In these instructions we will find where the Yandex browser settings are located. Let's analyze the settings we need and personalize the browser as much as possible. But do not forget that changing the settings, if the changes are not correct, will worsen the performance of the Yandex browser.
Where are the Yandex browser settings? And how to configure it correctly?
You can get to the settings menu in two ways, with just a couple of mouse clicks.
- This is by clicking on the top right corner of the three horizontal bars. In the menu that appears, select “Settings”
- The second method is even easier: copy the address browser://settings and paste it into the address bar of the browser itself. Afterwards, go to the address by pressing the Enter key.
Now, we are in the settings of your browser. Let's look at how to set it up and what the menu items do.
Menu in Yandex browser settings
In the settings we will see two menus: vertical and horizontal. We are not opening the horizontal sections yet; we will look at them in another article of instructions. We are interested precisely vertical menu in the settings section.
- General settings
- Interface
- Tools
- Websites
- System
Are common
This is the first settings block. Which makes it possible to configure search, feed and synchronization.
First block
- Synchronization, as can be understood from the name. Will synchronize the browser with Yandex services. This allows you to save your bookmarks, passwords and additions without unnecessary hassles. This is necessary if you use this browser on several devices, for example, on a PC and Android. Well, or you need to reinstall the web browser itself.
- Zen. If you want to read the recommended news feed from Zen in a new tab. Then leave a tick on this item. The Zen news feed will waste your traffic. If someone has limited traffic, it is recommended to disable it.
- Search. Here we select the search menu for ourselves. Here we leave everything by default, although you can experiment. For example, choose a different search engine. For example DuckDuckGo
Interface
This is the second block that offers to personalize the appearance of the interface.
Color scheme. Here I think it’s clear which one you like better, light or dark? we put it here.
second block Appearance.
- It is recommended to disable showing the “Yandex” button so that it does not take up space in the panel.
- Uncheck Show tutorial tips and display animated background. This will allow you to increase the speed when opening your web browser.
- Check the box next to “Show synchronization widget in menu”. The synchronization process will be more clear. You will know the number of passwords and bookmarks you have saved.
- Also check “Show bookmarks bar”. You will have a convenient panel at the top of the screen in your browser.
- The appearance of the tabs will help you choose convenient tab shapes
- Advertising settings. Here you will be taken to a new window with selection questions. Whether or not to show advertising on home page. And only if you logged into the browser using your Yandex account. They will also ask whether or not to take your interests and location into account when displaying ads. Uncheck the first box, the rest are up to you to choose from.
Ad settings window Smart line
If you want copy and share buttons in the address bar, Reading mode or displaying the site title, then enable the corresponding menu.
Side panel
Yandex services are located in the side panel; if someone uses them, it will be convenient. There are also bookmarks and history. At the bottom of the panel there is an Alice button.
Side panel There is no point in displaying this panel on all pages. Therefore, we leave the default “pin in new tab”. And check the “show button...” checkbox. Thus, in the upper left corner there will be a panel of this type.
If you need to call the side panel, just click on the button at the top of the screen on the right, and the one you need will appear side panel and disappear when pressed again.
Tabs
The minimum width is determined relative to the screen size. We customize it as you like, as it is more convenient for you.
Informers on a new tab
This menu has appeared in the new version of the Yandex browser. In it we can select alert items in the form of notifications at the bottom of the screen. In some cases it may be useful.
Tools
This third block is quite interesting, let's start in order.
Third block Autocomplete
This item allows forms on the site to be automatically filled in, such as passwords, e-mail, addresses and other personal data. It does this based on the data you previously entered and saved. This certainly increases the comfort of using the browser, but at the same time it reduces the security of your data. If safety is much more important to you than convenience. Then you need to disable autofill, or not allow Yandex to remember important personal data. Such as your phone number, login, passwords and card details.
Ad blocking
We've all encountered annoying and annoying ads that interfere with our browsing experience. Therefore, it is recommended to check both boxes at this point. Here below, you will see “blocked advertising” and “exception sites”. This is a pretty useful point.
Voice assistant "Alice"
Mouse Gestures
Enough interesting feature, somewhat similar to a key combination. Only here everything is done right click mice. But for it to become useful, you need to get used to it. Click "Gesture Settings" to see a list of gestures. You can also find the list on the yandex support website
Uploaded files
You can choose to always ask where to save or set a specific save location.
