Nowadays, almost every person has access to the Internet and uses it every day to look up the weather for the coming days, news, and movie premieres. And to go to a familiar site, you need to enter its name in the address bar or select it from the list of previously saved bookmarks. Agree, this is not always convenient.
Using visual bookmarks will make this task easier. They appear when you open a new tab in the browser. With their help, you have quick access to the sites you visit, which are presented in the form of thumbnails.
To install Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox first, you need to download the extension file, which is called - visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox. We write the corresponding request in the Yandex search engine. Then click on the “Install” button.
A new tab opens Visual bookmarks. We read the information, scroll to the end and click “Install”.
The following information window may appear, click “Allow”.
Now restart Firefox.
The next window displays a list of add-ons, in which there are three new ones that have just been installed. For example, I don’t need Yandex.Advisor, so I can safely click “Delete”. If you are in doubt and may want to use this add-on in the future, click “Disable” and restart your browser.
The installation of visual bookmarks is complete. Now let's look at some settings.
To open visual bookmarks, click on the plus sign at the TOP, i.e. open a new tab.
The page will look like the picture below: visual bookmarks are presented in the form of a matrix, they save a link to the site and are made in the form of a site logo with a corresponding title.
Next, in the lower right corner, click “Settings”. Here you can select the number of bookmarks that will appear when you open a new tab, and the background. Then click on the button "Other options".
Here you can select the type of bookmarks, make visual bookmarks home page, which will be loaded when the browser is opened. If you want the search bar and bookmarks bar to be displayed at the top of the window, check the boxes next to these items.
IN standard settings the matrix of visual bookmarks is formed from the most popular sites. The thumbnails can be placed in any order; to do this, simply click on the selected bookmark with the left mouse button, and, without releasing the mouse button, drag the image to the desired square. To add a bookmark, click on the corresponding button in the lower right corner.
Then we select a site from those offered: popular, recently visited, or enter the page address yourself. We left-click on it and it appears in the matrix.
For convenience, at the bottom of the visual bookmarks page there are buttons for quickly jumping to closed tabs, downloads, bookmarks, and history.
When you hover over the thumbnail on the right top corner three icons appear. The first pins the bookmark so that when new bookmarks are added, the pinned one remains in place.
The second, in the form of a gear, is necessary to change the site to which this bookmark will lead.
Using the third, you can delete a bookmark.
To delete or disable visual bookmarks in the browser “Menu”, select “Add-ons”, the image was presented earlier. And opposite the addition "Visual bookmarks" Click the “Delete” or “Disable” button. Then we restart the browser, after which the extension will be removed from Mozilla Firefox.
What are Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox? We figured out how to install, configure and, if desired, remove them from your computer.
We also watch the video
It’s worth installing Yandex visual bookmarks just because they make it much easier to navigate through the resources you visit. Opera has long had an Express panel, but other popular Internet browsers do not have this installed. Therefore, downloading this application is completely justified. The lotion can be installed on Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer And Google Chrome.
What are visual bookmarks?
Did you like the site? Make a bookmark out of it and you can return to it after a week, a month, a year. Now every browser has this feature because it is really convenient. However, bookmarks tend to accumulate and often their number reaches hundreds. Therefore, browser manufacturers have created visual bookmarks, which, unlike the “thieves” of the workspace, are small images of sites that you like.
Installing visual bookmarks for Yandex
Previously this application came complete with a bulky Bar. However, now you can download and install it without other unnecessary bells and whistles. So, first of all, download installation file“Visual bookmarks Yandex”, then launch. You will be prompted to install new browser Yandex, but you don’t have to do this. Then, what’s nice, you will have the opportunity to disable all additional and often unnecessary options (default search, make the Yandex page home, sending anonymous statistics). Having completed all the necessary steps, the browser will restart and open a blank page with empty windows, where Yandex visual bookmarks will soon appear.
