), their number is not so large (23), where you will find: sea, mountains, forests, meadows, waterfalls and even a city. Each of these landscapes is unique and pleasing to the eye. And as for static backgrounds, I generally keep quiet, their number just rolls over. You can set up auto changing backgrounds every day.

Work speed

Yandex browser starts no faster than Google Chrome - in a little over 1 second. The loading speed of the sites is also the same. However, in favor of Yandex browser is the fact that it provides a "turbo" mode. This mode allows you to work comfortably with a slow Internet connection, thanks to the compression of pictures and videos. Presumably, this "feature" is borrowed from the old versions of the Opera browser.

RAM consumption

When choosing a browser, for many, this parameter is key. This is especially true for those who have an old or not too powerful PC. This also applies to me, because my computer uses an outdated type of memory: DDR2, in addition, motherboard in total only supports 4 GB of RAM. Here Yandex browser shows itself from the good side, at 12 open tabs and 3 installed extensions- RAM consumption is 880 MB. Google Chrome eats 902 MB.

Turbo mode

As already mentioned, turbo mode allows you to compress traffic to speed up page loading. This mode will be mega useful for those who access the Internet from a smartphone, because in addition to the desktop version of the browser, there is also mobile version... This way you will save mobile traffic, which means money. Turning on this mode is simple: just click on the lock-shaped icon and select the appropriate item. You do not need to restart your browser.

It works like this: traffic passes through Yandex servers and is compressed at the same time. Sites using the HTTPS protocol are ignored in this case, they will be immediately displayed in the browser without going through the Yandex servers. I think this is for safety. In Google Chrome and Opera, there are no such modes initially, so the Yandex browser turned out to be better in this regard. Also, turbo mode will automatically turn on when the speed drops below 128 Kbps.

Privacy and security

Let's start with security. Google and Yandex browsers have their own unique protection tools. Each company has its own database of dangerous sites, when you go to which a warning appears in the browser window. Also, all downloaded files are checked for safety. In general, it is clear that Yandex took the issue of security very seriously.

There is something here that is not in Google Chrome. We are talking about a unique tool called "Protect", which includes a whole arsenal of active protection functions. This is literally the first of its kind integrated security system built into the browser. It includes:

Internet connection protection;
Online payment protection;
Protection from infected sites and programs;
Protection from shocking ads;
Wi-Fi connection protection.

When making online payments, the browser automatically switches to enhanced security mode: the interface turns dark, and the inscription “secure mode” appears in the upper right corner. Also, the browser will warn you if you go to any dangerous site and try to enter your bank card number.

But that's not all. It happens - you put some kind of add-on, seemingly verified, from the official repository. Then from this add-on problems begin: incomprehensible redirects (redirects) to dangerous sites, annoying advertising. Yandex browser in this case simply will not let you install it. This warning will pop up if the extension threatens security:

There is no way around this limitation. We'll have to look for another add-on, but that's for the best. Here "refresh" is just a page reload.

But with privacy, not everything is so smooth. Privacy is how sensitive different large companies are to your personal information.... First of all, these are the companies that make these browsers. It has long been known that Google Chrome is a "vacuum cleaner" that collects a lot of data about the user: location, interests and much more. This data "big brother" sells, including advertising companies, so that they bomb you with targeted (selected for you) advertising.

So Yandex in this regard is unlikely to be much better. You don't think such large corporations make browsers out of pure enthusiasm, do you? Although, if we take into account the late appearance of Yandex browser, perhaps the main idea behind its creation was not spying on the user, but an attempt to catch up and overtake the closest competitor. Maybe so. In any case, if you want no one to follow you for sure, I can recommend the Iron browser or the Tor browser. In the latter, privacy is elevated to an absolute, but this also creates inconveniences.

My settings

Yandex browser or the more popular Google chrome - the difference is minimal when it comes to settings. This is not surprising, because the engine is the same. But, as for me, in the first browser, the settings are easier to read: here the font and background are better matched. I played around a bit with the settings, while disabling all the functions that were useless to me: zen tape, background applications, sending browser usage statistics, mouse gestures, reading mode. I did not touch the "security" tab ().

