Visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox. Visual bookmarks for Google Chrome (Yandex Browser, Nichrome)
Before proceeding to the very essence of the article, first let's try to learn what are visual bookmarks for Firefox? This is what you see on the browser start page. This is a kind of navigation menu for your most frequently visited sites.
Thanks to visual bookmarks, you can access all the necessary pages in one click, and in the truest sense of the word. You do not need to enter the site address in the address bar, or search for it through search engines such as Google and Yandex. It is enough to click on a special bookmark on the main page of the browser, and you will immediately be redirected to the page that you requested.
Why are Yandex visual bookmarks needed?
This is a perfectly logical question, since Mozilla browser Firefox natively already has its stock visual bookmarks. But in fact they are not. Indeed, on the Firefox home page, you are shown the pages that you visit most often. Such bookmarks are inconvenient because, for example, you visit a site several times, and it will be listed on home page, forcibly. Simply put, they do not have enough features and settings that an advanced user needs in order to realize maximum convenience and comfort when working with a site browser.
That is why, you should pay attention to such an addition as Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox. They allow you to set up static site tabs, let's call them that, and customize them the way you want. Plus, the add-on is constantly updated, which brings new features with each subsequent version.
Now that you already know the purpose of this extension, we can proceed to the description of downloading and installing it. This is discussed below.
Downloading and installing visual bookmarks from Yandex
Downloading and installing the extension is done through the Mozilla addon store. Therefore, you must immediately launch browser Firefox. Then open menu(the icon is in the top right corner of the browser bar). Select an item from the menu "Additions". Or just press Ctrl+Shift+A to open the desired page.
Wonderful. After these steps, you will open a special page where your add-ons installed in the browser are collected. We need to go to the store, so being on the page " Get Extras» scroll down. And when you see the button View more extras!, click on it.
Clicking on this blue button will open the market of additional applications for Mozilla that we need. Type in the search form: Visual bookmarks from Yandex». And among the results at the very top, click on the appropriate link to open the page with the add-on.
Excellent! Click the blue button Add to Firefox" and wait for the download to finish.
When it finishes, a pop-up window will appear where you need to click on the " Add".
So we installed visual bookmarks from Yandex. The corresponding icon appeared on the Mozilla panel.
Now you can start using and configuring them. How to use them is written below.
How to use and set up
And so, after installation, instead of the standard start page, a new one will open, with bookmarks from Yandex. Initially, some bookmarks will be installed on it. If you do not need them, and you do not want them to take up extra space on the monitor screen, then it's not a problem, you can delete them. To do this, simply hover over the desired tab with the mouse cursor and wait until the settings and delete icons appear. After that, click the cross to delete the tab, and confirm your action by clicking on the button "Yes". If you need to change the name or address of the site, click on the gear icon.
How to add a tab to a panel
Setting up Yandex visual bookmarks
you can customize appearance tabs and the page they are on. Change the background, set the number of tabs on the screen (maximum 25), and add many other settings. To do this, you must first open a special menu. It is launched by clicking on the link " Settings" on the start page.
All the necessary settings are there. I think there is no need to describe anything here, because everything is clear there. Experiment to achieve maximum convenience and comfort when using.
Instruction
Launch your viewer program by double - clicking on the desktop . In the address bar, enter the address of the Yandex.Bar extension installation page http://bar.yandex.ru and press the Enter key. This is a comprehensive solution that includes different services, starting from visual bookmarks and ending with the means of checking the speed of the connection to the network.
The page that matches your browser will open. That is, Internet Explorer users will be prompted to install the application specifically for this browser, and Google users Chrome - "Yandex.Bar" for Chrome.
Click the big button labeled "Install". The program will start downloading and a message will appear. operating system about the dangers of launching files from the Internet. Click the "Run" button to confirm your decision to install from Yandex. When the installer has fully loaded, click the "Next" button in the program window. Press next several times in a row, on each of the screens, until the "Finish" button appears.
Close the web browser if it does not restart automatically. Open the browser again and you will see that you already have icon pictures of your favorite sites - the installer will automatically determine the most frequently visited web pages and create bookmarks for them quick start.
If you accidentally delete a desired bookmark, you can undo this operation. To do this, press the right mouse button, and in the menu that appears, select the "Cancel deletion" item. This operation will restore the last deleted bookmark.
