Stylish plugin. How to add extensions to Yandex Browser? What add-ons should I choose for my web browser? My rating of important browser extensions

There are no “eternal” programs!

I think you know that companies specializing in the release of software products use a development concept that includes a package of basic functions included in the main program. Implementation additional functions for this product is achieved by installing special plugins ( plug-in), extensions ( extension) and additions ( add-on). The browser is a typical representative of the line of such programs.

If we talk about the basic functionality of browsers, it is not constant and is often changed by the developer himself. At the same time, program functions that are not popular among users are removed, and the best ones - frequently used and useful add-ons - can be included in new package. Extensions and plugins are developed both by the developer of this software and by third-party companies.

Why is it necessary to expand browser functions?

So, a plugin, extension or add-on (each program has its own terminology) for the browser is a small computer program, which is associated with the browser, “works” inside it and gives it new useful functions. In turn, all plugins can be divided into two groups:

Are common– can be useful to any user;
Specific– in demand by a narrow circle of users.

On own experience I know how important it is to be aware of all the events happening in the world and those that concern my personal life. For example, I am always interested in exchange rates, weather forecasts for the week ahead, “hot” news, which of my friends were recently on social networks, etc. I really need a program for downloading videos from youtube, a translator of pages written in foreign language, advisor.

Of course, any program or information can be found by a search engine and with its help you can access specialized sites. By switching between their pages, we load the browser with tabs, reducing its speed and the performance of the entire system, and we simply waste time. Several important additions to the browser will solve all the problems listed above - you will be able to get information useful to you without resorting to the help of a search engine.

I like to watch movies on-line, I am interested in music, I communicate on social networks with people of different nationalities. By installing a plugin for downloading music on VKontakte, I can download any track from user pages on this social network to my car with the click of just one button. After I installed the add-ons I needed, the necessary buttons “sat” in the panel of my browser - now everything I need is at my fingertips.

Using a browser add-on, you can add functional support for any data format. So, for example, the extension Adobe Reader allows you to view the contents of a file of this format directly in the browser. I do not need to first download it to my machine and open it using a special program. Office plugins work similarly.

I have only slightly lifted the veil behind which are hidden the possibilities of add-ons, the functions of which are limited except by their demand among the user and the imagination of the developers.

My rating of important browser extensions

Yandex browser, like Opera and Google Chrome, operates with the WebKit engine, so they are all somewhat similar to each other visually and functionally. Although Yandex allows the installation of plugins only from a trusted source, it does not have its own catalog, and its basic package contains less than 20 add-ons. However, it will not “swear” if you use extensions from the Opera and Google Chrome catalogs.

In my rating, I want to offer you the best in functionality and most useful extensions. So let's begin short review plugins that will make your work on the Internet easier and will open up additional options and tools for you in your browser.

Lightshot

This lightweight application works great in the Yandex browser and other browsers. The plugin allows you to perform a number of actions in a couple of mouse clicks:

The program's pleasant, simple and intuitive interface does not require the user to have any specific skills to work with it. After clicking the button in the browser panel, the program will prompt you to select an image area:

FriGate

The plugin can be installed without any problems in the Yandex browser and works great in other browsers (Chrome/Firefox/Opera). Its main function is to provide the user with uninterrupted access to the desired site. If a user is mistakenly blocked from the site, he will not lose access to it and will be able to work with it without reducing access speed or other inconveniences. This simple plugin easily does the following:

Encrypts traffic;
Unblocks sites;
Speeds up access to the site;
Allows you to change the user's IP address and location.

If the site is not blocked, it will be accessible without a proxy, otherwise the user will be provided with access through a proxy connection.

LastPass

This is a free browser program, a personal “password manager”, a product of the LastPass company. The plugin works perfectly in almost all browsers; for some browsers there is another version of this add-on - the LastPass bookmarklet. Essentially this is local storage user logins and passwords for all sites on which he is registered. How many of your passwords or logins can you remember? With this useful extension, you only need to remember one “master password” to access your storage.

LastPass is the best and most reliable plugin for working with user credentials, allowing you to:

Automatically fill Accounts and online forms;
Encrypt user information;
Create secure and import existing passwords;
Store confidential user data;
Synchronize data between different platforms, browsers and user devices.

Simplify your online experience and forget all your passwords except your LastPass master password.