Working with the application
As soon as you move the mouse cursor over an empty rectangle, a “+” sign will appear on it. You can create it by clicking on it. You can select Yandex visual bookmarks from recently opened pages or simply enter the desired link and the name of the future bookmark in the required fields. When you hover over the created tabs, you will see a control panel with four main buttons (delete a bookmark, change settings or update a site screenshot). Yandex visual bookmarks can be freely dragged to any place you like, which allows you to sort sites in the desired sequence.
Bookmark settings
At the very bottom of your browser's home page there is a "Settings" button. With its help you can change the panels with bookmarks. For example, you can change the number of rectangles, adjust the refresh rate of screenshots, and add a background.
Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox
This version of the application allows you not only to manually add your favorite sites to bookmarks, but now it can insert screenshots of the most visited Internet resources into the panel. If you are not satisfied with this state of affairs and you want the most necessary bookmarks to remain in place, then move the mouse cursor over the selected one and use the corresponding icon to pin the bookmark in place. The gear-shaped button is necessary to change the site address. Now you know all the intricacies of visual bookmarks, from installing them to setting them up appearance. We wish you good luck in your work!
Content
Bookmarks on an Internet page play the same role as in a paper book. There are situations when you find interesting, useful information, but in this moment there is no time to read or study it. There are notes for this, so that without wasting time searching, you can quickly find the page you need. Find out how to create, save, export them for the Yandex browser. Armed detailed instructions, even a novice “computer genius” will cope with the task. All you have to do is choose the appropriate option for saving pages in the browser.
What are Yandex visual bookmarks and where to download them
Yandex visual bookmarks – convenient way using your favorite and frequently visited sites (social networks, online stores, thematic forums). Outwardly, it looks like a colored tile with reduced images of sites, links to which they store and represent part of the Yandex Elements, included in the standard content package of the Yandex browser, which has undergone major changes due to the redesign of the extension: appearance, settings and has become a new product on the computer horizon.
Browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer require additional installation. An easy way is to visit the Yandex portal (yandex.ru), where you will be asked to install additional extensions or plugins for the browser you are using. You can see the offer at the top of the screen when you are on home page Yandex.
How to install for Google Chrome
When installing the Chrome browser panel, you will need to use Yandex Elements, about in a simple way his search has already been mentioned. By clicking the “install” button (at the top of the monitor, in the center), you can open the following window, where you need to click “install” under the inscription “Visual bookmarks”. In the pop-up window that appears, click “Install Extension.”
After this operation, when opening a new tab of this browser, you can choose the “icon” of your favorite resource. If you want to see existing pages in Google Chrome without using third-party extensions, then right-click on the free field, just below the address bar, and check the box next to “Show bookmarks bar” at the end of the list that appears. After completing this simple action, they will be placed under the address (search) bar.
In Mozilla Firefox
Bookmark this page Mozilla browser Firefox you can at least four different ways. All of them will lead to the same correct result. Choose for yourself the one that seems simpler and more accessible.
- The first one is that when you are on a page whose address you would like to save for later, you must click “Add this page to bookmarks” (the button looks like a white five-pointed star and is located at the top right of the address bar). The star will change color, turn blue and “jump” to the adjacent button. Your note is stored there. To view it, click on the adjacent right grid square and find the line “unfiled” - this is the place where your important pages are collected.
- Perform this operation by simultaneously pressing the Ctrl+D keys (this key combination is applicable to all versions of any browsers working with the operating system Windows system). After clicking on the star and adding a page to your favorites list, this icon changes color.
- This method is possible using the context menu. You need to hover your mouse over the link - it can be a single word, part of text, or a picture. Externally, the cursor will change and will look not like an arrow, but a hand with an extended index finger. After hovering, you need to right-click on the link - a context menu will appear with possible options actions. You must select “Add link to bookmarks” and confirm saving in the window that opens.