In the upper right part of each of the tabs (there are nine by default) there is a pop-up settings menu. Click on the cross if you want to delete the bookmark. The leftmost button in the form of two rounded arrows - click on it to update the thumbnail image of the site. Press the middle button if you want to adjust the frequency automatic update bookmarks, or to change the page address manually. Press the button in the form of a gear in the lower right corner to change the background image of the bookmarks, and also, if you want to make not nine, but more or less icons for sites.
Once you decide on a visual bookmarking service, it's easy to uninstall it. However, it is more convenient not to uninstall the service entirely, but to disable the extension. For Chrome browser the sequence of actions is this. First you need to go to the main menu of the browser, then find the "Settings" menu there. Here you need to go to the "Extensions" item. There you will find a list of installed extensions, including Visual Bookmarks. Nearby you will see a delete icon in the form of a basket. Click on it to remove all set bookmarks. In the Mozilla browser "Visual bookmarks" are removed in this way. Open the browser and find the "Tools" item at the top, and the "Add-ons" sub-item in it. You should see a visual bookmarks panel, which refers to the Yandex.Bar settings. Opposite this item, uncheck the box or click on "Disable" (depending on the version of the browser). You can select the "Delete" button, but in this case, all bookmarks will be permanently deleted and it will be impossible to restore them.
Maximum amount possible bookmarks are not always enough for the user. Using the Yandex.Bar service, you can increase the possible number of bookmarks up to 25 pieces. You can also select the desired way to display bookmarks and design.
If the computer is unsuccessfully restarted, the bookmarks may fly off and completely disappear from the browser. Do not despair - they are very easy to restore. To do this, open your browser and go to the "Bookmarks" menu. There you will see the item "Show all bookmarks". Click on it with the left mouse button. Here you will be shown a section in which you can manage all Yandex bookmarks. Find the "Import and Backup" menu here. Select the "Restore" box here. You will be offered several recovery options: through an archive copy or a direct Yandex file. Select the appropriate option, and then go to the "Settings" menu. Check "Show visual bookmarks when opening a new tab or window". Go to the "Extensions" section. Here in general list you will see the "Yandex.Bar" item. When you open it, all lost visual bookmarks will be displayed again.
You can find Yandex visual bookmarks in the application workspace when a blank browser page opens. They are a mosaic of thumbnail images of the icon pages. To view all pages, click the All Bookmarks button. Folders with bookmarks are most often located under the Yandex search bar.
If you switched to and want to transfer Yandex visual bookmarks there, this is not at all difficult to do. Take advantage of the option to export this data. To do this, go to the settings and go to the "Add-ons" item. Click on "Browser Settings". In the menu that appears, find the "User Profiles" section, then "Transfer bookmarks and settings from another browser." A window will appear in which you can select the desired browser. Select all the necessary settings and click the "Transfer" button. Now all bookmarks are available in the new browser.
Another way to transfer bookmarks involves working with an HTML file. Open an empty browser tab and click on the "All bookmarks" button, which you will find below the list of visual bookmarks. In the window that appears, select the "Organize" button. Clicking on it will open the context menu. Select "Copy bookmarks from HTML file...". An Explorer window will open, where you can select a folder and specify the file from which the information will be copied.
An additional panel that was installed in the most popular browsers called "Yandex bar" has ceased to exist. Her main goal It was to make programs for browsing sites more functional and comfortable to use. Now its developers are offering to switch to a more modern and advanced version called. A new version panel contains many extensions, among which "Visual bookmarks" stand out. I will talk about this browser extension in this article. You can read about visual bookmarks for the Chrome browser.
Installing an extension
All available elements can be downloaded and installed individually or all at once by going to the site https://element.yandex.ru/.
After a quick download and installation, Firefox needs to be restarted, which I did. When I opened my browser, I saw a set of pretty tiles with a big search bar on top.
Advice! The bookmarked page can be viewed at any time by pressing Ctrl + T.
Setting up an extension
To change the settings for visual bookmarks, there is a "Settings" button in the lower right corner of the browser window. Clicking on it, I saw a single setting that allows you to change the background of the page. Yandex has prepared several nice background pictures for its users and provided the opportunity to download new ones from hard drive. If desired, the background image can be made permanent or changed after a certain time.