WOT

Driving in keyword or a phrase in a search engine, by pressing “Enter”, we see an opening list of sites offered to us. Opening any link from this list is akin to playing Minesweeper - you don’t know whether a useful and clean site will open or one laced with some kind of malicious “damage” from hackers. All you need to do is go to your browser settings, select the “Add-ons” tab and enable the plugin:

The WOT add-on in your browser will mark all dubious and dangerous sites with a special marker. To the right of the resource name you can see a security marker; by its color you can get an idea of how safe this site is and whether it’s worth opening at all:

WOT extension for differentiation network resources According to the degree of danger, it uses four colors:

Green– the site is reliable and secure;
Yellow– not a completely reliable resource, may contain pop-up windows, incorrect links or links to non-existent or malicious sites;
Grey– the site is not secure. It is worth considering that recently created sites are marked with such a marker. If the site does not have user ratings, then WOT puts just such a marker.
Red- this resource is extremely dangerous for your PC (the user has one option - get out of here quickly!).

Hover your mouse over the WOT circle located next to the link you are interested in and read the characteristics of this resource. You can see an example in the table below:

Marker color	Resource characteristics
Green
Yellow
Grey
Red

Vk Spy

This is an excellent addition to the browser for those who cannot imagine their existence without social network in contact with. With its help, you can track the activity of users of this social network. This plugin will tell you which of your friends went online and when, how much time they spent online, and whether they wrote you a message that they never sent to you for some reason.

In order to take advantage of all the functionality of this add-on, in the VK Spy settings you need to indicate those users whose activity interests you. The program will also record messages that you have not yet read. Simple and convenient, it fits almost all browsers, weighs only 87 kBt and always keeps you up to date with events happening on VKontakte if you are offline.

Adblock Plus

This is the best anti-advertising browser plugin that works successfully on almost all browsers. Now, in addition to 15 “hardware” addons, the catalog of Yandex browser extensions also includes this add-on, which, first of all, will save you from annoying and psyche-killing advertising banners.

In addition, the program performs a whole complex useful functions, blocking:

The developers of this plugin regularly adjust and update the functional set of its rules.

There is browser developmentAdblock with a built-in extension designed to work ontablets and smartphones.

Slick RSS

And of course, I can’t help but mention RSS readers. In this case we are talking about Slick RSS. This extension belongs to the “news readers” line. Many of you may already be using the powerful and popular RSS aggregator Feedly, not realizing that there is an alternative plugin – Slick RSS. It is a free, flexible and lightweight RSS reader that is built into the user's browser. It checks, sorts and updates news on network resources that interest the user. By the way, I already wrote a post on the topic of RSS. It talked about RSS readers installed on a computer. I advise you to take a look, maybe you will find something for yourself. Let's look.

Updated information and news streams come to the user from Google Chrome. The clear and simple interface of this add-on does not contain unnecessary elements; sorting and displaying news is implemented as simply as possible. Its main advantages include:

flexibility of settings;
minimalistic design;
support for sorting news feeds.

If you're interested in news, this lightweight, useful, and free extension saves you the trouble of manually checking for updates on your favorite sites.

VkOpt

VKOpt is the best choice product in the line of plugins for the social network VKontakte. The product is a multifunctional application that is built into the browser and opens up a lot of hidden possibilities of this social network. Initially, the functionality of this utility was focused only on working with audio/video files, but over the course of its existence it has acquired solid functionality. The process of its modernization is not completed; in the future, the developer promises many new and useful functions.

The benefits of this supplement include:

Optimization of video content dislikes;
Display the ID located in the group/account header; you can activate the function through extra settings;
Ability to download zip archives with mini-albums to your PC;
Easy search for necessary information in discussion topics;
Filtering news feed data by entering key queries;
Find and load all comments to posts, sorting them by the number of likes;
Deletes old photos without affecting albums, etc.

In my opinion, the most best features of this extension:

The ability to quickly view, listen and download video files and audio tracks - now you can download music from a contact with one click;
Manage messages and list of all friends;
Customizing the program interface;
Detailed status history;
Pop-up message windows;
Setting an individual sound scheme for events;
Ability to completely delete correspondence or messages of the selected user;
Expanding notes, photo albums, friends lists and videos to full format;
Ad blocking, etc.