Context menu
Which menu do you prefer: compact or detailed? Do you want the “Copy” or “Find” menu to immediately appear when you select text? If yes, then check the appropriate box.
Translator
We leave everything as default. When loading a page where the main language is not Russian, Yandex will offer you to translate the entire page. Quite convenient, but the page structure may change slightly. If you hover over a word from the Latin alphabet and press Shift, a context menu will appear where at the bottom there will be a translation of the word from the Yandex translator. If you select the phrase you want to translate and click on the button in the form of a triangle located next to the selected phrase, you will get a translation of the entire phrase. It is undoubtedly convenient and saves a lot of time.
Watching videos on top of other tabs and programs
IN this menu we can configure the appearance of an additional button in the video player. When you click on it, the video will open in a separate window.
Turbo
Have you ever worked at Opera? Remember there was a turbo button? This is its analogue. That is, Yandex has a server through which all your traffic is sent. There it is compressed and, already in a compressed state, is sent to your PC. Does this seem to be all right? But there is also a downside to this function. When compressing, the quality of pictures and video quality are lost. Unloaded items may appear. There will be a stub instead. The site may not open for a long time due to some kind of server failure. Therefore, we recommend leaving the default setting to automatically turn on when connections are slow. That is, if the speed is below 128 Kbps, turbo mode will be enabled. Until it rises above 512 Kbps.
Reader
For those who do not have a PDF reader, check this box. Then your PDF files will be opened through a browser.
Yandex.Collections
This is a photo service from Yandex. There photos are collected based on your preferences.
Here you have to choose whether or not to show the collections button in the upper corner in the form of checkboxes. By clicking on which you go to this service.
And whether or not to show the “Add to Collection” button when hovering over an image. When you click on it, the corresponding picture is added to your collection.
Websites
This is the fourth block of settings. Quite small. Here you will select the scale, font and can configure advanced site settings.
Fourth block Sending notifications
Push notifications are small pop-up windows with information from a website. But if used incorrectly, they become very annoying. Therefore, in the item sending notifications, we select the line prohibited. You can also see below which sites are prohibited from notifying and which are allowed.
We won't stop at font and scale. I think this is clear.
Advanced site settings
This point is great. But if you are not an expert, it is better to leave everything by default. Opposite the words “Recommended”
System
This is the fifth and last block of settings. One of the smallest
Fifth block We never choose to launch the browser with Windows. This will greatly speed up your system boot time.
Net
Leave it as default. We will tell you more about the proxy server, the difference between http and https and certificates in another article.
Performance
It is important to uncheck the “Allow applications to run in the background” line. This will increase productivity.
Check the boxes to optimize the image, use hardware acceleration, and unload unused tabs from memory.
Update the browser, even if it is not running, check the box to be able to update Yandex.Browser
Personal Information
If you need more privacy and don’t want to share usage statistics, then you can uncheck all the boxes here. Except for the last point.
Clear the history. Here you can clear your browsing history for a certain period of time.
Reset all settings When you click on this line, you will reset everything to standard.
We wish you pleasant and fast surfing in Yandex.Browser.
I will not cover all 25 browsers in this article (today this is exactly how many browsers can work with operating system Windows), I’ll tell you about the most common ones. Many users mistakenly think that choosing a browser is a simple task and that they are all the same, that they are displayed the same on all website pages. In addition to such obvious differences as appearance The user interface and the program management system also have hidden differences in security, speed of loading and displaying pages, and the presence of additional auxiliary functions. If we take the totality of the listed factors, the differences can be serious.
“Customize the Google Chrome browser”
Along the way, the browser settings of “Internet Mail.ru”, “Comodo Dragon”, “Yandex”, “Nichrome” also come here. All these browsers run on the Chromium engine. The settings and interfaces of these browsers are almost no different.
Click on the "Settings and Control" button (wrench in the right top corner).
We see a context menu with which you can view history, downloads, etc., but today we’ll focus on the settings. Click on the "Settings" line.
In the settings window that opens, select “Basic”.
Now in the tab that opens we will see what we are asked to choose - which page we will see when we launch the browser. I checked the "Home Page" checkbox.
