Install Yandex visual bookmarks. A worthy replacement for old and new Yandex visual bookmarks for Google Chrome

The article describes how to install and use Yandex visual bookmarks for various browsers.

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For more convenient work with browsers and the Internet, special visual bookmarks. It's no secret that bookmarks are saved links that we will need in the future, and which we can easily navigate to with one click.

Visual bookmarks, in turn, are the same links, but outwardly they look like small pictures with an image that you can choose yourself, for example, a logo “ VK", if the link leads to the site " In contact with" These visual bookmarks are usually located in each new browser tab.

Visual bookmarks from the company " Yandex» have great popularity and are suitable for different browsers, which is one of their advantages. IN this review we will talk about visual bookmarks " Yandex» for browsers « Yandex.Browser», « Google Chrome", "M Ozilla Firefox"and how to use them: download, install, export, restore, save, delete.

But it is worth noting that visual bookmarks " Yandex" for all browsers are almost identical in functionality, so the instructions for " Google Chrome" will be exactly the same as the instructions for " Mozilla Firefox", and about " Yandex.Browser"We'll talk separately.

How to install and use Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox?

To set visual bookmarks in " Mozilla Firefox" (or in " Google Chrome") use these instructions:

Follow this link, scroll down the page and click on " Install»

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Next, in the window that opens, click on “ Allow", ignoring the message that " Mozilla" blocks this installation.

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Next, click on “ Install»

That's all. The installation of the extension for visual bookmarks in “ Mozilla Firefox» completed. Now let's move on to the question of how to use these bookmarks. To do this, read one more instruction:

In a new browser tab you will see the visual bookmarks themselves, as well as the search engine (from " Yandex") above them.

Next we will figure out how to work with all this. Press " Add a bookmark" With this action you will save the link you need.

A window will open, at the top of which you can add any link that you would like to save and access in the future.

After that, in visual bookmarks you will see this saved link as one new visual bookmark, as shown in the screenshot.

But that is not all. Please note that if you move the mouse cursor over any of the visual bookmarks, icons will be activated in the upper right part, each with its own function.

If you click on the gear icon, the settings window for this visual bookmark will open. Here you can change the tab address.

If you click on the cross icon, you will delete the visual tab forever.

Let us now explain the meaning of the open lock icon. The fact is that you can swap bookmarks and drag them wherever you want in the list of all bookmarks. To do this, simply click on the bookmark with the mouse, hold the button and drag the bookmark. If you want the bookmark to be fixed and never change its position, then click on the open lock icon (the lock will close).

By the way, it is worth mentioning that above the search engine line you can see the dollar exchange rate, the weather forecast and even the state of traffic jams on the streets.

Now let's look at the extension settings. At the bottom right of your visual bookmarks you will see a button Settings" Click on it.

You will be taken to the settings window. There are quite a lot of settings for visual bookmarks, so we will give some of them as an example, so that you can clearly understand the issue. For example, go to the section " Bookmarks" In these settings you can change the number of bookmarks on the visual bookmarks page. You can also change here appearance bookmarks.

A little lower you can change the background of the visual bookmarks. Here your imagination can run wild, select any photo from your computer and upload it.

Below you will see a whole range of settings. Here you can, for example, remove the search bar from visual bookmarks or set it back. You can also remove or add the information panel and the bookmarks bar itself.

As for the remaining settings (export bookmarks, import bookmarks and many others), they are as easy to understand as the settings described above. You can remove the visual settings add-on from the browser in the same way as any other add-on " Mozilla Firefox».

Visual bookmarks in Yandex.Browser

We have already said that instructions for installing and using visual bookmarks " Yandex» are the same in other browsers. It is worth adding that in “ Yandex.Browser"no need to install visual bookmarks" Yandex", since they are already built into this browser by default. Differences in visual bookmarks " Yandex.Browser"from, for example, the same bookmarks in " Google Chrome"will be insignificant. Let's talk about it.