You can also assign new background unread messages, enjoy disabling the photo cropping function for your avatar and display the icon of your Zodiac sign in your profile. Of course, for downloading music on VKontakte, this is the best - the most convenient, simple and reliable plugin.

The utility works correctly with almost all browsers; there are versions for mobile devices, tablets.

Ghostery

This very powerful and useful browser add-on will allow you to identify network bugs, spies, beacons and pixels hidden on websites and designed to monitor your online activity. They are usually posted on their resources by owners of non-commercial websites, company websites and advertising networks, providers of behavioral information interested in tracking user activity.

Do you need to be followed day and night and bombarded with spam with advertising offers, reminders about yourself and other nonsense? You can easily get rid of the intrusiveness of these resources if you install the Ghostery add-on in your browser. The program is capable of recognizing up to 500 types of bugs, including those belonging to resources such as Facebook and Google.

The program will identify all the blocks tracking you and provide you with a list of them - block those you don’t trust and keep your Internet surfing at a level complete safety and privacy!

Vk Downloader

This is another useful and completely free software for the VKontakte social network, allowing you to easily download your favorite video or audio file from its pages. The extension will help you find the best videos/audio recordings, individual songs and even entire albums with high quality content.

Main functions:

Downloading video/audio files;
Listen to multimedia in high quality;
Music search (similar to VKontakte search);
Ability to work in tray;
The number of downloads is not limited;
Ability to view song lyrics;
Auto search and download of music albums, etc.

With the convenient and easy-to-manage vk downloader extension, you can download music from a contact and any other multimedia file that you like. The utility is useful and designed for a wide range of users. It will be an excellent assistant to any user, regardless of the genre and style of music that he prefers. The program is simple, reliable, free, regularly updated by the publisher - this is the best choice for downloading music on VKontakte!

This is very useful extension, which takes up minimal space in the browser panel. Its small icon by simply clicking on it opens an information panel with a weather forecast, the time interval and location are determined by the user. Choice color scheme the panel also belongs to the user, the plugin visualization is available in three color schemes:

The plugin sits in the browser panel as a small icon; click on it with the mouse and find out the weather forecast for the coming days.

This plugin is an analytical development of the LiveInternet department; most recently it was considered the most popular website analytical system. The metric from LiveInternet is easy to use, the utility thoroughly analyzes all data, and displays the result in a tabular or graphical representation. With this add-on you can easily and quickly obtain important static data.

I note that this add-on can be classified as specific software, since it is not used by all users. It is extremely necessary for webmasters and managers and bloggers of various network projects. True, for large projects the utility will not be powerful enough, but the goal that you expect from a static metric solves everything. If, for example, a blogger wants to get simple statistics about his site, the potential of the LiveInternet plugin will be enough for him. The counter of this extension will give him useful stats.

If you need more statistics about a site, it would be wiser to use Yandex Metrics markers - one of the best, free and available statistical systems for network resources today. If this system does not suit you, more useful information you can get from other statistical systems.

This is an excellent and useful utility for Google Chrome . Absolutely simple and convenient plugin will allow you to save the pages you like online in a special storage for easy viewing and reading.

Agree, often while searching for information on the Internet you come across interesting pages or articles that you don’t have time to read, but you really don’t want to lose them. For example, I used to make a special folder in the browser where I put links to information that interested me. Now I am using the supplement and can confidently recommend it for use.

This small program “sits” in the right corner of the browser panel and is “silent”:

After installing the plugin, when you find an interesting article on the Internet, just right-click on it and select the “place in repository” option in the context menu. There are also The best way– being on the resource page you are interested in, just click on the icon of this add-on and necessary information will automatically go into storage.

All pages in it are stored in the form of lines or in the form of reduced pages - the choice is up to the user. Then you can share them, download them on HDD, delete, move, to do this, simply hover your mouse over the desired article in the repository and select the one you need from the options that appear. Agree, it’s quite convenient.

You can download this useful extension both from the official website and in the Google Chrome store. The program is free, installation is standard.

Finally

I really hope that the topic of this blog will be of interest to you and that you will not regret the time you took to read this article. The world of the Internet is large, the browser is the only door through which we all go on a network journey every day. What should you take with you on the road, and what should you discard? Plugins are useful tools for those who know what and how to use them.

