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Creating and setting up an express panel in Yandex. Express panel from Yandex

Yandex is the most popular media brand in the CIS. The Yandex panel service offers a set of tools that will allow you to use the services of the same name in browsers. The application is installed like a regular web browser extension. The main feature of the service is synchronization with account Yandex, where the user gets quick access to proprietary tools: email, weather, news, cloud storage, etc.

How to install the extension

The Yandex Express panel is installed in the standard way - we launch the extension from the store, confirm the installation and wait for the process to complete. Just type into the search bar of your browser “ Install Yandex express panel." Direct links to official extension stores:

Opera.

Please note that each browser requires a different extension. Otherwise, by going to the extension store of another browser, the user will be prompted to first install the required browser. For example, a person wanted to install an extension for Opera using Google Chrome. In such a situation, he will see a dialog box where he will be asked to install the required browser.

After installation, the express panel will appear on the quick access panel in the browser.

Basic settings

The Yandex express panel has a flexible customization system, so each user can customize the service to individual needs. To configure the services you need to go to main menu(start page) and click on the button " settings", which is located under the visual bookmark icons. The settings are identical for all browsers, including Yandex Browser, Google Chrome, Opera and others. After activating the command, the following settings window for the Yandex express panel in the browser will appear on the screen:

Here are located:

bookmark settings: here you set the number of available tabs and the information that is placed on each tab separately;
express panel background: you can choose from the proposed options or download from the Internet;
additional options: allow you to activate or deactivate auxiliary options when working with the extension;
backup tabs – a function that allows you to use the applied settings on other accounts.

Possibilities

The Yandex panel offers not only changing the start page, but also a number of additional features. Let's look at the main services:

Create a tab in the express panel

If the user wants to create a quick access tab in the express panel from Yandex, you must click on the button "Add bookmark". In the Google Chrome browser, the button is located under the visual icons.

Well-known resources offer branded icons, which makes the search process a little easier.

For example, if you add the Pikabu resource to the tabs, you will see the site’s corporate logo.

Yandex Elements (Yandex express panel) is a set of add-ons to the Internet browser that significantly simplify working with all company services.

Then you need to click on the “Install” button. The browser's security system will warn you about a blocked request, on which you will need to click "Allow".

In other browsers this may not happen, and the download will begin immediately after clicking the button.

After this, a window will appear warning you about installing add-ons. It will contain a list of extensions to install.

In our case, these are “Yandex Elements” and “visual bookmarks”. In this window you will need to click “Install Now”.

The message will warn you that malicious programs may harm your computer or serve as a means to steal personal information.

After downloading and using applications, you will need to restart the browser. To do this, a window will appear with a notification and a “Restart now” button, which you will need to click.

The browser will close, after a few seconds, a simple message will appear, it will say that the extensions were successfully installed.

After clicking “Continue”, after a few seconds, the browser will load with ready-made extensions.

Pay attention! The start page has noticeably changed; icons for Yandex extensions have been added to the panel to the right of the address bar: “Mail”, “Weather” and “Disk”. Along with them, an invisible one is added to the toolbar - “Yandex.Translation”, which works in the background and appears only in the context menu by right-clicking on the selected word.

The new start page provides many more options than the previous visual bookmarks bar:

To use the Yandex.Mail and Yandex.Disk applications, you will need to log into your account on the Yandex mail service.
Button for quick access to recently closed tabs.
Open your browser's download manager.
Button to call the bookmark manager.
Calling a window for working with the history of viewed pages.

In addition, it is possible to add a new bookmark. To do this, you need to click on the button located in the lower right part of the page.

The maximum number of bookmarks on a page is limited to two and a half dozen.

There is no option to combine bookmarks into folders.

This action will open the add bookmark form.

The new address can be either entered into a special line or selected from the most frequently viewed or recently visited pages.

Setting up visual bookmarks

To configure the express panel in the best way, you will need to click “Settings” in the lower right corner of the page.

Then you will need to click “Other options” to open a form with more detailed settings.

This “slider” allows you to change the number of bookmarks from one to 25.
Here the user selects a background image. Button 2a allows you to upload your own image.
In the drop-down menu you can select the type of display of sites in bookmarks. You can display the logo and title, the logo and a screenshot of the main page, or only the screenshot.
The checkboxes in this block allow you to: enable/disable the search bar, bookmarks bar, sending statistics and contextual suggestions.
A button that allows you to make the visual bookmarks bar your home page.

Additional features

Along with the visual bookmarks panel, Yandex.Elements provides the user with several useful services designed as an extension for the browser.

With their help, you can quickly view your mailbox and cloud storage contents, monitor the weather, and translate text from foreign languages directly in the browser.

Yandex.Mail

Allows you to open incoming emails from the browser toolbar.

To send emails or other actions, the add-on redirects the user to the mail service page.

To use, you must log in to your own Yandex account.

Yandex.Weather

By clicking on the service icon, the weather forecast for the current day for the region is displayed.

Provides information about cloud cover, humidity, wind direction, pressure and temperature fluctuations throughout the day.