- For the last option for adding pages, you must use the “View” menu (located at the very top of the screen, between the “Journal” and “Tools” menus). We select the “Add page” item; the current one is saved and remains available during subsequent sessions of working with the computer.
You can view saved pages in Mazil under the address bar on the Panel (frequently visited ones are displayed there) or by pressing the key to the right of the asterisk with which you added the page to bookmarks. Please note that if you do not see your saved pages in their usual place (under the address bar), then you need to make sure that the settings in the View menu are correct.
To do this, you need to perform the following simple operation: at the very top of the screen we find the “View” menu, click on it, select the first item “Toolbars”. At the same time, another side will open extra menu, where there should be a checkmark next to the “Bookmarks Bar” item. By making sure that the necessary pages are saved correctly, you can always use them at any time convenient for you.
For Internet Explorer
The process of creating bookmarks in Internet browser Explorer is similar in its capabilities to the previously reviewed Mazil browser. The difference is that in Internet Explorer, visual bookmarks are indicated by a “Favorites” button. To use Yandex bookmarks, you must initially install them. The most accessible and in a fast way is the use of resources of the Yandex portal (element.yandex.ru).
After clicking the “Install” button, a panel with an action request will appear on the screen. The download of the application installer will begin after the "Run" operation command. After the process is completed, you must click the “Install” button. The assigned task will begin. Additional confirmation of the user's rights to install the application may be required.
After installing the application, you will be able to use all available functions. Once the installation process is complete, a small window will appear informing you about this. You must click the “Finish” button. It is possible to customize the application to suit your preferences, such as changing the main background where the saved pages are located in a mosaic.
How to make and save my bookmarks in Yandex browser
Bookmarks in Yandex appear immediately after saving, by automatic transfer from other browsers installed in your operating system. If you have previously used this application on other devices, such as a smartphone or work computer, then you can use synchronization. It allows you to use all your saved pages, web browsing history on any of your devices with installed by Yandex browser.
Make new bookmarks using the previously listed methods that also work for this browser. Using the CTRL+D key combination, which are called “hot keys” (with further confirmation of saving the page) or pressing the “Add to bookmarks” button - asterisk yellow color, indicating that the current page has already been added. Additionally, you can use the "Add" function if you want to open a new browser tab (in the lower right corner).
To do this, you will need to write the link of the page you want to add on the address bar. You can use one more method: on the ribbon under the search bar, select the icon of the desired site in your browsing history. By clicking on it, the page will automatically be added to your bookmarks and displayed among the Yandex Visual Bookmarks tiles.
How to find bookmarks in Yandex browser and export
It should be remembered that Yandex Visual Bookmarks are automatically displayed in the application workspace when you open a new empty browser tab. They look like a mosaic of thumbnail images of frequently used Internet pages, with corresponding icons. To view all saved pages, you must click the “All bookmarks” button, which is located under the mosaic. As in many other browsers, folders are located under the Yandex address (search) bar. There you can easily find your useful, favorite pages.
If you have previously used another browser and you have a need to use the information stored there, then take advantage of the ability to export these and other settings. To do this you need to go to the settings. Under the address (search) bar, click “Add-ons” and click on “Browser Settings”. In the settings window that appears, go down the page and find the “User Profiles” section, then the “Transfer bookmarks and settings from another browser” button.
After clicking on it, it appears additional window, where you can select your browser. From here you will export settings and pages, as well as the content that needs to be transferred. After selecting all the necessary settings, click the “Transfer” button. After this operation, all your favorite and useful bookmarks will be available in one browser. In a similar way, you can import the information you need.
There is another way to export information from an html file. To do this, with an empty browser tab open, you will need to click the “All bookmarks” button, which is located under the Visual tiles. In the window that appears with a list of all pages, you should find the “Arrange” button (with a triangular arrow on the right). When you click, a context menu appears where you need the item “Copy bookmarks from HTML file..." Next, an Explorer window opens, where you can select a folder and specify the location of the file from which you are going to export the information.