In the line of the window that opens, enter the page that we want to see when starting the browser - google, mail.ru, yandex.ru, webalta, etc.. If you mark the “Quick access page” dot, then when you open the browser you will be taken to the page which will display the sites you visit most often.
By clicking on the line "Manage search engines" we can select the search that is suitable for us from the list of proposed ones. We decided to do Google Chrome default browser, then click on the "Assign Google Chrome browser default".
By clicking the “Offer to save passwords” button, the browser will prompt you to save the password when filling out the password field on sites; when you re-enter this site, the browser will fill in the password itself.
In additional settings you can configure spell checking and page translation. You can also specify the path to save downloaded files - either by default, or in a folder you created, or on the desktop, etc.. Surely install Google Chrome Before this, you used another browser in which you had bookmarks or favorites. You can import bookmarks and settings from another browser into Google Chrome by clicking the appropriate button in Settings.
“Customize the Internet Explorer browser (at least IE 9, at least IE 10)”
Click on the "Settings" button (gear in the upper right corner).
Click on the line "Internet Options" in IE 9, or "Browser Options" in IE 10.
We see the “Properties” window that opens; on the “General” tab you can enter the address of the page (pages) that you want to designate as your home page.
On the “Security” tab, we configure the security level that will be used when visiting sites – “Medium”, “Above Average”, “High”. High level don’t put it, otherwise it will block everything, put “Above average”.
While internet explorer is running, you can create a shortcut to the site you like and place it on your desktop Windows table. To do this, right-click on the site page and select the “Create shortcut” tab.
On the privacy tab, you can also configure the settings that suit you by setting the slider to the desired position. Then “Apply”, “OK”.
In the Programs tab, you can set IE to be your default browser. Install add-ons. Assign programs for working with email.
By going to the "Manage add-ons" tab, you can enable or disable plugins and toolbars that launch with the browser. The more enabled, the longer the browser starts. Therefore, leave only the essentials you need.
IN command line On the "Security" tab, you can enable the "SmartSreen" filter to safely open Internet pages. You can turn on tracking protection and clear your browser history.
By right-clicking on an empty space at the very top of the browser, you can enable or disable the add-ons you need. I was joking about Webalta! Just the other day I caught it on my computer with one program. I cleaned it out everywhere, read how to remove toolbars in this article. I didn’t even know that I had it until I started taking “screenshots” for the article.
Any sites and search engines you can drag from "Favorites" to the "Favorites Bar" with the mouse. I dragged in the search engines I use most often.
By clicking on the triangle in the address bar you will see the addresses of the last sites you visited, the magazine and your favorites. You can go there immediately by clicking on the desired line.
I use Mozilla Firefox 19 and IE 10. When starting, Firefox takes much longer to load than IE, but once loaded it works stably, crashes very rarely, while IE does have crashes. I love Firefox for the huge number of add-ons and extensions; no other browser has so many. The settings are very simple. My friends, if you are using OS Windows, then I do not recommend you to set any default browser other than Internet Explorer. And even more so, God forbid, to remove it. I wrote this for those who want to use all the functions of a PC. Too much in Windows is related to IE, you may not use it, but don’t you dare eliminate it! The settings for IE 10 are simple, almost no different from IE 9. Now, in addition to Win 7, I also have Win 8 on my computer; IE 10 was immediately integrated into Windows 8.
“Customize the Mozilla Firefox browser”
Mozilla Firefox 15, 16, (17 I didn’t forget but I haven’t seen the Russian version), 18, 19 several times faster faster previous versions. With faster startup speeds, reduced page load times, improved web app performance, and the inclusion of hardware graphics acceleration, Firefox is optimal for working with complex, interactive websites.
To open the settings, click on this triangle.
Easy to set up Homepage, in the same window you can specify the path to save files. I find it convenient to download to my desktop.
You can always check the download speed of files.
Firefox Sync: Access your history, bookmarks, open tabs, passwords, smart address bar and form data from multiple computers. Flexibility in customization. The concept of extensions and add-ons deserves special attention in the browser.
The essence of the idea is that the browser itself in its “pure form” provides only the basics - the address bar, tabs, program menu. Nothing special, nothing superfluous. If the user is satisfied with this, he doesn’t have to bother with any additions. But I think this will suit you only until the moment when you try to install the first add-on.