I would like to warn you, the reader, against the temptation to stuff your browser with all possible additions. This should not be done for two reasons. Firstly, more than half of them will remain unclaimed by you. Secondly, many plugins contain vulnerabilities and errors that can throw your machine off balance. Therefore, I recommend installing only the applications you need and from trusted sources.

Thank you all for your attention. See you soon!

Hello, friends! In this article we will look at the main questions that may arise when working with extensions in Yandex browser. Let's figure out how to view, install, disable or delete installed extensions in Yandex browser.

But first, a little theory. Let's start by looking at why they are needed in a web browser in the first place.

Browser extensions are special programs, which allow you to expand its basic functions. Different browsers call them differently: add-ons, extensions, or plugins. They are built directly into it, this will be indicated by the corresponding button to the right of the address bar. If the icon does not appear, it means that it may be displayed in the context menu, or simply properly influence the operation of the browser.

Where are they located?

So, if you need to look. what exactly is installed, do the following. Launch Yandex browser on your computer or laptop. Open a new tab and paste into the search bar browser://extensions/. Then press "Enter".

Will open new inset, where the entire list will be shown.

How to download and install

After installing any Internet browser, it does not have any add-ons added by default. Considering that Yandex is relatively new, very few of them should be written for it. But... It was developed on the same engine as Google Chrome, so it is possible install any extension from the online storeChrome in Yandex browser.

To do this, write “chrome online store” in the search bar and follow the link next to which it says “Applications”.

To find the add-on you are interested in, use either the search bar or select the appropriate category.

An information window will appear in which you need to confirm the installation by clicking on the appropriate button.

After that, you can find it in the installed list.

You can install them not only from the Google Chrome online store. You can also use add-ons for Opera that are compatible with Yandex browser. To do this, enter https://addons.opera.com/ru/extensions/ into the address bar and press “Enter”.

Select the appropriate add-on and click on it with the mouse. You can also use the search bar here.

Read basic information about the add-on. To install it, click on the “Add to Yandex Browser” button.

In the pop-up window, click "Install extension".

How to disable extensions

If you rarely use some of the installed ones, then it is better to disable them so that they do not slow down your Internet browser.

To do this, launch it and click on the “Settings” button, which is located in the upper right corner and looks like three horizontal lines. Select "Add-ons" from the drop-down list.

You can open a page with them by entering in the address bar browser://tune/.

To disable unnecessary this moment, hover over it with the mouse and set the slider to the “Off” position. You can turn it on at any time - just drag the slider to the right.

How to delete

To do this, open the page with additions again, as described in the previous paragraph. Hover your mouse over the one you want to delete, and at the end of the line on the right the word “Delete” will appear, click on it.

You cannot remove extensions that are originally built into the Yandex browser.

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Recently, the main browser in which I work with the site and surf the Internet has become . Judging by how it is rapidly conquering the world, pushing the once popular and into the background, it turns out that I am not alone in this. The one I once loved is slowly dying and fading into the background.

However, for some mysterious reason I I wanted to try it new Yandex browser, which, in fact, is a clone of the clever Chrom. There are already quite a lot of such clones, because the engine on which this browser runs is distributed under an open license. I already mentioned it in the above article.

There he also mentioned the brainchild of Yandex, which at that time did not evoke any special emotions in me, because it was frankly damp and had nothing in it. better side was no different from Google Chrome. It was all the more surprising to discover that a new version This browser gave me purely positive emotions, and if I don’t find any hidden bugs in it, I’ll most likely move to it in the near future.

Judge for yourself, the new Yandex browser has learned to synchronize bookmarks, passwords and other rubbish with its own server. Files you download from the Internet, and all pages you open (by Kaspersky and your own means). There is now a really working Turbo mode and an amazingly convenient translation of words when they are highlighted.

Well, everything you need to use the Yandex browser extensions, apps, or themes can be installed from the Chrome Web Store. In any case, everything I use has been successfully installed and works. It is possible that I “discovered America,” but I will still share my impressions.

What's good about this browser

Please note that you are free to uncheck the last box so as not to assist in the collection of information about your preferences on the Internet. I have already said many times that search engines You need your browsers in order to push your search into them by default and to receive data about . But that’s not the point, because most people simply don’t care about it, just like me. Let them collect.

Then wait a couple of minutes for the installation to complete and you will be able to see new browser from Yandex. I’m thinking of putting my impressions of this miracle of programming thought into a list, if you don’t mind. Do not you mind? Well, okay.