Extra options
Also Yandex bookmarks for Firefox have additional settings available by clicking the "More Options" button. They allow:
- select the type of bookmarks;
- disable the search bar;
Advice! take advantage search engine can be in the address bar of the browser.
- enable or disable the display of the panel;
- consent to the automatic sending of statistics;
- use contextual suggestions or make the open page home.
Position of bookmarks on the page
On the new page Yandex visual bookmarks for Mozilla look like small tiles. They are easily moved with the mouse enough:
- Move the cursor to the desired bookmark.
- Hold down the left mouse button, and it will move along with the cursor.
- AT right place just release the button.
The tile will stay where you placed it. In the upper right corner of each visual bookmark, there are three buttons that allow you to change its settings. They are hidden from the user, and in order to see them, the cursor should be moved to the right edge of the bookmark and held in place for a short time.
Pin, delete or edit
The button in the form of a lock allows you to unpin or unpin Yandex bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox. This is very useful when there are a lot of popular resources and they are mixed automatically. Pinned bookmarks will always remain in their places.
By clicking on the button in the form of a gear, an additional panel appeared in front of me, where you can change the site address, add or edit a description. Popular and recently visited pages are also available for viewing. 
To quickly delete a bookmark, there is a third button in the form of a cross. Clicking on it, I saw a pop-up window confirming my actions. The developers took care of the users and provided protection against accidental deletion of bookmarks. If you see a pop-up window with the question “Delete the bookmark?”, And you were not going to delete anything, then click on the “No” button and everything will remain as before.
Add new bookmark
In order for a new site to appear on the page with visual bookmarks, you need to click on the "Add bookmark" button, which is located in the lower right corner. A panel will appear with a form for entering the site address. You can also enter a description by clicking the "Edit Description" button.
I liked the ability to use a keyboard shortcut to navigate to the desired site. You need to count the tiles from left to right, and select and navigate by simultaneously pressing the Alt key and the number corresponding to the serial number of the bookmark.
Yandex Elements offers other useful browser add-ons that are also worth your attention.
Users browse a huge number of websites every day. For the convenience of visiting your favorite resources, many create bookmarks. Unfortunately, a browser like Google Chrome has one significant drawback. The web browser does not provide visual bookmarks.
When you create new tabs, the websites you visit most often appear instead of bookmarks. This is not very convenient, so you need to figure out how to set visual bookmarks for Google Chrome.
Adding visual tabs
Many beginners don't know, but adding visual bookmarks to Google Chrome is easy. Bookmarks are visualized by installing extensions. On the this moment there are several different add-ons that can be installed in chrome, namely:
- From Yandex;
- From ru;
- speed dial.
Each extension is unique. The user himself needs to decide which virtual module is best for him to use. It should be noted that each extension has the ability to create a backup copy of the settings.
Bookmarks Yandex
Most users prefer to install Yandex visual bookmarks for Google Chrome. To add a plugin, you should open the menu in the web browser, and then select "Settings".
In the page that opens, you need to select the "Extensions" section, and then scrolling to the very bottom of the list, select "More extensions".
When the Google store opens, in the search bar you need to write "Visual bookmarks". After that, press Enter to start searching for the extension.
After 2 seconds, visual bookmarks available for the Chrome browser will appear on the screen. The first on the list will be the extension from Yandex. To install it, just click "Install".
It will take a few seconds to install Yandex bookmarks. After that, the user, having created a new tab, will see the bookmarks bar.
Panel setup
Having created a new tab, the user will see several buttons in addition to the graphical tabs:
- Closed tabs;
- downloads;
- bookmarks;
- Story;
- Add bookmarks;
- Settings.
To customize the panel for yourself, you must click on the "Customize" button.
In the opened form, the user can change:
- Number of tabs (from 1 to 25);
- Type of bookmarks;
- The background under the tabs;
- Extra options.
Thanks to flexible customization, users will be able to customize the visual panel so that it is more convenient for them to use it.
Mail.ru bookmarks
In addition to the Yandex panel, users can integrate visual bookmarks from Mail.ru into the browser. To do this, it is recommended to enter the Google store, and then enter "Remote" in the search bar.
After pressing Enter, the results of the search query will be loaded. Visual bookmarks from Mail.ru for Google Chrome will be listed first. You must click on the "Install" button to download the extension.