New Add-ons Manager: Choose from over 200,000 add-ons to help you customize Firefox's features, functionality, and appearance. Mozilla Firefox is the most extensible and customizable browser on the planet. You can customize toolbars, install additional extension modules and themes.
Like a telescopic fishing rod, Mozilla Firefox can transform from a small, compact browser into an amazing multifunctional tool for traveling on the World Wide Web. You can also find out more about the possibilities Firefox extensions by watching the videos. Privacy and security.
Privacy and security in the browser. Do Not Track: Firefox is leading the movement to implement a universal Do Not Track standard, allowing users to tell sites that they do not want sites to track their behavior and use it to serve ads. Firefox puts privacy first by fixing flaws in some web standards, making it impossible for other users to access your browser history.
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS): Automatically establishes a secure connection to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks and interception of sensitive data during the login process. Content Protection Policy (CSP): Prevents attacks carried out through cross-site scripting, allowing sites to tell the browser what content is legitimate.
With Firefox you are free from various spyware, as well as from ActiveX controls. You can independently control your privacy and flexibly manage your personal data. The browser allows you to instantly remove traces of your presence on the Internet. The JavaScript engine speeds up page loading and improves the performance of games and web applications.
Firefox includes hardware acceleration, high-definition video (WebM), 3D graphics, offline storage, professional typography, Mozilla's audio API to help you create from audio visual effects and much more. Firefox includes a built-in web error reporting console and a web developer console. Additional extensions like Firebug make it easy to develop and debug web pages.
Firefox continues to work even if there are crashes Adobe plugins Flash, Apple QuickTime or Microsoft Silverlight. If one of these plugins crashes or freezes, the rest of Firefox will not be affected. Simply refresh the page to reload the plugin.
Adding sites to bookmarks, thanks to the asterisk in the address bar, is now possible with one click. Management of the magazine and bookmarks is unified and carried out within a single dialog window. Selecting the necessary links has become more convenient due to the presence of special groups of recently added bookmarks and the most frequently visited sites. Intelligent address input line As soon as you start entering an address, a prompt window immediately appears, where in bold all matches are shown.
Intelligent address input line. The window contains a list of previously visited sites. The line responds not only to site addresses, but also to their titles, which greatly simplifies and speeds up input. They are displayed in a window with a history of previously opened sites. Even if you don’t remember the exact address, the name of the resource will tell you the right way.
Automatic updates You no longer have to manually download new browser versions as they become available. The update system automatically downloads small patches of a few hundred kilobytes in size, saving you time. I started by using Mozilla Firefox 13, but today I’m already using Firefox 19, that is, it itself updated to version 19.
Optimal basic composition A simple, intuitive browser has everything you might need Everyday life. Bookmarks, journal, full screen mode, text scaling and much more - all this is in Mozilla Firefox. Pop-up blocker You will no longer be bothered by pop-ups that appear when you visit many sites. You can independently specify which sites to allow pop-up windows to open and which not. Read emails without spam Mail client Mozilla Thunderbird is a great add-on for Firefox. With MozBackup you can backup your Firefox profile data or restore data from backup copy Firefox profile. You can save and restore data such as settings, bookmarks, history, extensions, passwords, cookies, saved forms, download list, certificates and styles.
Applications. Viewing Flash animations, executing Java applets and much more is possible using plugins for Mozilla Firefox. Search plugins from Mozilla.org Using search plugins, you can add search for popular sites to Firefox. Search plugins from the Mozilla Russia website Using search plugins, you can add search for popular Russian sites to Firefox. Dictionaries from Mozilla.org Dictionaries for spell checking in Firefox. Dictionaries from the Mozilla Russia website.
"Customize the Opera browser"
If you don’t like the default browser setting, then I will describe how to set up Opera, but only the basics. In Opera we have three settings options: Settings (Ctrl+F12), Quick setup(F12) and appearance (Shift+F12). Remember these keys. Settings are opened by clicking the red “Menu” button in the upper left corner, and then selecting “Settings – General”.
The Forms tab will help you fill out some information about yourself. This can be convenient, namely, it allows you to reduce the time it takes to fill out typical forms on some sites.
On the "Search" tab, you can edit the list of used search engines, which switch in the upper right corner of the browser. Decide according to your taste what you need and what you don’t.
