Visual bookmarks can be installed in all of today's most popular browsers. This is a very useful and necessary addition for the browser. They are saved in case of reinstallation operating system, they can be synchronized between browsers. All this makes bookmarks convenient and practical for those who like to travel on the Internet.
Working with bookmarks can significantly save time when moving from one page to another. If you like a site, you bookmark it. Then you can come back after some time. Gradually, a lot of such bookmarks accumulate, and it is difficult to remember what site you saved a month ago. Bookmark bars do not help the situation much, as they take up space in the browser. Visual bookmarks, unlike text ones, are more informative - these are small snapshots of sites. They can be sorted and placed into groups by topic. The very first browser that started using bookmarks was Opera. They were called Speed Dials. Users liked them so much that they began to be implemented in other browsers. To bring up the bookmarks bar in Google Chrom and Opera, simply click on the “+” sign at the end of the tab bar and the Quick Bar will appear. You don't have to install add-ons or make settings. Bookmarks can be deleted, moved, added. IN latest versions Chrom bookmarks began to “remember” visited sites themselves. This is not always convenient and not everyone likes it. Therefore, it is better to install the Speed Dial add-on to manage bookmarks. To do this, type https://chrome.google.com/webstore in the address bar, enter the name of the add-on “Speed Dial” in the search bar, press “Enter”. Then select it in the list that opens, click the blue “Install (Free)” button. Confirm the action – “Add”. Once the installation is complete, click the add new tab button after the most recent one. A window will open with twelve blank bookmarks. Select the first one, enter the address of the desired site and its name, save the result. So edit the required number of visual bookmarks. In the Speed Dial 2 version, you can add a site logo to the bookmark, selecting it from the standard ones, or specifying your own. A beautiful logo can be found. Unlike Google Chrom and Opera, Firefox does not yet have built-in visual bookmarks. Therefore, you need to install the add-on. The most neutral option is also Speed Dial. Download the add-on from addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/addon/speed-dial/. The page will load, on which click “+ Add to Firefox”. The add-on is small in size and will install quickly. Confirm the installation by clicking the "Download Now" button. Restart Firefox. In the initial setup window, check the boxes where necessary. Edit empty bookmarks as described for Google Chrome.In addition to bookmarks from Yandex, using the Motix service you can create convenient
visual bookmarks
. The service has many advantages: an unlimited number of bookmarks, they can be opened on any computer, just type motix.ru in the address bar, enter your login and password. Bookmarks are sorted by the user into categories to restore complete order on the computer.
Are you constantly confused by bookmarks in search of the right web resource? Place the most visited sites on the browser start page - this will make surfing much easier. You can do this using the Visual Bookmarks add-on from Yandex.
Visual bookmarks from Yandex compare favorably with competitors thanks to:
- Easy to install and configure;
- They do not load the browser with additional advertising;
- The design is thought out to the smallest detail;
- Ability to import/export your own bookmarks directly into the panel.
Installation methods
There are two ways to install Visual Bookmarks in Chrome, Mozilla, and Opera browsers:
- Download a special extension from the store, for example, chrome.google.com/webstore or addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox.
- Install Yandex elements from the page element.yandex.ru.
In the Yandex browser, bookmarks, like , are part of it; you just need to enable them in the settings.
Enable bookmarks in Yandex Browser
1. By default, bookmarks are already enabled and appear in a new tab. If they are not there, go to settings.
2. Enable the items shown in the screenshot and restart the browser.
3. Switch to the “Scoreboard” section and the coveted “tiles” will appear in front of you.
Custom Settings
You can add the site you need or rearrange the list by clicking on the inscription “Customize screen”.
To make changes, use the buttons indicated in the figure and at the end, confirm by clicking on “Done”.
Visual bookmarks for FireFox and Chrome
As mentioned above, there are two options for installing Visual Bookmarks in third-party browsers.
Installation and configuration will be carried out in Mozilla, believe me, the differences from Google Chrome are minimal and you can easily repeat all the steps.