To receive a forecast for the next ten days, the user is redirected to the service page.

Yandex.Disk

This extension provides all files stored in the cloud in the form of a list.

Each of the files can be downloaded, and it is also possible to send a link in order to download files from Yandex Disk.

Yandex.Translation

This feature allows you to translate foreign words directly on the page. To do this, you need to highlight the word of interest and right-click on it.

In the drop-down menu there will be an item “Find translation”.

Clicking on it will redirect the user to the Yandex.Dictionary page with a comprehensive translation.

From the same menu you can send the selected text via email or perform a search.

Removing the Yandex express panel

If there is a need to restore the standard menu of visual bookmarks instead of the Yandex express panel, you will need to open the application and browser extensions manager.

In FireFox, this comes from the options menu in the top right corner of the browser window.

We need an "Add-ons" block.

Clicking on the add-on icon will redirect the user to a page with settings for extensions and plugins.

In the “Extensions” item, among others, there will be “Visual bookmarks” and “Yandex elements”. Opposite them there will be “Delete” buttons.

After removal, the browser will restart and the start page will return to its original appearance.

Installing Yandex elements

Yandex Express Panel: installation, configuration, removal - complete guide

The Internet Explorer browser has the ability to install an express panel. Opera, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari browsers have an express panel or something similar to an express panel.

The Express panel is very convenient when used in a browser; you can quickly open website pages and navigate between them. Unfortunately, Microsoft did not provide the installation of an express panel for its Internet Explorer browser.

There are several ways to create an express panel in Internet Explorer. One way to create an express panel is to install Visual Bookmarks from Yandex.

Express panel displaying the most popular sites

In order to create an express panel for Internet Explorer, you will need to click on the “Tools (Alt+X)” button on the far right. In the context menu you will need to click on the “Browser Options” item.

In the “Browser Properties” window, open the “General” => “Home Page” tab, in the field you need to write the expression “about:tabs”, and then click on the “OK” button. Now you should restart the browser. After restarting Internet Explorer, your home page will now be the Express panel.

On this express panel, a list of links in Internet Explorer is generated automatically. It contains the pages you visit most often. If there are few pages visited, then they will all be located on this express panel.

In the future, only the most frequently visited sites will be displayed here.

The express panel displays the name of the site, its icon and activity indicator. In accordance with the activity indicator, sites will be arranged in order of greatest number of visits.

Now, every time you start Internet Explorer, the express panel will open.

Visual bookmarks from Yandex

There is another way to install something like an express panel in the Internet Explorer browser (this method is suitable for different versions of the browser). To do this, you will need to install Yandex Elements (formerly called Yandex.Bar) with the Visual Bookmarks extension.

To do this, you will need to download the Yandex Elements program for Internet Explorer and then install it on your computer. When installing the program, uncheck unnecessary items so as not to link your computer to Yandex search and services. This proposal is at your discretion, maybe someone will not be against such opportunities.

In the window that opens, select the add-on that you want to enable. In our case, these are Visual bookmarks. Yandex elements can be omitted if you do not want to use this add-on. After selecting the add-ons, click on the “Finish” button.

After this, restart your browser. After restarting, Internet Explorer will open the Visual Bookmarks page.

If for some reason this does not happen, press the “Ctrl” + “T” key combination on your keyboard, after which a page with visual bookmarks appears. In order to configure visual bookmarks, click on the “Settings” button in the lower right corner.

The general settings window for visual bookmarks opens. Here you can select the type of bookmarks and background image. You can upload a background image from your computer, and select the type of bookmarks: “site screenshots.”

After completing the setup, visual bookmarks will be displayed in a new form.

To disable add-ons in the browser, go to the “Tools” menu, then select “Configure add-ons”. Next, select the desired add-in from the list, highlight it, and then click on the “Disable” button. After this, Internet Explorer will continue to work without this add-on.

Conclusions of the article

In the Internet Explorer browser, you can create an express panel displaying the most frequently visited sites, or install the Yandex Elements add-on with visual bookmarks.

How to create an express panel in Internet Explorer (video)

The Express panel has become an indispensable tool for quick access to your favorite resources. It is available in all modern browsers, but it is not always implemented in the best way for the user.

Differences between the Quick Access Toolbar in Google Chrome

The search giant was able to create one of the most widespread web browsers, on the engine of which new equally successful projects appear every now and then (Yandek.Browser). But what raises questions is the operating principle of the express panel.

When opening a new tab, the user will see eight cells with thumbnails of the sites he visits most often. You cannot add them manually, which often causes confusion. Such an inappropriate step leads to replacing the panel or improving it through special extensions.

Pay attention! If you clear your Google Chrome history, the express panel will be completely cleared.

Working with the bookmarks bar

As an alternative to website thumbnails, you can use the bookmarks bar. By default, it is active only when switching to a new tab, but this limitation can be easily removed in the browser settings.