You don't need to change much on the "Web Pages" tab. Unless, if you have a slow connection, you can turn on turbo mode and turn off pictures, or show only cached ones.
Let's move on to advanced settings. In the “Tabs” subsection we customize everything to your taste. Personally, I simply turned off sketches that were unnecessary, in my opinion.
In the “Notifications” subsection, it’s probably worth turning off the sound; personally, I unchecked the “Show Opera Unite application notifications” box, because I don’t use this service.
In the “Navigation” subsection, set page redrawing to “Continuous” and check the “Show full web address in the address field” option. The rest, I think, is up to your discretion.
Next is the “History” subsection. Here it is important to determine the size of the cache, both in memory and on disk. It is needed to quickly display a page that you have already visited (that is, without reloading it from the Internet, by using a copy saved on disk or in memory). The larger the cache, the more pages it will store. If fast loading of already visited sites is not important for you, then you can safely set zeros for both parameters (Memory Cache and Disk Cache, respectively). If this is important to you, then I recommend setting it to the maximum permissible value(400 Mb) both here and there (if the RAM is running out, you can rely on the disk cache by disabling the cache random access memory). I set the time for checking updates on the server to “Every hour,” although this value could have been set higher.
In the “Security” subsection, check the “Enable fraud and malware protection” checkbox, and on the “Security Protocols” tab, check all available boxes.
On the “Network” tab, in the “Number of connections to the server” and “Total number of connections” items, set 32 and 128, respectively. Owners of weak Internet connections may have to return to the recommended settings (16 and 64).
Useful extensions for Opera browser. Blocking ads and scripts. With Opera11, as in FF and Google Chrome, a list of extensions has appeared that can be installed, giving the browser new capabilities. Today I will touch on two extensions that everyone needs (they are responsible for the safety and comfort of being on the Internet) - NotScripts (analogous to Noscript for Firefox) and Opera Adblock (analogous to Adblocks Plus).
NotScripts.
It is engaged in preventing the execution of scripts on the page, if you have not allowed this yourself with your own hands. The fact is that JavaScript is one of the sources of various infections from the Internet, therefore blocking and monitoring its execution is one of the key security elements. A little more about this on the plugin page.
You can install the plugin by going to the page with it and clicking the "Install" button. After installation, a plugin triangle will appear in the upper right corner. We click on it with the mouse and see a small message that we need to do this and that for the plugin to work. Now we click on it and see a page with settings that opens in front of us.
That is, if you are now on sonikelf.ru, then if something doesn’t work, then you allow the sonikelf.ru script, not mail.ru. After that, you look carefully to see if what you needed worked? If the answer is yes and everything works as desired, then you don’t touch anything else. If not, then you carefully look at what other scripts there are and select one more from them, allowing it. And so on until what you need is fully operational. Try to avoid allowing scripts that bear the names of sites other than this one. Googlecode, Yandex, etc. are usually safe scripts.
Adblock.
It is installed in the same way (Install button). After installation, go to “Menu – Extensions – Manage extensions” and in the Adblock line, click on the gear image and, from the drop-down menu, select “Settings”.
In the settings, on the “Subscriptions” tab, we need to check two “Russian” checkboxes in the FanBoy and EasyList lists. On the "Button" tab, check the "Display the button in Opera address bar" checkbox.
This will enable the display of the plugin button next to address bar To personalize Opera, you should start with the design, this is where the necessary buttons are located. Press Shift+F12, immediately go to the Toolbars tab and check the Show box at the bottom hidden panels when setting up. Now we see all the panels at once.
We proceed as follows: click on the desired panel, and then set the parameters in the sliding fields (bottom, top, hide, show, icon location, etc.) Next, we set up the navigation - it’s much simpler here: the Buttons panel, the menu on the left - Browser. Take any button and drag it to the control panel. The most necessary buttons are back, forward, home, update, start, create, passwords (if necessary).
You can also configure Opera by pressing Ctrl+F12. Here you can configure your home page and manage passwords. You can also drag the search form of any system onto the desired panel. Here other parameters are also more finely tuned: cookie management, java script, content, site blocking (see. parental control), and even voice control. How to disable torrenting in Opera.
Or maybe you won't turn it off? I don't use Opera now, I had to install BitTorrent separate program. Don't know how to use Torrent? The administrator of this site told me in confidence that he would soon publish an article about Torrent settings. Well, if you don’t want to download opera from a torrent? Instructions for disabling a torrent in Opera, although... We go into the configurator: write opera:config in the address bar and press enter.