About add-ons

Unlike Google chrome, Yandex browser does not have its own directory of extensions. Instead, it uses the Opera browser repository. Peculiarity Russian browser is that it is "omnivorous" in terms of extensions. You can easily install add-ons from the Google chrome store, but other browsers cannot. The same Opera refuses to install extensions from the Google catalog. And the domestic browser will also check these extensions for viruses, and for free. All this makes Yandex one of the best browsers.

5 reasons for my switch to Yandex browser

I will try to summarize everything that was said earlier, along the way, highlighting some additional features programs that I did not talk about. There are at least 5 key points, due to which I switched to the constant use of a domestic browser:

More comfortable work with text.
Beautiful and minimalistic design that does not irritate the eyes, while the information is easy to read. Transparency effect, as in some Windows applications 10.
Excellent security. Files that you download are scanned using Yandex's own anti-virus algorithms.
Quick. Compared to Google chrome, the difference in speed is minimal (almost none). But Yandex is still faster than the new Firefox. There is a "turbo" mode.
Support for extensions from 2 largest directories: Opera and Google. Extensions are scanned for viruses.

For users who often work with text, they will like one small, but useful function: subbar when selecting text. This works like this: you select any text on the page, after which two buttons "pop up" - "find in Yandex" and "copy to clipboard".

If you highlight a word on foreign language- its translation will be offered. No more right-clicking and choosing copy. If the page is in a foreign language, a translation of the entire page will be offered with the help of a Yandex translator (analogous to "google translate").

There is also a well-organized word search, which is invoked using the "Ctrl + F" key combination. The text will highlight all words that include a set of characters that you entered in the line. If you check the box, only exact matches of the typed word will be highlighted.

After a detailed study of all these facts, I no longer had to choose between browsers from Yandex and Google for a long time to answer the question - which browser is better. Good luck to you!

Instructions

Launch the browser in the usual way and enter http://www.yandex.ru in the address bar. Press the Enter key or the arrow button to the right of the address bar to go to home page Yandex. If the address bar is not displayed, configure it: right-click on the toolbar and place a marker opposite the "Navigation bar" item in context menu.

Find the inscription-link “Make Yandex your home page” at the top of the page and left-click on it. A small dialog box will open, follow the instructions contained in it: drag the Yandex icon onto the house-shaped icon on the toolbar. This is the most quick way make Yandex home page again. You can also ask for this correct parameters in settings.

Regardless of which browser you use, the principle of action will be similar, only the names of buttons and commands may differ, but they are the same in meaning. Mozilla Firefox browser is taken as an example. In the "Tools" menu, select "Options". If you do not see the menu, right-click on the toolbar and place a marker opposite the "Menu Bar" item.

After a new dialog box opens, make sure you are on the General tab. In the Launch group, enter the address of the Yandex home page in the Home page field. To confirm your actions, click on the OK button, the window will automatically close.

If you install the Yandex Bar add-on, you can go to the Yandex main page at any time, even if it is not your home page. In the right corner of the toolbar, the branded icon of the software provider will appear, which must be clicked to go. You can download Yandex Bar from the official website. Provided for each browser. So, for Mozilla Firefox you need to open the page http://bar.yandex.ru/firefox, for Internet Explorer- http://bar.yandex.ru/ie and so on.

Sources:

how to go to Yandex

The homepage creates the most important, first impression of your website. Therefore, it must be done thoughtfully and efficiently. To make the site come out exactly like this, follow some tips.

Instructions

Think over the design. The design of the home page is sometimes different from the design of other pages. It should be more original, but not tiring. Think about what elements could be dispensed with and remove them. Make sure your website logo is prominently displayed. Be sure to take care of a competent navigation system - from the main page, the user should be able to access any section of the site. If your resource has a lot of materials, do a site search. The user should be able to easily find the search on the page.