This is what similar bookmarks look like in “ Google Chrome»:

And this is what they look like in " Yandex.Browser»:

As we can see, the differences are small and are as follows:

In other browsers, the add-on has a native toolbar (bookmarks, address bar, extension icons), and in “ Yandex.Browser"It changes in every new open tab.
Visual bookmark search engine « Yandex.Browser» also acts as an address bar
Additions in the form of weather forecast, dollar exchange rate and traffic jams in " Yandex.Browser" are not available by default, they can be set in the settings as desired.
Visual bookmark settings « Yandex.Browser» differ from similar ones in other browsers
Many buttons (" Downloads», « Applications», « Bookmarks") in the visual bookmarks of Yandex.Browser will be located in a different place.

Video: Visual bookmarks for Google Chrome: bookmarks for Chrome

Video: Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox

Video: Visual bookmarks of Yandex Browser

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.

These “tiles” look more than attractive.

Visual bookmarks - what are they?

Visual bookmarks are a list of your bookmarks in the browser, displayed as organized icons on the start page and in a new browser tab. The maximum number of links that can be placed is 25, which is quite enough for comfortable access to the most visited resources.

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.

Hello, dear readers of the blog site! The rapid development of information technology in general and the Internet in particular creates the preconditions for the emergence of various useful features for users and webmasters. Yandex Bar, which has now been renamed Yandex Elements, became such a popular addition to the RuNet mirror.

One of the parts of the functionality of the previous Bar was Visual Bookmarks, which are now separated into a separate extension. In my opinion, this greatly enriches the choice, since now there is no need to install the entire panel of the same Elements, most of whose functionality may never be useful if you can simply download Visual Bookmarks as a separate line. Below we will look at how to install this add-on in . In addition, there is such an addition as .

How to download and install Yandex bookmarks for Chrome, Mazila and Internet Explorer

For those who don't know, just in case I'll say that Visual bookmarks is an add-on for browsers that allows you to navigate to the desired pages in one click. Quite a useful option, considering the value of time in our fast-paced age. You can download this add-on for any of the above-mentioned web browsers from this page, owned by Yandex:

Keep in mind that the application will be downloaded specifically for the browser in which it is opened. this page loading, which, however, is quite natural. Some of you are probably wondering why the Opera web browser, which is also one of the TOP best (especially in RuNet), is not mentioned in this regard. The fact is that the initially built-in one is a complete analogue of Visual Bookmarks, so this extension is not relevant for this browser.

Installing an extension for any browser - be it , (here everything is even simpler - after downloading you will be immediately prompted to install VZ as an extension) or - should not cause any difficulties. After downloading the launch file, activate it by double-clicking and install the application in normal mode. At the beginning of the installation, you will be asked to make Yandex the start page, set Yandex search as the default and allow you to use data about your preferences when acting on the Internet. However, all these options can be canceled later.

The last point is considered by many to be almost spy monitoring. Well, this opinion can be understood, since all this can be presented as a restriction of personal confidentiality. I am calm about this, since the data is used in an anonymous form, and the information is collected for a reason, but to improve the relevance of the search results. Moreover, the user is given a choice, and no one forbids him to refuse this function in the future.

After that, click the “Next” button and install the tabs as a regular application. For example, after installing and restarting your browser, Google Chrome will notify you that a new extension has appeared in the form of orange stripes of the “Tools” icon in the right corner of the web browser window:

By clicking on the line indicating the presence of a newly installed application, you will be taken to the “Extensions” section, where you can enable Visual Bookmarks for Google Chrome by checking the “Enable” option:

In Mozilla Firefox, as I noted above, downloading and installing tabs from Yandex is even easier and faster, as a result, the presence of the extension can be checked by following the path “Tools” → “Add-ons” → “Extensions”, where you can disable or even remove Bookmarks from Yandex.

Bookmarks for Internet Explorer ( latest versions) After the standard download and installation, you can manage (turn it on and off) if you select the “Configure add-ons” line from the “Service” section located in the top menu or command line and mark the desired line in the “Toolbars and extensions” section. You can then enable or disable the add-in by clicking on the corresponding button.