Torrent in Opera is used by default. In the Bit Torrent parameter, uncheck Enable and click “Save” below. Now Opera 9 will be silent about the torrent, and Opera 10 and 11 will offer you to choose yourself or use your program, but will no longer download without asking. But it’s better to first, just in case, save the settings file C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\opera6.ini If you make a mistake, you can easily return everything to its place.
That seems to be all, I didn’t describe the settings in detail, but I tried to cover those that will be needed immediately after installing the browser. Good luck to all! See you on the pages of the site.
Yandex browser has been operating for quite a long time, but despite this, many users have many questions regarding its operation. Most often, these questions come from not very experienced users who are just about to switch from any browser to Yandex.
Perhaps they are concerned that the settings will be difficult to understand, or perhaps there are some other reasons for concern. In any case, using this web browser is completely justified, and therefore there is no reason to deny yourself this pleasure. Well, for those who still doubt it, I strongly recommend reading this article to make sure that the devil is not as terrible as he is painted.
So, this time we are discussing where the settings are located in the Yandex browser, and how to change them, as well as all the subcategories arising from this topic.
Browser settings
Then, before starting work, you need to find its settings, familiarize yourself with them and change if necessary. Launch the Yandex browser and pay attention to its right corner: there is a button with three parallel lines. Clicking on it will take you to your browser settings.
There are many categories and a podcast, I recommend checking out each one. So, you can set the appearance of the start page at your discretion, configure the search engine, synchronization of settings, passwords and auto-filling of forms, languages and many other aspects that are no less important. Having changed some parameters, it is natural that your hand will reach for the “Save” button, but you will not find it in the settings of this web browser. But in this case, how to save the Yandex browser settings? No extra actions are required from you; the system immediately remembers the changed settings and applies them.
How to reset settings
Sometimes it happens that your changes lead to incorrect operation browser, and you need to quickly return everything to its place. There is a special button for these purposes. Go to settings, and at the very bottom click “Show advanced settings”. Then scroll down the page until you see the “Reset browser settings” button. Click on it and all previous settings will be canceled.
Well, now you are familiar with the main points of Yandex browser settings. Customize it to your liking and enjoy the excellent work this web browser will give you!
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Let's make Yandex Browser as convenient as possible. First of all, let's go to the Yandex browser settings - see how to do this in the instructions below:
- Click on the burger in the top right panel of the browser (the button in the form of three horizontal stripes). In the drop-down list select " Settings».
- We see a fairly large list of points, some of which have already been marked. At the very top, Yandex.Browser offers to make it the default browser. This means that all links you click on in emails postal services and programs will automatically open in this browser. By Windows default uses Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or Safari in the case of MacOS.
General settings
- Add a user (one or more) if several people work on the PC.
- Synchronize with your Yandex account (single account for all services).
Just enter your username and password, and all your devices will be synchronized. You can work under your account on any device and have access to bookmarks, saved sites, documents and user settings.
- Import bookmarks and settings from another browser if you worked with another browser before Yandex and have already managed to get used to it. We got a bunch of favorite sites with saved logins and passwords.
- Check the required boxes in the search settings section.
- By default, Yandex is used as the search engine, but you can install any other one.
Additional Yandex browser settings are located on the links under the categories and items.
Interface
Let's continue fine tuning Yandex Browser. Tab " Interface" is a series of options that we can enable or disable at our discretion. Depending on the tasks - do you need the " Yandex"on the taskbar on the left, tips, Zen feed on the start page. Smart bar, tabs and sidebar settings.
Tools
Let's dwell on this point in a little more detail. Check the box " Offer form autofill» only if you are working on your home PC or no unauthorized persons have access to your computer.
Ad blocking options are checked by default - some sites will not be able to fully load and display content due to this restriction. If you need to work with a site that contains advertising that interferes with the user, this option can be disabled or these sites can be added to exceptions.
Function " Mouse Gestures" is also included. An unfairly forgotten feature that makes working with the browser much easier. In the gesture settings section, look at which gestures are responsible for which functions. Some may interfere with your work or be simply inconvenient - turn them off.
