Express panel of Yandex: installation, configuration, recommendations

"Yandex" is one of the most popular brands in Russia. This company offers users of the CIS countries a lot of adapted for local realities of services, including navigation tools, search service, music streaming service and many other services. For quick access and management by the "Yandex" team, separate applications were created for each of them. If you are among the fans of this company, then you definitely should take a look at the "Yandex" panel, which will not be difficult to install. Further we will consider in detail what extensions Yandex offers to us today.

"Yandex. Elements"

Express panel Yandex and Yandex Elements is a set of applications that allows you to organize comfortable work with all company services in the environment of any modern browser.

All extensions are tracing with add-ons built into the "Yandex. Browser". In fact, the "Yandex" panel and elements are a set for the transformation of Chrome and Firefox into "Yandex. Browser." Considering the fact that Yandex is a company, like Google, earning on services and advertising, this is exactly what they need.

Installation

In order to start working with these tools, it is enough to visit the official page "Yandex. Elements. " The site has links for all available services, there is also "Yandex-panel", which you can install by downloading the appropriate extension for your browser. At the moment, all modern browsers are supported, including Firefox, Opera and Chrome (including browsers based on it). Edge did not enter this list, since at the current stage of its development it does not support extensions at all.

The Yandex bookmark bar

The first thing that the user will see after installing the extension is a modified start page. On it are often visited or fixed by the user sites, information about the weather and the exchange rate. Also at the bottom are links to go to the recently closed tabs, the downloads panel, bookmarks and browser history. The most important part of this page is the smart search string, which can answer the query even before moving to the search page. In practice, this means that if you are looking for weather in a certain city, you will see the result directly in the search bar, the same concerns the exchange rates and mathematical calculations (in fact, we have a calculator and converter built into the search). Or if you are looking for some famous person, place, movie, then the clever search string will immediately redirect you to a page in Wikipedia or answer a simple question yourself (for example, the question of how long it takes to cook pelmeni).

The panel is a customizable page (the "Settings" button in the lower right corner), the user has the right to choose how many sites will be displayed on the page (up to 25 pieces), you can add your sites to the Yandex panel, you can change the background (images from the collection are offered, But you can download your own). Also in the settings you can enable or disable access to the geolocation data and disable the search string.

Separately, we should talk about the express-panel "Yandex" in the browser Opera. Its functionality and appearance are different from those in Chrome and Firefox. The fact is that in some versions of this browser already has a built-in bookmarks bar. "Yandex" also offers to expand its capabilities by adding interactive pages with services. For example, directly on the start page, weather or information about traffic jams will be displayed, the user will not even have to visit the relevant pages, and quick links to the main, popular Yandex services will also appear. In new versions of the browser (built on the basis of Chromium), the panel works the same as in Chrome.

Additional Items

The Yandex panel, in addition to the changes to the start page described above, offers much more. This is a whole set of tools for working with the company's services. This is a kind of taskbar "Yandex", which organizes quick access to mail, disk, music player, weather and traffic data, and other services. To work with them you must have an account.

"Yandex Mail"

After you install the "Yandex" panel, in the top line of your browser, in addition to the usual interface elements, a mail icon will appear, after clicking on which you will see a window with the last received messages. Unfortunately, you will not be able to work with mail in this way, you can only find out the sender, the topic and see a small preview of the contents of the letter. To read the letter and send a reply, you will have to go to the site of the service.

"Yandex.Disk"

With this widget you can access the files stored in your cloud. Saved on "Yandex.Disk" files will be presented in the form of a small list. From here you can manage them, download to your computer or share (generate a link to download the file).

"Yandex.Pogoda"

Despite the fact that the weather widget is on the Yandex express panel, it can also be added to the taskbar, where you can view a more detailed forecast for the whole day, and not just the current temperature outside the window. In order to see the weather forecast for the next ten days, you will have to go to the site of the service.

"Yandex.Music"

Instant access to the free player "Yandeks.Muzyka." This widget allows you to play, stop and switch tracks without visiting the service page. To operate the widget, you need a functioning Yandex.Music account with a full library.

Translations

This small, but useful tool will become a real wand-wand for those who are on you with English and other foreign languages. Unlike the above widgets, which take place in the toolbar, this element is integrated into the context menu, which is called by the right mouse button, and allows you to translate the selected text without unnecessary gestures.

Advisor

This extension will help those who love Internet shopping. When you view certain products in the Runet, if you have those in the Yandex.Market service, the adviser will find the most favorable offers with the opportunity to purchase in your area.

Security

The security tool on the network closes the extension line. This widget is equipped with a database of websites that are checked for viruses, scams and phishing (theft of logins and passwords). Once you try to go through a dangerous link, the extension will give out a notification and will not allow this to happen. Moreover, each website in the SERP will be evaluated by this tool and will receive one of three labels:

• Green (safe);
• Yellow (small risk);
• Red (unsafe).

In fact, the solution is not new, Yandex has nothing to do with it, it's just slightly modified Web of Trust package, which is being distributed in Russia by the company's forces.

conclusions

If you are a fan of Yandex services or just want to get quick access to some functions, the Yandex panel with a set of extensions will be an excellent solution that will save your time and allow you to continue working comfortably in the network without being distracted by all sorts of trivia Switch the track or view the weather for a day. In addition, the supplement can improve the safety of surfing and help with work on foreign resources. In general, the "Yandex" panel is the most simple and functional way to give your browser new features.