In the top right corner, open the Google Chrome management tools, they look like three dots.
In the panel that opens, select “Settings”.
A window will appear with information about the user and immediately below it, the “Appearance” section will be located.
Activate the “Show bookmarks bar” toggle switch, after which they will immediately appear under the search bar.
To add a new bookmark, you need to go to the site you need and click on the image of the star located at the end of the search line.
Specify the name and path to its location “Bookmarks Bar”.

The number of bookmarks is unlimited. When they no longer fit in the browser window, a footnote will appear where you can look at the full list of pages you have saved.

Panel from Yandex.Browser

Users accustomed to Google Chrome make compromises and resort to using third-party extensions in order to correct the controversial decision from the developers. One of the most popular options is using an express access panel similar to Yandex.Browser. To install it, do the following:

visit the official Google extension store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions?hl=ru;
refer to the local search bar located at the top left;
ask a request - visual bookmarks;
select the last option “From the Yandex website” in the list that appears;
Click on the “Install” button.

All you have to do is restart your browser and the updated express access panel will appear in front of you. The number and shape of signs can be adjusted to suit your own needs. The maximum number of posted links cannot exceed 48 pieces.

As a nice bonus, you can customize the background using bright images.

Speed Dial 2 solution

If the solution from Yandex seems too cumbersome and tasteless to you, then turn to the alternative extension from Speed Dial 2.

Go back to the Google extension store.
Create a search query with the name of the extension - Speed Dial 2.
Click the “Install” button next to the plugin name.

Immediately after the installation process, a welcome window will appear, where you will be asked to watch the presentation and learn more about the creators of the project. You can skip this formality and click “Continue”. You will be prompted to synchronize existing bookmarks by logging in with your Google account.

To add a new page to the Fast Tab, just click on the big white “+” images. You will be asked to enter a name for the new page and add a link to it. If the result obtained does not meet expectations, you can return the previous appearance of the express panel by disabling the plugin.

Visit chrome://extensions/.
Opposite the image of black lightning, turn off the active toggle switch.

Original solution - IOS7 New Tab Page

This extension should be called one of the most unusual that you can find as an alternative to the standard express panel. In more understandable terms, this is an imitation of the seventh version of the Apple operating system.

By default, there are links to popular English-language resources that can be easily removed and replaced with your own pages. Deleting existing resources is quite simple - hold down the left mouse button with links to the express panels and wait for small crosses to appear. One click and the extra resource is deleted.

The stylization fully corresponds to its prototype. This refers to the shape of the icons and the given background theme. The downside is the implementation in the form of iOS 7, which has become significantly outdated compared to its modern counterpart.

You can make adjustments to the relative appearance using the “Settings” section in the lower right corner. This is where new pages are added and the home page display background is changed. A nice bonus is the import of bookmarks, which speeds up the synchronization process with the new extension.

There were some unpleasant features. They are the low resolution icons of added sites. Many of them do not fit the given dimensions at all, which is why large pixels or disparate icons are observed.

What to do if the panel goes missing

From time to time, users are faced with such a problem as the disappearance of the express access panel, or, more precisely, of sites located in quick access.

As mentioned above, this is due to clearing history. If you used one of the above extensions, then an unexpected failure may have occurred in its operation. To solve it, you will need to restart the plugin via the chrome://extensions/ page.

As a last resort, you will need to find it again through the official store and install a new version of the plugin.

Conclusion

The decision to make the quick access bar in Google Chrome based on site visits is considered one of the most controversial decisions on the part of web browser developers. But even such a problem can be easily solved with the help of third-party extensions, which are abundant in the official Google store.

This is done quite simply, in just a few clicks. In addition, you can add bookmarks in Yandex Browser in 3 different ways. Also below there are instructions on how to save pages in the mobile Yandex Browser (on Android phones and tablets). Which of these methods to use is up to you.

The first method is the simplest.

Go to any website.
Click on the gray star that is on the right side of the URL bar.
Click "Done."

Check: the added page will appear in the bookmarks bar.

By the way, it is not displayed by default. To make it visible, go to “Settings” and opposite the “Show panel” line, select “Always”. Additionally, you can also check the “Show icon” checkbox. It's more beautiful this way.

If you did everything correctly, the star will turn orange. If you need to edit something, click on it again. Here you can:

change the name;
select another folder;
delete page.

And one more small nuance: after clicking on the star, you do not have to add websites to the quick panel.

How to create multiple bookmarks at once

Another way to add new pages to the Yandex Browser bookmarks bar is in a group way.

Right-click on any tab and select “Add all tabs,” second from the bottom. Or just click Ctrl+Shift+D. Specify a folder and click Save.

In this way, absolutely all open tabs are saved. Take this into account. That is, either close unnecessary pages, or add them one by one.

How to quickly enable a bookmark on Tableau in Yandex

Copy the website address.
Open a new tab.
A scoreboard will be displayed in front of you. Click the Add button.
Copy the website link here. If you wish, you can click “Add signature” and make a small note.
Ready. Now visual bookmarks have been replenished with another new button.

That's how easy it is to add a bookmark to Tableau in Yandex. This way you can quickly save as many sites as you like.