An important option item that cannot be ignored is “ Downloads" By default, all files are downloaded to the system disk in the folder " Downloads" It is very uncomfortable. In the process of working on system disk a lot of files accumulate. Switch the marker to " Always ask where to save files" And now, when downloading any file, an explorer window will appear in order to independently select the download directory. Select an existing partition on the disk or create one new folder.
Leave the next two points as they are or uncheck them at your discretion - they are simply useful.
The video playback feature on top of tabs is relatively convenient. When quickly switching between tabs, you must additionally turn off the video in the window on the right and the tab itself. Leave these items or disable them at the user's discretion.
The Turbo function should be turned on if you have slow Internet. With a high speed connection to unlimited internet can be switched to the "B" state off».
Yandex.Collections can be completely disabled if you do not use them. The same goes for page searching and viewing PDF files.
Websites
In this section we can configure the request for sending notifications, change the font size and scale. The browser supports a huge number of fonts.
In the "" section we can configure permissions for:
- automatic file downloads;
- pop-ups;
- access to the camera;
- location access;
- microphone access;
- access to devices;
- protocol processing;
- displaying pictures;
- background synchronization;
- cookies;
- Flash;
- JavaScript.
System
Last but not least is the browser settings item.
- Set the mode to " Never" in point " Launch the browser along with Windows».
- Uncheck the box " Use hardware acceleration"- this item often results in the video playing with a black screen or not playing at all.
- The remaining points can be left as is.
- If you change the settings and the result does not suit you, you can always reset the settings to standard.
- For better search results, you can configure your region and personal data here. In particular, this applies to sending statistics to Yandex services. If you do not want to share this information, please remove these tags.
Bookmarks
This function allows you to save an infinite number of sites (pages) as bookmarks in your browser.
- We find an interesting site, article, web service - in order to keep it at hand and you can always return to it while on the page of interest, click on the flag icon on the right at the end of the smart line. The checkbox will change color to red.
- Save the site in Yandex.Collections, in " Bookmarks bars", or in the section " Other bookmarks».
- Here we can create a new bookmarks folder. And, if you have collected a lot of such saved sites while using the browser, they can be sorted and placed in folders, for example, like mine.
- To quickly access your bookmarks, enable the display of the bookmarks bar below the search bar using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + B.
- The bookmarks and folders themselves can be dragged around the panel, adding them to or removing them from other folders.
- Delete using context menu right mouse button. Customize your bookmarks bar so that frequently visited sites are always at hand.
- An interesting feature on the “More” link allows you to open all saved bookmarks stored in a specific folder with one click in a new window or in incognito mode. Even if the folder contains 30 bookmarks.
Downloads
This is where all our downloads are stored. Ability to run the downloaded file or show it in a folder. When the cache and download history are cleared, information from this section is automatically deleted.
Story
This section stores all your visited sites since the last time you cleared your browser cache. From here we can go to a particular site, delete it from the history or clear the entire history by clicking on the corresponding button in the upper right corner of the window. The browser history section is located at - browser://history. Opened from the options menu or using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + N.
Add-ons
Interesting and very useful section « Add-ons" Initially, Yandex.Browser already has several extensions installed. You can also install third-party extensions by clicking on the button at the end of the list “Yandex Browser Extensions Directory. It is noteworthy that Yandex does not have its own extension store; to install add-ons in Yandex.Browser, the Opera extension directory is used.
Don't get carried away with extensions. Each new extension installed in the browser loads the system and takes up part of the RAM.
Use extensions you can't live without daily work. For rare cases, you can use analogues of desktop programs.
Safety
This section is the Protect technology settings page. At normal operation sites here you should not touch the settings. They are set with maximum safety and protection of the user in mind.
Passwords and cards
An important section - all your logins and passwords from all sites on which you registered are saved here. If you do not want the browser to remember passwords, mark this in the settings. Uncheck the boxes for automatically saving passwords and autofilling forms. The same applies to bank cards. Such synchronization is convenient, but we thus provide attackers with all the necessary information for hacking.
Other devices
Synchronizing the browser with other devices allows you to work with different devices smartphone tablet another PC using one Yandex login and password. Thanks to synchronization, you always have access to your settings, user data, mail, and other Yandex services. Wherever you are - be it on the train, at home, or at work.
