Modules expand the functional boundaries of browsers, including Yandex. By default, many of them are activated, but there are times when the plugin is disabled due to some kind of failure, which affects its operation. Consider how to enable the plugin in Yandex Browser.
Briefly about plugins
In another way, plugins are also called modules. These are small programs that, like add-ons, are built into the browser to enhance its functionality. The difference between them is that plugins do not have their own interface.
What exactly do they give?
- Ability to watch videos and listen to music.
- Improving the performance of web services.
- View PDF files and more.
The user can update, remove, disable or enable plug-ins provided by the browser. In this case, plugins in Yandex Browser will be considered.
Where to find modules?
Before doing anything with plugins, you need to know where they are. There are two ways to open them.
Method number 1
1. Go to Settings through the browser menu (icon with three horizontal lines in the upper right corner). Go to the bottom of the page and open the "Show advanced settings" section, which will be highlighted in blue.
2. In the "Personal data" block, click on the first button "Content settings".
3. Go to the "Plugins" section, and then click on the "Manage individual plugins" link.
A new tab will open in which you will see the installed plugins.
4. To find out more information about the module, click on the "Details" button.
Method number 2
To quickly go to the page where you can see the plugins, in the browser bar, enter the address: browser://plugins. In this way, you can immediately get into the window with the list of plugins in Yandex Browser.
Download and install
When you need a certain plug-in to view the content of the page or update an outdated module, the browser will notify you about this by offering to download and install it right there.
One of the main plug-ins is Flash Player. You need to download it on the official resource, like all other programs. The system itself will transfer you to a secure site. You just need to click on the "Install" button.
If the system needs to update a module, you will see an alert at the top of the screen:
Click on Update Module. It is better to do this as soon as possible so that the browser can continue to function as before.
Enable and disable
What should I do if there is an urgent need to enable certain plugins in Yandex? Is it possible, on the contrary, to disable plugins that slow down the browser? It's easy to do all of this.
- Go to the plugins menu in any of the ways indicated above.
- Click on "Enable" if the plugin does not work, or "Disable" if you want to pause its work.
You can disable the module, but it is important to remember that by stopping it, the user deprives the browser of the ability to perform certain actions with media. It is likely that you may stop uploading videos on sites. This applies to plugins, not extensions. The first can be called service browser add-ons, and the second - custom, that is, optional or optional.
However, some extensions, for example, a translator in Yandex Browser, are already built into the system, that is, they do not require additional downloading.
How to delete?
The question should sound different: is it possible to remove the module? The user does not have this option. Removing modules from the browser system is up to the developers. This happens, as a rule, due to the fact that plugins become obsolete. Instead, more modern solutions appear. For example, NPAPI. This plugin is no longer supported. Now, instead of it, they use its improved version - PPAPI.
One more example - . This module can no longer be connected to Yandex Browser as an add-on or activated in the options as an integrated module.
Plugins and ad blocking
Yandex Browser last year launched a new test feature in Android versions. Each user of a mobile browser will find the line "Hide interfering ads" in the settings.
In the Yandex Browser Add-ons, you will also find the "Block Flash Banners and Videos" extension. Setting up these add-ons comes down to changing the list of filters, as well as turning it off and on on certain pages.
However, use one plugin, otherwise the program will freeze.
Bypass blocking on sites with FriGate
Some resources may not be available to users for one reason or another. We will not delve into them. Let's just say one thing: the blocking can be easily bypassed with a plug-in called FriGate already built into the updated Yandex Browser. It uses a proxy server to access restricted sites.
Open the "Add-ons" tab. We are looking for an extension and put it on the “On” position.
Plugin errors
As we have already emphasized, the main module in the browser is the Flash Player. Without it, there would be no video playback.
No matter how reliable Yandex.Browser is, failures also occur in its operation. One of the common problems is a flash error. Sometimes when you try to launch a video or game in the browser, a gray window appears with a notification that the plugin could not be loaded. Why is this happening?
The problem is most likely related to the fact that the computer already has another Flash Player (an outdated version that was installed to work with other browsers). There is a conflict between two players working at the same time. What to do in such a situation?
Check if you have the latest version
1. Go to the Menu and click on the "Additional" item in the drop-down list.
3. If the tab contains the "Update" button, then click on it. This means that you have an outdated version of the browser. From here, naturally, problems can arise with other modules. The update downloads quickly and installs immediately.
4. Click on "Restart".
Since Yandex Browser is now updating automatically, there may be a message: "You are using the latest version of Yandex.Browser." In this case, it's not about updating. Remove the second obsolete player.
Get rid of the outdated plugin
If you use only Yandex on your PC, you have the right to remove the Adobe Flash Player plug-in installed earlier.
1.Start the Control Panel via Start or otherwise.
2. Find the "Uninstall programs" section.
3.Find Adobe Flash Player and remove it. Restart browser.
Clear cache and browsing history
Often plugins for Yandex Browser do not start properly on the site due to an overflowing cache. You can clean up using special programs, for example, CCleaner, or through the tools of the browser itself. Let's consider the second option.