Special extension
1. The first method is to install a special extension for Mozilla. Download and activate it from the link - addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/addon/yandex-visual-bookmarks/, from official store additions.
2. Open a new tab - the bookmarks should already appear. Go to settings and adjust the number of addresses displayed and their appearance.
3. You can sort the “tiles” to your liking by simply dragging them across the screen. To change or delete an address, hover your mouse over it and wait until the settings icons appear.
Element.yandex.ru
1. The website element.yandex.ru was created so that users do not bother themselves with long searches for the desired extension in stores - just press one button.
The setup is no different from the procedure described above.
How to remove visual bookmarks
As you may have already understood, you cannot delete bookmarks from them - you can only hide them by doing all the steps in reverse order.
To remove it from Chrome and FireFox, go to the add-ons section and delete the “Visual Bookmarks” extension.
How to restore bookmarks
When you change browser or move to new computer, there is a need to transfer and restore previously added bookmarks.
You can restore them only if you have a previously saved data file. The method for obtaining it depends on the browser used, which we will discuss below.
Yandex browser
1. To save all data in the Yandex browser, go to the bookmark manager.
2. By clicking on the “Arrange” inscription, select “Export all bookmarks to an HTML file”.
3. Save the file in a safe place, and if you need to restore, do the same steps, selecting “Copy bookmarks from HTML file” at the end.
Visual bookmarks
Saving bookmarks using the Visual Bookmarks add-on is no different in other browsers.
1. Going to the add-on settings, select “Save to file”.
2. To restore – “Load from file”.
To summarize today's review, it should be emphasized that the add-on in question makes surfing the Internet much easier. Installation and configuration does not cause any special problems for users, apparently the experience of Yandex employees has affected it.
And most importantly, visual bookmarks are absolutely free and do not pose a threat to your computer.
It’s worth installing Yandex visual bookmarks just because they make it much easier to navigate through the resources you visit. Opera has long had an Express panel, but other popular Internet browsers do not have this installed. Therefore, downloading this application is completely justified. The lotion can be installed on Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.
What are visual bookmarks?
Did you like the site? Make a bookmark out of it and you can return to it after a week, a month, a year. Now every browser has this feature because it is really convenient. However, bookmarks tend to accumulate and often their number reaches hundreds. Therefore, browser manufacturers have created visual bookmarks, which, unlike the “thieves” of the workspace, are small images of sites that you like.
Installing visual bookmarks for Yandex
Previously, this application came bundled with a bulky Bar. However, now you can download and install it without other unnecessary bells and whistles. So, first, download the installation file “Yandex Visual Bookmarks”, and then launch it. You will be prompted to install a new Yandex browser, but you don’t have to do this. Then, what’s nice, you will have the opportunity to disable all additional and often unnecessary options (default search, make the Yandex page home, sending anonymous statistics). Having completed all the necessary steps, the browser will restart and open a blank page with empty windows, where Yandex visual bookmarks will soon appear.
Working with the application
As soon as you move the mouse cursor over an empty rectangle, a “+” sign will appear on it. You can create it by clicking on it. You can select visual Yandex bookmarks from recently opened pages or simply enter the desired link and the name of the future bookmark in the required fields. When you hover over the created tabs, you will see a control panel with four main buttons (delete a bookmark, change settings or update a site screenshot). Yandex visual bookmarks can be freely dragged to any place you like, which allows you to sort sites in the desired sequence.
Bookmark settings
At the very bottom of your browser's home page there is a "Settings" button. With its help you can change the panels with bookmarks. For example, you can change the number of rectangles, adjust the refresh rate of screenshots, and add a background.
Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox
This version of the application allows you not only to manually add your favorite sites to bookmarks, but now it can insert screenshots of the most visited Internet resources into the panel. If you are not satisfied with this state of affairs and you want the most necessary bookmarks to remain in place, then move the mouse cursor over the selected one and use the corresponding icon to pin the bookmark in place. The gear-shaped button is necessary to change the site address. Now you know all the intricacies of visual bookmarks, from installing them to customizing their appearance. We wish you good luck in your work!