Context menu of the item " Yandex browser settings» contains the most important sections settings. Here we can turn on turbo mode in one click if sites begin to load slowly. Open new tab in incognito mode.
In Incognito mode, no page information is saved. After closing the tab in this mode, all session data will be deleted. Settings returned to the initial state, bookmarks have been deleted, except for files downloaded to the PC.
From here we can quickly open the history or downloads page, passwords and maps section. And also go to the section “ Add-ons" In chapter " Additionally» see the browser version and update it if current version will be available. And a few more useful features.
Personalization
Above we talked about convenience, user settings, parameters, options, but that's not all. The browser can be made not only functional, but also beautiful. To do this, she has all the necessary tools.
- While on the Yandex start screen, click “ Customize screen" Let's arrange the tabs in the order that suits us. Or we'll add new ones.
- Click " Add site».
- Enter the website address or select from the list of recently visited ones.
- Click on the lock icon to pin the tab to the Start screen.
- By clicking on the gear icon, we can change the name of the tab.
- Or delete the tab by clicking on the cross.
Customize the background of the start page:
- Click " Background gallery" - select the background you like from Yandex.Collection and click " Apply background».
On the right we have several widgets, a Yandex mail widget, with direct access to mail and Yandex.Disk. At the bottom left is a button to call Alice and find out what Alice can do. In the lower central part of the window, several tiles of the Zen news feed are displayed (if you have not disabled it in the settings). This is an endless feed of recommendations. Depending on how often you watch Zen news and your activity, this feed is formed based on your preferences.
The button in the form of four squares in the upper left part of the window opens all Yandex services. From here we can quickly launch any service.
The button in the very top left corner allows you to pin the panel on all sites and always have quick access to history, the ability to save the site as bookmarks and access to Yandex services. And also to Alice.
The Yandex browser is built on the Chromium platform developed by Google. Therefore, its interface and capabilities are very similar to the world-famous Chrome browser. If you have worked with it before, understanding the Yandex program will not be difficult. But at the same time, several new convenient functions have been added here that are not available in Chrome. This article discusses the process of setting up and customizing the Yandex browser: where to find the menu, how to change the appearance, search engines, translator, edit the Tableau, connect extensions, and so on.
Most of the Yandex browser configurations are changed in a special menu. To enter it, you need to call the program's control panel. Finding the call button is not difficult - it is located in the “header” of the window, just to the left of the “Collapse” and “Close” buttons. Click on it and select the section called “Options” from the drop-down menu.
There are many different elements located here. If you have just installed an Internet browser, it is recommended to pay attention to the following parameters:
Tableau setup
When you launch the Yandex browser or open a new empty tab, a special tool opens - a scoreboard. This is an analogue of the Express panel from the Opera browser. This page contains a list of frequently visited or favorited websites. Here are buttons for quick access to your browsing history, the directory of downloaded files, and the list installed extensions and so on.
To make working with the Tableau more comfortable, you need to customize it:
- Click on the “Settings” button, which is located under the visual tabs on the right side of the screen.
- Remove those modules that you do not want to see on the Tableau.
- Arrange the remaining elements in an order that suits you.
- Click the “Done” button.
- Now you should click on “+Add”.
- You can enter the URL address of the page you need or select from the lists: “Popular” and “Recently Visited”.
Add all the necessary bookmarks in this way so that you always have access to them. You can also save buttons with links in the bar below the search bar. To do this, open the web page you want to save and in the menu at the right end of the address bar, click the star icon.
Working with plugins
If the standard functions of a web browser are not enough for you, you can connect various add-ons - special modules created by dedicated developers. They bring new opportunities and can become indispensable assistants when working on the Internet.
The Yandex browser comes pre-installed with several extensions so that users can understand how they work and evaluate what they are. To enable them, you need to open the plugin manager. To do this, open the control panel and click on the “Add-ons” button.
This page displays a list of all addons that are installed on your Yandex browser. Both pre-installed ones and those that users themselves will connect will be placed here. You can enable or disable extensions using special On/Off switches.
It will be very useful to enable the Adguard and “Blocking Flash Banners and Videos” applications. They will save you from annoying advertising on Internet pages and in watched videos.
If you want to install some new plugin, click on the “Yandex Browser Add-on Catalog” button. In this directory you can find several hundred useful addons that expand the capabilities of your web browser.