How to set up Visual Bookmarks for Chrome, Mozilla and Explorer

Well, now let’s look at the tab settings for all browsers. By opening any browser and installing the Yandex extension there, let’s see what editing options are available to us. Once activated, visual tabs will display the sites you visit most, whether in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer:

Of course, the generated website logos only appear if you open a blank page in the browser. If you move the cursor to one of the empty rectangles, a “+” icon will appear, which indicates the possibility of creating a new visual tab. The next time you click on the plus sign, a form will appear where you need to enter data characterizing the future tab:

We write the site URL in the appropriate lines, taking the address from the list of the most visited resources and the name of the newly created tab. Subsequently, you can perform some manipulations with the created visual bookmark, which I will discuss below.

Here you can change the number used per page visual tabs, moving the corresponding slider left and right (maximum number is 25), change the background, including adding to the set of background images by uploading your image (the “Upload” button). If you use the “Other options” button, you will be able, for example, to disable the collection of statistics on your preferences when using a web browser in favor of Yandex by unchecking the box. Remember at the beginning of the article when installing the extension I mentioned this?

Among other things, you can decide whether the search bar and bookmarks bar will be displayed. And finally, when the cursor approaches an existing picture, a panel consisting of three icons will appear:

The “Customize” gear icon allows you to insert another one from the list of other bookmarks located below in place of an existing tab, or by inserting a URL and a description of the site corresponding to a given address, just as I described above inserting a tab into an empty space. An icon in the form of a “Pin” button indicates an action after which this place will be assigned to the logo of this site. Well, I think it’s unnecessary to explain the purpose of the “Delete” symbol. At the end there is a small 4D show:

The Google Chrome browser is excellent in many respects: speed, ease of use, security, extensibility and many others. But the developers didn’t think through visual bookmarks or didn’t really want it.

By default, Chrome has regular bookmarks, which can also be placed in a row under the address bar, and some sort of visual bookmarks that appear in a new tab. These bookmarks display the most recently visited pages and cannot be influenced in any way. The good thing about Chrome is that any of its shortcomings can be eliminated with the help of additional extensions. I first saw visual bookmarks in the Opera browser. When they were born, it was something new and quickly became fashionable.

How to install an extension in Google Chrome

To install visual bookmarks in Chrome, you just need to install your favorite extension or use a cloud service. Installing different extensions is no different from each other. The general algorithm of actions is as follows:

These are the most normal, in my opinion, bookmarks. To install them, follow the link and click the “Install” button.

If the link does not work, then you need to install Yandex Elements. To check the operation of visual bookmarks, open a new tab in the browser:

By default, there will only be bookmarks with Yandex links and some of the latest ones. To add a new site, click the “Add Bookmark” button. You can select one of your recently visited sites or enter your own link and name. Managing bookmarks is very simple: you can rearrange them by dragging them with the mouse, change links and names, hide and delete. When you hover your cursor over the bookmark icon, menu icons appear with which you can do all these actions.

Let's click on the "Settings" button in the lower right corner and see what's there.

We can select the number of visible bookmark icons, the maximum number is 25 bookmarks, which should be enough for any purpose.
You can choose a ready-made page background or upload your own picture, and also mark the background to change every day :)
Using the “Bookmarks Bar” checkbox, you can show or hide the display of regular bookmarks at the top of the window. In my case, they are already displayed using the standard features of Google Chrome, so I disabled them, and they look ridiculous without icons
Search bar: for quick search in Yandex
Contextual suggestions: Yandex advertising, I think it’s worth turning off :)
Show information panel: weather, traffic jams, dollar exchange rate
Show Zen feed in new tab personal recommendations: You will immediately see the latest articles on your interests in Zen

Advantages and disadvantages of cloud bookmarks

There are a lot of online services, opening the main page of which you see visual bookmarks. Simply put, everything is stored on a remote server - in the cloud. The advantage is obvious: no matter where you are, no matter what browser you use, on a computer or tablet, on Windows or MacOS, you can always go to your cloud and use saved links.