If desired, the panel can be customized to your taste by adding an interesting design.
By creating a new tab, users will see the search bar, as well as any previously added bookmarks. The working panel can only fit 12 tabs, if there are more, another virtual panel is created. To go to it, just move the mouse cursor to the edge of the screen.
At the bottom of the screen there is a panel with several buttons:
If you click on the "Remote settings" button, a form will open in which the panel style is configured, you need to select the topic of interest.
You can upload your own image or photo if you wish. In fact, there is nothing complicated, even a beginner can handle the settings.
Speed Dial Plugin
The most beautiful visual tab bar for chrome is the Speed Dial add-on. it real masterpiece A that creates a 3D panel. To start downloading the add-on, you need to open the Google store, and then enter "Speed Dial" in the search.
The extension will appear first in the search results. To install the add-on, as usual, click on the "Install" button.
Installation takes about 10 seconds because the extension is over 2MB in size. After integrating with the browser, you can start setting up the add-on.
Panel setup
By creating a new tab, the user will see a completely new navigation area, consisting of the following blocks:
- Settings;
- Tab areas;
- Tab group areas;
- The string to search.
When you click on the gear icon, the settings window opens, in which the visualization of the tabs changes.
In addition, you can see that there is a panel on the top that configures:
- Group "Popular";
- Group "Recently Closed";
- Font;
- Widgets.
Thanks to flexible settings, the panel is customized for each person, depending on his preferences.
Disabling an add-on
Many users know how to set visual bookmarks for google chrome but don't know how they are disabled or removed. First you need to go to "extensions". Then, among all the installed add-ons, find the one that needs to be disabled.
On the right side of the extension, there is a checkmark in the "Enabled" box. To disable it, just uncheck the box. If you want to remove the add-on, you need to click on the trash can icon. After that, the Visual Bookmarks extension will be removed.
Removing extensions is most often necessary if the browser has begun to “slow down” and load websites for a long time. Sometimes it is enough to reinstall the extension and the problem will disappear.
Visual tabs not showing
Sometimes beginners are faced with the lack of screenshots of websites in visual bookmarks from Yandex. Most often, this problem occurs after updating the extension. Instead of screenshots, users see only logos and names of Internet resources.
To fix the situation, you need to enter the bookmark settings, and then in the "Bookmark type" field, set "Screenshots". In addition, in order to quickly configure the extension in the future, you need to make a backup. A previously saved settings file can be loaded into the browser.
Conclusion
In practice, it is clear that even a beginner can install an extension with visual bookmarks. Sometimes it can be difficult to choose an addition. In this case, it is recommended to install the necessary extensions one by one.
After installation, you need to "play" with the settings. Only in this way, it is possible to customize the panel for yourself. If the extension does not work correctly or you just don't like it, you can uninstall it.
It should be noted that in addition to the above add-ons in the Google store, you can find about a dozen more extensions that allow you to create a virtual panel. Do not be afraid to experiment, as add-ons can always be disabled or removed.
How to set visual bookmarks
Visual bookmarks from Yandex replace the blank Firefox browser page that appears when you open a new tab. With the help of visual bookmarks, you can navigate through pre-installed or frequently visited sites in one click. Each bookmark is a miniature picture, when clicked, it takes you to the desired site.
Installing Visual Bookmarks is quite simple. The algorithm for obtaining this add-on for Firefox is described below.
Installing Yandex Visual Bookmarks
You can install the add-on directly from the Yandex.
On the screen with visual bookmarks there is a Yandex search bar through which you can find any information. It is possible to customize the background. The user can choose a picture from the proposed collection or set his own image. You can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to quickly navigate to recent history, downloads, bookmarks, and settings.
For those who liked the old visual bookmarks from Yandex, I advise you to watch this video on installing them:
Removing Elements and Visual Bookmarks
If you do not like the add-on, then you can remove it at any time. To do this, go to the main menu in Add-ons.
On the left, select Extensions. A list of all installed Firefox extensions will open. Find Visual Bookmarks and Elements in the list. Opposite each extension there are buttons "Disable", which serves to temporarily disable, and "Delete", which completely uninstalls the extension.
Click the "Delete" button. Firefox will prompt you to restart in order to complete the removal or cancel the action if the button was clicked by mistake. Click "Restart Now" and the browser will automatically restart and finish removing the add-on.