Hello, dear readers of the blog site. The Yandex bar, which I once wrote about in some detail, has ceased to exist. It had quite a few useful options and it had every right to exist. But not everything is so sad, in fact, something simple happened.
The panel has become more compact, lighter and less intrusive, but the essence remains the same, especially since the bar can be easily updated with elements. A similar situation with renaming occurs with other Internet giants, for example, which did not deserve much good reputation free mail service.
Personally, I liked the bar most of all for such an option as visual bookmarks, which Yandex added to Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer for easy navigation through the resources you most visit. By the way, I recently found a worthy alternative - which is in many ways superior to the brainchild of Yandex.
On the way to your cherished goal, they will try to intercept you and persuade you to do so, but you are persistent and will not succumb to provocation, although I really liked him in his current incarnation.
Set visual bookmarks will be no more difficult than any other window application. The only thing is that at the first step of the installation wizard you will be asked (which is nice) to disable all additional gadgets, namely the default search, and, what’s especially nice, you can disable the spy module, which collects data for the RuNet mirror about which sites we need What do you like and what don't:
It is clear that search engine we need this data to build more relevant results, but not everyone likes being spied on, even with good intentions. Next, the installer will reconfigure your browser and it will start with a new (blank) page open:
The screenshot shows the appearance of the page with Yandex bookmarks for Google Chrome and I like them the most, because they practically duplicate the Opera Express panel, to which I am very accustomed.
When you move the mouse cursor to an empty rectangle, a “+” sign will appear on it, by clicking on which you will be able to create a new tab based on pages previously opened in the browser or simply by entering the desired URL and the name of the future bookmark in the appropriate fields:
Then you can freely drag it with the mouse to any convenient place, which easily allows you to sort the sites you need in the sequence you need. In addition, when you move the mouse cursor to any of the created tabs at the top of it, you will see a control panel with four buttons:
Using them, you can delete a bookmark, update the screenshot of the bookmarked site, change something in the settings (assign a different URL, change the name or set a different screenshot update period), and also hide it. I didn’t understand what the last option could be used for, because in the place of the hidden tab there still remains a hole, and if you move the cursor to it, it will appear.
At the bottom of the page with visual tabs Yandex in Google Chrome has a “Settings” button, which will allow you to change the appearance of the panel to suit your preferences (change the possible number of rectangles, add a background and set the refresh period for screenshots).
Visual tabs for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer
For Mozilla Firefox and Internet explorer they look the same and you can download them all from the same link:
But, in my opinion, the new version of Firefox bookmarks from Yandex is significantly inferior in convenience to the tabs for Google Chrome described just above. This matter looks somehow more clumsy and stupid, despite the fact that old version for Firefox it did not have such shortcomings (the best is the enemy of the good). Although, the taste and color... Moreover, with old bookmarks.
The image of the tab is now not a screenshot of the site being laid, but some of its logo, which most often represents the name taken from this very site. The color scheme of the tabs is also selected based on the shades available on the site:
The new version of visual bookmarks for Mazila Firefox bears the proud number 2.5 and allows you not only to manually add new sites, but also inserts your most frequently visited resources into the panel. Is it convenient? Personally, I don't, but maybe you'll like it. The advantage is that immediately after installing tabs in Firefox and IE, you will see the Yandex panel filled with the sites you most frequently visited before.
When you move the mouse cursor over any of them, you can pin it using the corresponding icon. Why is this necessary? Well, so that when more popular resources invade, this particular tab would remain in place:
The gear-shaped button is used to change the site to which this tab will lead:
In the new version of the express panel for Mazila and Donkey, I did not understand how they can be moved and sorted. Dragging with the mouse does not solve this problem. To add new tabs to the sites you need, just click on the “Settings” button in the lower right corner.
As a result, a window will open where you can set the number of bookmarks in the panel and change the background image. If you click on the “Advanced options” button, you can also disable the spyware module by unchecking the corresponding box.