How to delete or restore visual bookmarks in Yandex
There comes a time when the amount of stored information becomes very large. Some of it is already outdated and of no value. You can always delete accumulated links and sites by cleaning the storage and freeing up space for another new one. necessary information. If you were in a hurry and deleted something you didn’t want, you can put the information back in its place. To delete and restore Yandex Visual Bookmarks, use several methods.
- You can remove bookmarks if, when opening a new empty tab, click the “Settings” button, under the images of Visual Tabs, and then click on the cross (upper right corner) to delete unnecessary ones.
- Click the right mouse button in the application area next to the address (search) bar and on the appeared context menu select the “Bookmark Manager” item, where data about all the pages you have saved is stored. You can organize the list with them according to the parameters convenient for you. When you right-click on any of the list elements, a context menu appears where you need to select “Delete” if you no longer need the selected line.
- If you accidentally deleted the wrong list item, you need to return the bookmarks by performing the operation back. To do this, right-click again and select “Cancel deletion” in the context menu that appears, which will restore the page by canceling the last deletion command in the task manager.
A functional new tab in any browser is a quite useful thing, which allows you to quickly perform various operations, for example, open certain sites. For this reason, the “Visual Bookmarks” add-on, released by Yandex, is very popular among users of all browsers: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc. Is it possible to install visual tabs in Yandex Browser, and how to do it?
If you have installed Yandex.Browser, then there is no need to set visual bookmarks separately, since they are already installed in the browser automatically. “Visual bookmarks” are part of Yandex Elements, which we talked about in more detail. Install visual bookmarks from Yandex from the market Google extensions It’s also not possible - the browser will report that it does not support this extension.
You cannot disable or enable visual bookmarks yourself, and they are always available to the user when he opens a new tab by clicking on the corresponding icon in the tab row:
The difference between visual bookmarks in Yandex Browser and other browsers
The functionality of visual bookmarks built into Yandex and a separate extension installed in other browsers is absolutely identical. The difference lies only in some interface details - for their browser, the developers have made visual bookmarks somewhat more unique. Let's compare the visual bookmarks installed in Chrome:
And in Yandex.Browser:
The difference is small, and is this:
- in other browsers, the top toolbar with the address bar, bookmarks, and extension icons remains “native”, but in Yandex.Browser it changes when a new tab is open;
- in Yandex Browser, the address bar also plays the role of a search bar, thereby not being duplicated, as in other browsers;
- interface elements such as weather, traffic jams, mail, etc. are absent in the visual tabs of Yandex Browser and are included as needed by the user;
- buttons " Closed tabs", "Downloads", "Bookmarks", "History", "Applications" are located in different places for Yandex Browser and other browsers;
- the settings for visual bookmarks in Yandex Browser and other browsers are different;
- in Yandex.Browser all backgrounds are live (animated), but in other browsers they will be static.
How to set up visual bookmarks in Yandex Browser
Visual bookmarks in Yandex Browser are called “Tableau”. Here you can add up to 18 widgets of your favorite sites with counters. Counters display the number of incoming emails per e-mail or in social networks, which eliminates the need manual update sites. You can add a bookmark by clicking on the " Add»:
You can change the widget by pointing at its upper right part - then 3 buttons will be displayed: blocking the widget’s location on the panel, settings, removing the widget from the panel:
Unlocked visual bookmarks can be easily dragged by clicking on them with the left mouse button and, without releasing it, drag the widget to the desired location.
Using the " Enable Sync", you can synchronize Yandex.Browser of the current computer and other devices:
To open the bookmark manager that you created in Yandex.Browser, click on the button " All bookmarks»:
Button " Customize screen"allows you to access the settings of all widgets, add a new visual bookmark", as well as change the background of the tab:
We have already written more about how to change the background of visual bookmarks here:
Using visual bookmarks is a great way to not only quickly access the sites and browser functions you need, but also a great opportunity to decorate your new tab.