For example, at work you have a corporate Internet Explorer or any other browser installed. Not an easy time working day There are several interesting links that you need to open at home in Google Chrome. In such a situation it will no longer help. Now you can save your bookmarks in the cloud, which is accessible from anywhere there is an Internet connection.

The only disadvantages are the need for registration and the possible loss of all links if the service disappears. But if bookmark data is stored on a computer, then the risk of losing it is even higher. There is also the inconvenience of adding new bookmarks, because... I had to manually copy the links and add them to the piggy bank. But there are services that offer an additional browser extension, for example the excellent and free manager Atavi bookmarks.

In principle, the same Yandex bookmarks are an interweaving of the cloud and extensions for Chrome, but they can work completely autonomously, and purely cloud ones always require the Internet. Perhaps, Yandex loses only in that on different computers you will have to log in under your Yandex name, which is unsafe, and it no longer opens in all countries, and the functionality of visual bookmarks is a matter of taste.

Installing the Atavi extension

To begin, go to the site using the button, go through a small setup wizard and register by entering your username and password. Nothing else is required, you don’t even need to confirm your registration from the letter.

Agree to grant rights to the extension using the “Add” button. The home page will be changed to atavi.com and a notification will be issued. Video:

Basic techniques for working with bookmarks

Everything is as simple as two or two. The home page displays the initial page of visual bookmarks. You can also create your own groups and switch between them using the tabs at the bottom of the window. In my example there are three tabs: “Initial”, “Latest” and the “Currency” I created.

To add new bookmark Click on the empty space with a large plus sign, enter the address, name and select the group:

Or simply right-click on the page of any site that we want to save and select “Send to bookmarks on Atavi” from the context menu

The new element will appear on the home page. To delete a bookmark or change data, you need to click the cross or gear that will appear at the bottom right if you hover the mouse over the element

You can also move links between groups by simply dragging them with the mouse onto the desired group tab. You can also add a new bookmark using the Atavi icon in the browser address bar, in this case you can immediately change the name and group

To create or change a group, use the gear button at the bottom right of the Atavi window. By default, clicking on a group tab takes you to it, but in edit mode it becomes possible to change the group name. To complete editing, you need to click on the gear again and select “Finish”.

Share bookmarks with friends

Export, backup, import

Any service that respects its users, of course, has a function to export all links, just in case. Here this function is in general settings:

Everything is saved in a convenient HTML format, i.e. as a simple page that opens in the browser, and all links are clickable:

In the settings you can also change the appearance or switch to a shortened mobile version. And if you uncheck “Include groups”, then all bookmarks from all groups will fit on one page.

The developers have gone even further and propose making their usual bookmarks visual, i.e. import from the browser into your Atavi account. To use this function, you need to export regular Chrome bookmarks to HTML and import them using the “Import” function of the same name in the Atavi settings. Or install the extension, it will do everything itself.

I think it’s already clear that if the browser extension is not installed, then just go to atavi.com and log in, you will see all your bookmarks. This can be done on phones and tablets, but there are apps for them too.

I completely switched to Atavi and I advise you. I liked the intuitive interface, fast operating speed, and the ability to add bookmarks from the address bar. Of course, the main focus is on integration with Google Chrome, but it can also be used, be it Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer.

Veteran of visual bookmarks - Speed Dial 2

This tool allows you to completely customize the appearance and style of bookmarks, import the most visited sites, view statistics, export your settings and something else.

Now let's open a new tab to see how the extension works. When you first start, you will be asked to go through an introductory tour, or skip this step. I advise you to look through it quickly so that there are no questions later. Next, a wizard will launch to add your most visited sites to bookmarks.

For the first time, added bookmarks are displayed without a thumbnail image, and I didn't like it. To add a picture, you need to go to the bookmark once or click “Create a sketch”. Speed Dial settings are called up from the menu by right-clicking on an empty space. There are a lot of settings, we’ll look at the main ones here, and watch the video for the rest.