But all the same, the new versions of visual bookmarks for Mazila and IE left a purely negative impression (perhaps I didn’t understand or get into something), so I don’t use them yet, but the version of Yandex tabs for Google Chrome, on the contrary, makes me sad only positive emotions. Probably different developers worked on them. If you want to return to the past, then use the link given just above to version 1.5).
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Google Chrome is a cool browser. Convenient, fast, secure. And most importantly: it’s easy to customize. And if you don’t like something, you can easily change it. For example, set visual bookmarks. Like in Yandex Browser or Opera. But at the same time – with flexible settings. As a result, you will have all your favorite sites before your eyes, and you will easily find the one you need (even if there are 20 or more of them).
The most popular option for Chrome is Yandex visual bookmarks
The main advantages of this extension:
- Ability to add up to 25 bookmarks.
- Flexible setup. You can change the appearance of bookmarks, background, show/hide the search bar, Zen feed, etc.
- Data backup. Saving all quick links in 1 click in case of browser reinstallation.
How to install it? First, you need to download visual bookmarks for Google Chrome. For this:
In my case, Google Chrome for some reason did not find the extension from Yandex, so I had to look for it through a search engine. If you have the same situation, then to save time, immediately follow this link and click the “Install” button.
Then open a new tab. You should have something like the following picture:
Pretty cute, right? And if you don’t like something, you can always customize visual bookmarks to suit you. To do this, click on the “Settings” line.
A small window will appear on the right where you can select:
- number of bookmarks (from 1 to 25);
- their appearance;
- background of visual bookmarks (you can set any image, check the “Change every day” checkbox or click the “Upload background” button and select your picture).
Here you can display or hide the search bar, bookmarks bar, information panel (weather and dollar exchange rate), as well as the Zen feed. And at the bottom of this window there are 2 buttons for backup (export and import).
By default, the sites that you need may not be displayed here. To remove an extra one, hover your mouse cursor over it and click on the cross.
If you want to edit the site address or its name, click on the gear icon, and then on the “Edit Description” button (changes are saved by pressing the Enter key).
You can also click on the “Add Bookmark” line and enter the URL of any site.
Now visual bookmarks in Google Chrome will look completely different - the way you wanted.
By the way, pay attention - there are 4 quick links on the left:
- closed tabs;
- downloads;
- bookmarks;
- story.
You can also use them, since it’s convenient (you don’t need to go into the settings every time to open your download or visit history).
Another extension of visual bookmarks - from Meil.ru
Compared to the option from Yandex, it (link) is quite simple, since there are no settings here. But perhaps you just need something simple.
In total, you can add 9 sites here. To do this, simply click on the plus sign and select the desired page or enter its URL.
There is also an “Applications” tab, which displays quick links to Google Drive, Youtube, Gmail and other services.
Speed Dial 2
And the third extension of visual bookmarks for Google Chrome is Speed Dial 2. This is probably the most powerful and flexible tool for customizing a page for yourself. New sites can be added easily by clicking on the plus sign.
After this, a window will appear where you can add popular sites (like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter) or your own. In this case, for each bookmark you can add your own picture by specifying its URL or uploading a file from your computer.
As for the settings, they are simple great amount. This is what the general settings look like, where you can specify the number of columns, their width and spacing.
Below are the “Themes” buttons (for choosing a background) and “Advanced options”, where you can change the visual bookmarks to your taste.
Initially, all sites are displayed without a picture (thumbnail), but this is easy to fix. Right-click on any of them and select “Reload Sketch”.
How to delete bookmarks?
If you don’t need some extension or Google Chrome has become glitchy and slow, you can delete visual bookmarks. To do this, go to “Extensions”, find the one you need and uncheck the “Enabled” box. Or click on the trash icon if you will no longer use it at all.
Instead of a conclusion
Personally, I like the visual bookmarks from Yandex most of all: simple, stylish, 25 bookmarks are more than enough, and Google Chrome works great. What more do you need, right?
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