Take care of filling. What to post on the home page? This can be news from your site, or just news on the topic of the resource. It will not be superfluous to make informers of other sections. Thanks to them, the visitor, having entered the main page of the site, immediately what sections were. In addition, some headlines can attract the user, and he will stay on your site longer.

Also, the main page can contain basic information about the site. Try to keep it as short as possible, but more interesting. Submit your resource to in the best possible way... But do not splurge - you should not describe what is not on the site. Even if in the near future you are planning to do this.

Sources:

how to change the start to Yandex in 2018

A home or start page is a web page that is automatically loaded when the browser is launched. The user can always change the address of the home pages or delete it altogether.

Instructions

Start the browser in the usual way. If you are using Internet application Explorer, select in top line menu section "Service". In the drop-down menu, click on the "Internet Options" item.

A new dialog box will open, go to the General tab. In the group "Home" there is a field for the address a, from which work on the Internet will begin. in order to change home page, enter the address of the site with which you want to replace the existing one.

To open a blank page when starting the browser (not loading any site), click on the "Blank" button located below the address field. The value in the field will change. You can also enter the value about: blank yourself. Click on the "Apply" button and close the window. To check, restart the browser - depending on your choice, the reassigned or empty page.

If you are using Mozilla browser Firefox, launch it and select the "Tools" item in the top menu bar, in the context menu, click on the "Options" item. A new window will open. Go to the "General" tab in it and change the entries in the "Launch" group.

In order to open a blank page or a page with visual bookmarks(if you installed Yandex.Bar), enter about: blank in the field provided for this yourself.

To become the one that is open for you at the time of changing the settings, click on the "Use current pages" button. To select one of the bookmarked addresses as your home page, click the "Use Bookmark" button and select the desired site from the list that opens in a new window.

If none of the options suits you, copy the address of the Internet page you need and paste it into the line "Home page". After making all the changes, click on the OK button. When you start the browser again, the new settings will be applied. You can also click the house-shaped button on the toolbar to test.

Search engine battle

We'll start with the obvious. Search engines (Google / Yandex) impose their products on users, including browsers. This is so obvious that I think it is useless to try to avoid this moment and keep it quiet.

Both search engines do this in an extremely disgusting way.

When you are in Chrome and if you have entered Yandex, they will constantly tell you to make Yandex the main search, as well as offer to install the Yandex browser. But Google does the same, for example, when you go to the Google translator (translate.google), the same habits begin there too - install our products.

Few of the users will like it, but the war search engines Nobody canceled Yandex and Google for Runet, browsers in this war are the most important weapon. Whoever has a browser has a user in the search engine.

January 2010, Yandex's share of 47.6% in search. Google - 39.74% ()

January 2017, Yandex's share of 47.75% in search. Google - 46.71%

Yandex holds positions, but Google is winning confidently by squeezing out a share, although more due to other little-known search engines (Mail.ru, Rambler, Bing).

Google wins almost all over the world, and indeed national search engines are far from everywhere, but only in a few countries, but Google wins even there.

Perhaps this is due to the invariable ease of Google and the minimalistic design, perhaps Yandex went somewhere in the wrong place, having placed many of its services and other elements in the search, but my personal opinion, in terms of the quality of search in Russian, Yandex is at least as good as Google. and sometimes even surpasses.

Yandex also plays an important role for a webmaster or copywriter.

Most people check the frequency of queries by wordstat.yandex.ru, as a result, the top is checked by Yandex.

If you make an article well for Yandex, you can be sure that it will fit well under Google, it's just that links are more important in Google, and PF in Yandex.

Yandex Browser or Google Chrome: which one is better?

There is quite good comparison of Yandex and Google browsers, you can read the link, there is exactly what the technical points were compared.

Here I will give only some excerpts and theses:

Browser launch speed is almost the same;
Chrome's page loading speed is slightly faster;
Usage random access memory practically does not differ;
Browser settings are similar, but Yandex has even a little more;
Customization - Yandex Browser is slightly stronger;
Support for add-ons, Chrome is slightly better, but Yandex has built-in ones and some more from Opera;
Privacy - both browsers are likely collecting your personal data;
User protection - Yandex Browser is slightly better;
Browser Design - Yandex Browser is better customizable.