In the main settings we can:

Select the number of columns with bookmarks (default 5)
Distance between bookmark thumbnails, in pixels
Bookmark ordering method: manually by dragging and dropping or automatically by number of visits
Center vertically so that the bookmarks bar is in the middle of the screen
Specify how often to update the preview

The Speed Dial 2 extension has a sidebar that appears when you move your mouse to the right edge of the window. There are all the regular and recent closed bookmarks. You can also select or upload a background image. Another interesting feature is synchronization with the Delicious social bookmarking service.

How to disable and remove old extensions

After searching and experimenting, you may end up with several unnecessary extensions that will . To disable an unnecessary extension, go to “Menu -> Additional tools-> Extensions”, find the add-on and uncheck “Enabled”

And to delete it completely (the settings are not saved!) you need to click on the trash can and agree to the deletion.

Popular browser Google Chrome, search system which has many capabilities: installing extensions, changing the visual design and working with various additional applications are only a small part of its functions.

Installing an app from the Chrome Web Store

Google Chrome offers many options for customizing functionality. Various applications and extensions can adapt the browser to the specific needs of the user.

Let's look at installing an additional application using the simple Polarr graphic editor as an example.

Advice!Installing Google Chrome extensionsoccurs using the Chrome Web Store. To open it, you need to press the Chrome main menu button (the button with three stripes, which is located to the right of the address bar).

In the tab that opens, you need the “Extensions” item, in which there will be a link “More extensions”. Clicking on it opens the online store directly.

The store page contains a feed of the latest and most popular applications. On the left side there is an advanced search menu.

Search Google Chrome by content title.
Selecting the content type.
Select a content category (developer tools, games, utility applications, etc.).
Filter by capabilities and application sources.
Filter by content rating.

In the search query line, you must enter the name of the application you are interested in, set up filters and press “Enter”.

Search results will appear in the central part of the page. In it you need to select the desired result. By clicking, a message will open in which you need to click “Add”. The add-on added in this way can be found in the browser toolbar.

To call it, all you have to do is open the toolbar (the button with nine squares in a new tab) and click on the thumbnail of the installed application. If desired, you can make the page with additional services home in the browser settings.

Creating bookmarks

Everyone who uses the Internet certainly has several pages that need quick access. It is to fulfill these needs that the browser provides the ability to create page bookmarks.

To remember a specific page, you need to open the desired page and click on the menu button located to the right of the address bar. In the drop-down list, you will need to hover over the “Bookmarks” line.

In the second level of the list you need to click on the item “Add page to bookmarks...”. The Ctrl+D key combination is also used for the same purposes.

A form will appear below the address bar indicating that your favorites have been successfully added. Here you can select a folder to save the bookmark. If you do not specify a destination, the page will be saved in the “Others” folder.

If you set the destination to “Bookmarks Bar,” it will appear in the panel immediately below the search bar.

Favorite pages can be opened with one click from the list in the corresponding menu item or from the already mentioned bookmarks bar.

Creating visual bookmarks

For additional convenience of working in Chrome, you can install a special extension that will add visual google bookmarks chrome. To do this, you need to visit the Chrome Web Store.

How to do this is indicated in the first part of the article. You must specify Speed Dial in the search bar.

In search results, you need Speed Dial 2. In its tile, you need to click the “+ Free” button. After this, a window will open in which you need to approve the installation.

After installation is complete, you must open a new tab and click “Save Changes” in the warning window that opens.

After these manipulations, the extension is ready to add the first bookmark. If you want to view the greeting with detailed description some functions, you need to click “Continue”. If there is no such desire, then “Skip greeting.”

After this you will be able to start adding.

To add the first page you need to click the plus in the circle. A window with editing bookmark properties will open.

Field for copying the link.
The name of the link that will be placed under the thumbnail in the panel
Button to save a bookmark.
A button for quickly saving a bookmark from an open page.

A page with ready-made visual bookmarks will now open on each new tab. If desired, this option can be disabled in the browser settings.

Adding a visual browser theme

To install a theme in Google Chrome, you will need the Chrome Web Store. You can open it from the menu to the right of the address bar. The “Additional tools” item, which contains the “Extensions” column, is responsible for this.

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