1.Go to browser settings.
2.Go to the end of the page and click on the "Show advanced settings" button.
3. Click on the second button "Clear download history".
4. Set the parameter "For all time".
5. Leave all the marked items as they are, and click on "Clear History".
If the problem continues to bother from time to time, then you can use the following trick: disable the built-in module and install the Adobe Flash Player plugin from the official resource.
Plugins are an integral part of browsers. It is highly not recommended to independently disable them if the browser is stable. Also make sure that your browser receives regular updates.
Developing its strategy of global competition with other ICT monsters, Microsoft worked hard on the creation of a new software product - media technology for creating and broadcasting web applications and media content on the Global Web - silver light. By using Microsoft Silverlight You can access multimedia content on websites using an Internet browser. This technology was immediately called a competitor Adobe Flash.
First beta silver light was released in December 2006.
At the beginning of September 2007, Silverlight v.1.0.
What Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser and cross-platform development, which is designed to create and demonstrate various media applications through the global network. silver light is a browser add-on (plug-in) that works on operating systems Mac OS X and Windows, with browsers Internet Explorer, Firefox and safari. silver light supports XAML and JavaScript(starting from version 1.1 added support .NET).
silver light allows you to play WMV, WMA and MP3 in all supported browsers (without requiring additional components such as Windows Media Player).
Brief explanations
XAML(abbreviated from English. eXtensible Application Markup Language) – platform interface language Windows Vista, which primarily describes the user interface. XAML includes four main categories of elements: panels, controls, document-related elements, and graphic shapes. XAML widely used in .NET Framework 3.0.
Microsoft .NET Framework- a software technology designed to create both conventional programs and web applications. As a development platform, it was first proposed by the corporation Microsoft. One of the main ideas Microsoft .NET is the compatibility of different services written in different languages. Just like technology Java, development environment .NET creates bytecode intended for execution by a virtual machine.
JavaScript is a scripting language based on the language Java.
Name etymology
Silver(English) - silver, silver.
light(English) - light.
Platform Development silver light
October 13, 2008 Microsoft officially released version Silverlight 2.0. There are many innovations in this version, the main of which are related to data security, greater accessibility and work with a large number of source data formats. Content owners Microsoft hopes to attract new built-in digital rights management system DRM company production PlayReady. Silverlight 2 available for three major operating systems − Windows, Mac and linux.
Simultaneously with the presentation of the novelty, the corporation announced a new initiative to work with open source community, in particular Eclipse Foundation libraries and codes were sent to work with Sliverlight 2 in open source software. Published under license Microsoft Permissive License developer kit Silverlight Control Pack (SCP) should expand the use of development Microsoft in linux.
"We released Silverlight 1 a little over a year ago, and already every fourth Internet user has a plug-in installed on his PC silver light. The new version of this system represents a radical improvement for both users and web application developers,” said Scott Guthrie ( Scott Guthrie), Corporate Vice President .NET Developer Division, representing Silverlight 2.
Six months after its release, the platform Silverlight 2.0 has been downloaded and installed over 300 million times, and is used by over 400,000 developers and designers.
March 18, 2009 Microsoft released beta version Silverlight 3.0.
The beta version adds support for new animation features, 3D graphics, video standard H.264, an audio coding standard Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) and GPU accelerators ( GPU). Improved quality of text display and use of effects based on hardware acceleration. Users can rotate and scale streaming content. In addition, this feature allows you to create 3D queues and transitions.
Web applications can now be run without using a web browser, directly on Desktop. The technology has also been improved. Smooth Streaming, which allows you to play video on the Web without delay. Smooth Streaming automatically adjusts the video quality depending on the channel speed and processor load. Added support for playing full-screen high-definition video standard Full HD(with a resolution of 720 dots and above).
Application silver light
According to representatives Microsoft, usage silver light will significantly reduce the cost of creating interactive web services, since the development is easily integrated with existing technologies (for example, with the format Windows Media).
silver light can display high-resolution video and maintain high-quality HD-video. By using Expression Studio and visual studio, website designers and developers can create their own internet applications using silver light.
promoting silver light, Microsoft entered into partnership agreements with many popular portals and integrated into these resources a web player based on silver light. In this way, Microsoft came into direct conflict with Adobe Flash, on the basis of which, for example, one of the most popular portal web players on the Web works YouTube.
As Brian Goldfarb stated ( Brian Goldfarb), Product Group Manager Microsoft, the corporation intends to actively negotiate with many media companies in order to persuade them to use silver light when publishing multimedia content on the Internet.
By using silver light the inaugurations of Presidents Medvedev (in particular, by the Vesti channel) and Obama, as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, were broadcast on the Internet. It is already known that the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will also be broadcast at the base. silver light.
- download and run the installation file;
- in the window Install Silverlight press the button Install now;
– after a short installation process, a window will appear Installation successfull –> Close;
- restart your browser;
- you can use the plugin.