As you can see, Yandex Browser is not so bad in many ways, but in general, in general, browsers are extremely similar to each other.

Personal impressions

Today I first installed Yandex Browser after many years in Chrome and will tell you about my personal impressions. In general, they are positive-neutral.

In general, almost everything in the browser is customizable, which is nice.

But immediately and a jamb, I can not find my blog in the feed, although I was added there and it would seem, well, who needs to recommend a blog site through Zen in the first place, if not me? But no, for some reason he is not there, although before I noticed him in the tape.

This is not quite the topic, but everything is exactly strange and not good. Although there were 160 visitors from there in a month, the quality of the traffic is low, but it will go.

Visually, Yandex Browser is quite itself

I don’t like the Yandex home page, just like I don’t like the fact that they embed the news feed everywhere, but this is how Mail.Ru does it. and google on your phone. Now I have some kind of constant spam on my phone with news from Google / Android.

The ad block for Yandex browser is built-in and is already there, but Google is only planning to build it into its browser.

Site view in Yandex Browser

Compare with Google Chrome:

Site view in Google Chrome

The button "go to Yandex search" is disabled, if you want.

Well, it's clear that if you search through the address bar, different browsers will search in their search, it is as though obvious.

Also, plus one more thing, Yandex Browser will not pester people's eyes if the site does not have HTTPS, but Chrome can annoy. Google is forcing everyone to replace SSL.

All browsers are free these days, paid version Yandex Browser does not exist, but there is only a free version.

What else? Works pretty cool for Yandex smart search, which complements the request for you. Yes, even sometimes better than Google, according to my feelings. This is if you type into Yandex Browser through the address bar.

Personally, I have had a serious problem with Chrome for a long time, namely, the consumption of RAM. The computer is not the newest and even several browser tabs are already eating memory like hippos. Unfortunately, Yandex Browser is waiting the same way, since it's the same engine.

Now, if Yandex Browser had somehow solved this problem, it would have been a serious competitive advantage, but with the same engine as for Chrome, this cannot be done, and if they write on their own, it will probably work slower.

Here are some general impressions I, in general, did not notice the key and root differences, all the different ones are small in my opinion. A curious thing is mouse control, you can hold down the right button and do some actions, it is convenient.

Here are a few more arguments purely for Yandex Browser, here I will copy the answer of one person who understands this:

Protection from wap-click. it paid services that connect simply by clicking on the "Watch" or "Download" button https://habrahabr.ru/company/yandex/blog/273385/

Built-in DNScrypt technology. Encrypts requests to the DNS server, and you can choose a third-party server for this, and not your provider. https://habrahabr.ru/company/yandex/blog/280380/

Yandex Browser is the only browser for Android that supports Chrome extensions. Not all, of course, but many work. https://habrahabr.ru/company/yandex/blog/309014/

When connected to open Wi-Fi points encrypts HTTP traffic. Useful from shkolota with sniffers, bad admins and fake points. https://habrahabr.ru/company/yandex/blog/267013/

The page search takes into account the morphology of the Russian language. Useful when you know what you want to find, but don't remember the exact form of a word. https://habrahabr.ru/company/yandex/blog/198866/

Omnibox normally understands the wrong layout and is generally very different from its counterpart in Chromium. Comparison: https://yandex.ru/blog/company/80546

Much more settings for tabs than in Chromium: https://browser.yandex.ru/blog/vkladki-v-yandeks-brauzere

The Android version is able to transfer its cache to an SD card.

Extensions: Simultaneous support for both Chrome Web Store and Opera Addons. Convenient if the extension is removed from one directory.

Oh yes, I also use mouse gestures.

How to return the old design of the Yandex browser? New Yandex browser - pros and cons. Search engine battle

Appearance

Work speed

RAM consumption

Turbo mode

Privacy and security

My settings

About add-ons

5 reasons for my switch to Yandex browser

Search engine battle

Yandex Browser or Google Chrome: which one is better?

Personal impressions

Password recovery