In order for your most favorite sites to be presented in the form of pictures, and not just a list, Yandex visual bookmarks were created.
What it is?
To put it simply, this is such a convenient extension that creates a panel with all your favorite sites.
So, the first method is to point the address element.yandex.ru in your browser and go there.
This is a site for Yandex elements, that is, extensions that this company offers.
How to set bookmarks through the site element.yandex.ru
After this, you will be prompted to download the bookmark installer, the installation will take place and after a maximum of 2-3 minutes the tabs will be ready for use. The method is extremely simple.
How to install bookmarks through the browser store
The second method, as mentioned above, is to go to your browser's store and install from there.
Of course, for different browsers the address of this store will look different, and specifically:
- For Mozilla Firefox– mozilla.org (also available by going to “Add-ons” and then “Extensions”);
- For Google Chrome– chrome.google.com/webstore (also available in the “menu” Additional tools", and then "Extensions");
- For Opera– addons.opera.com (or through “Menu”, then “Extensions” and “Extension Manager”).
These are the three most popular browsers today. After going to the store, you need to write in the search bar, for example, “visual bookmarks from Yandex” or something similar.
You need to click on it and wait.
For example, for Mozilla it looks like this.
By the way, the first method is more reliable, because using the second it is not always possible to find this extension.
If no methods work, you can simply write in any search engine, in the same way, “visual bookmarks from Yandex” or something similar and go to the same store.
Customizing visual bookmarks for yourself
As mentioned above, this service has always been famous for its ease of setup. Therefore, you should figure out how to customize them for yourself. The simplest thing you can do is add a new bookmark.
It’s very easy to do this - at the bottom there is a “Add bookmark” button, click on it, write down the site address or just its name, for example, google, and press the Enter key.
As for how to change the background, how to change the appearance of shortcuts, how to make sure that when you open the browser, these are the tabs that open (if several similar extensions are installed), then all this is done by clicking on the “Settings” button.
By the way, as for the latter, there is a “Make” button for this. home page"(in the figure it is highlighted with a green rectangle).
Then, when you start the browser, this bookmarks menu will open.
As you can see, this menu at the bottom also has buttons for downloads, bookmarks and history, which allow you to go to these browser services much faster and not have to look for them in the menu of the program itself - very convenient.
Removing visual bookmarks
If you don't like this extension, you can always simply remove it from your browser. As for how to remove visual bookmarks from Yandex, this is done using the following steps:
- Go to the extensions menu of your browser.
- Click on “Visual bookmarks”.
- Click the delete button.
- We restart the program.
And now in more detail. As for where to find the extensions menu, this was discussed above when the second method of installing this element was described.
For example, for Mozilla Firefox this menu can be found by going to “Add-ons” and then “Extensions”.
Depending on the browser, the “Delete” button may be available immediately or after clicking on a specific extension.
You can also simply disable this extension for a while. To do this, there is a “Disable” button next to the “Delete” button.
True, it is not available in all browsers. It is worth saying that visual bookmarks are, in fact, also very simple. .
How to return the old bookmark design
Today, many people are not satisfied with the new visual bookmarks - they prefer the old ones.
Return today old design in the way described above is impossible, because only new versions are posted in stores.
But you can restore old windows manually. To do this, download the file with the old ones.
But before that you need to delete old bookmarks. How to do this was described above. After that, download old bookmarks, for example, .
To do this, go to the browser extensions menu and click the corresponding button there.
Depending on the browser, the “Install from file” button may be in different places, and its name may change.
For example, in Mozilla it is located in the menu additional settings, as shown in the picture below.
In Chrome, to get to it, you still need to check the box next to “Developer Mode” (circled in a green oval in the figure below) and then click on the “Load unpacked extension” button.
To make it even clearer, here is a video on installing old bookmarks in Chrome.
A worthy replacement for old and new Yandex visual bookmarks for Google Chrome
Yandex visual bookmarks - Full review popular service