Update Microsoft Silverlight
If you do not change the settings in the configuration window silver light, program Microsoft Silverlight will periodically check for updates on the website Microsoft to provide users with the latest features and improvements. At the same time, in Microsoft a request is sent containing standard information about the computer. After that, a small file containing information about the latest version Microsoft Silverlight, will be downloaded to the user's computer and compared with the currently installed version. If a new version is available Microsoft Silverlight, it will be downloaded and installed on your computer.
How to change update options Microsoft Silverlight
– Right-click the content displayed in Microsoft Silverlight, and select Silverlight Configuration;
- go to the tab Updates;
– choose one of the following options:
Install updates automatically (recommended). In this case, all fixes, new features, and updates are automatically installed on the computer. This setting is used in Microsoft Silverlight default;
Check for updates, but let me choose whether to download and install them. In this case, notifications will be displayed when the updates are ready to be downloaded and installed on the computer;
Do not check for updates (not recommended). In this case, you will not see notifications for the release of hotfixes (including security fixes), new features, and updates.
You can configure group policy to disable automatic updates Microsoft Silverlight. For this, in the section [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Silverlight] should create REG_DWORD-parameter UpdateMode with meaning 0x00000002. After that, the computer will not automatically check for updates. Microsoft Silverlight.
But still…
Of course, in technologies like Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight, the most exciting, spectacular and interesting is animation. By creating bright, beautiful, picturesque effects, animation brings web applications to life, making them interactive!..
…Although Microsoft strongly promotes silver light yet the technology Adobe Flash while remaining unsurpassed and unshakable. But who knows what will happen in our Bright Digital Future?!.
Notes
4. Browser get official support silver light in the next versions (although the hackers could not stand it and unofficially "attached" silver light to Opera).
5. For OS linux corporation Microsoft develops silver light(entitled moonlight) together with the company Novell.
6. Minimum system requirements for installation silver light:
– Windows: processor (x86 or x64) with a clock speed of at least 500 MHz; 128 MB RAM;
– Mac OS 10.4.8+ (PowerPC): processor PowerPC G4 with a clock frequency of at least 800 MHz; 128 MB RAM;
– Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel): processor Intel Core Duo with a clock frequency of at least 1.83 GHz; 128 MB RAM.
Valery Sidorov
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Microsoft Silverlight is a plugin used by some websites to display multimedia content. This article describes how to verify that you have Silverlight installed and how to install or upgrade it.
Checking for Silverlight
To determine if you have the Silverlight plugin installed, visit the page on the Microsoft site. If Silverlight is installed, you will see a message about your version of Silverlight.
Installing Silverlight
If you don't have Silverlight installed, follow the "Installation Instructions" page on the Microsoft site.
Silverlight update
If Silverlight is installed but its version is out of date, the page will show the installed version and the latest version of Silverlight.
Note: Silverlight has an automatic update feature, so you may not need to update manually. Read the Microsoft article The Silverlight Preferences Dialog Box for more information.
Removing Silverlight
To uninstall Silverlight, follow the "Uninstall Silverlight" instructions on the Microsoft Silverlight Downloads page on the Microsoft website.
Silverlight installed but not working
Mozilla is blocking outdated versions of Silverlight, causing sites like Netfix to display a message asking you to install Silverlight. To fix this please update your Silverlight installation to the latest version by visiting the page on the Microsoft website.
Silverlight is a software cross-browser and cross-system platform from Microsoft. In terms of its functionality and purpose, it is similar to Adobe Flash technology: playing audio and video content, displaying vector graphics and animation effects.
On the Internet, you can find many web resources that use the capabilities of Microsoft Silverlight. In order for them to be displayed correctly and fully function in Firefox, the user needs to install the Silverlight browser plug-in on his PC.
After installation, FF will automatically detect it in the system and connect it. Installing the plugin will not take much time - in 10 minutes Firefox will have new tools for web browsing in its arsenal.
Instructions for downloading and installing the plugin:
1.
Go to the Silverlight download page on the Microsoft website.
2. Click on the caption<Установите плагин …>
3.
In the new tab that opens, click the button
4.
FF will ask you to confirm saving the plugin installer on your PC. Click<Сохранить файл> 
5.
Run the downloaded installer with administrator rights 
6.
The installation window will appear. It needs to be pressed<Установить сейчас>
7.
Wait for the installation procedure to finish
8.
After installation, a window with the plugin update settings will appear. For automatic mode, you need to put a bird in front of the words "Allow updates from ..." and click<Далее> 
9.
If all installation operations are performed correctly, information about the correct installation will appear. Push button<Закрыть>
10.
To make sure that Firefox has enabled the Silverlight plugin, you need to go to the browser options menu<Инструменты>, choose<Дополнения>and in the opened tab click<Плагины>. On the right side of the panel, in the directory of connected plug-ins, "Silverlight Plug-In" should appear.
That's all, the plug-in is installed, now in the FF browser, while surfing, you can enjoy all the interactive benefits of Microsoft Silverlight.