About appearance and first impressions. Unlike Chrome, its tabs are square, not beveled, and the settings button is placed a little higher. At first glance, there are practically no differences in these settings from the original, but this is not entirely true and we will talk about it.

Everything I'm used to in Google Chrome works exactly the same and there is no discomfort. All extensions fit in and created the necessary comfort and functionality. Tabs can also be dragged with the mouse and placed in a separate window, as well as pinned and duplicated from context menu(by right-clicking on them).

The “I” button located on the left can be removed in the settings.

In the first screenshot, by the way, you can see that the extensions are displayed in the same upper right corner. I also emphasized there Turbo mode results. In fact, it is needed and is activated automatically only when. However, I forcibly activated it in the settings to test it.
If you don’t find these settings, then click on the inscription "Show advanced settings" bottom of the window:
It works quite interestingly. Anything on the loading web page that can weigh a lot will not be loaded, but instead you will see the gray rectangles shown in the screenshot, by clicking on which you can activate the loading of this element.
In my opinion, it was wonderfully conceived and implemented. Turbo mode can be useful when accessing the network, for example, using mobile internet(from the dacha, on the road). Everything unnecessary is cut off and you don’t have to overpay for it; the pages will load much faster.
When you activate Turbo, its icon will appear on the right in the address bar, by clicking on which you will find out how many megabytes (money) the Yandex browser saved you, and you will also be able to download everything hidden elements for this page in bulk or go to the settings of this mode.
At one time Chrome simply captivated me with its panel page translation, which appeared at the top of the window whenever you visited a website in a foreign language. For example, I don’t speak any other languages besides spoken Russian. And Google translator opened up the world of the bourgeoisie for me - more than 200 languages and in very decent translation quality.
There is no hope that the browser from Yandex will surpass Chrome in this regard. The translation panel still appears when entering a foreign-language resource, but it is already in charge, and it can only handle a dozen languages and not in such phenomenal quality as its main competitor.
The translation from the RuNet mirror is as follows:
Not a fountain, although Google Chrome didn’t do a very good job with the same fragment:
However, the Yandex browser has one wonderful option activated by default - translation of a selected text fragment, if it is written in another language. Those. you highlight a word or phrase, after which you observe an arrow that appears slightly to the right.
By clicking on this arrow, you will see the translation of this phrase into Russian (if the translator did not guess the original language, you can correct it by selecting the desired option from the drop-down list), and you will also be offered to copy this phrase to the clipboard or execute on it search on Yandex.ru.
I think it's very convenient. If you have a different opinion, then this feature can be disabled in the browser settings:
By the way, there you can also disable the appearance of the translation panel at the top of a foreign language page. Although, you can activate the translation of a page opened in the Yandex browser from its context menu:
This may be useful in case the panel does not appear or you accidentally select the option to never translate this site:
What address bar is at the same time a search engine and now you won’t surprise anyone. Although, in my opinion, they show hints quite conveniently when typing a query:
If these conveniences seem unnecessary to you, then disable them in the settings in two clicks:
The file download manager here is no different from Google Chrome, but all the files you download go through on the fly check with Kaspersky antivirus. If any doubts creep in about the trustworthiness of the downloaded object, you will be warned about this with a bright message in the traditional bottom download panel.
In addition, I always liked the loading dialog, when the browser asks me what to do with this diamond. To do this, just check the box in the settings:
The Chrome settings copied to this browser are somewhat confusing, or rather branched. For example, they managed to shove everything that is in plain sight and on several tabs in Opera under one “Content Settings” button.
There are cookies, pop-up pages, display of pictures and a dozen other important and not so important things. Just keep in mind where you can look at it and change it if necessary.

Yandex browser extensions

Well, everything is simple here. In the help for this product, Yandex modestly notes that you are free to download and install extensions, applications and themes from online store, however, for some reason without mentioning that this very store belongs to Google. Just like that, we modestly sat down. But many people use this or that browser for the sake of extensions - if they don’t exist, the lion’s share of users won’t either.

Due to the fact that Chrome and the Yandex browser run on the same engine, most extensions and themes will fit on the latter without problems. Personally, I don’t use any applications, but all of them, which I wrote about in detail in the above article, installed without problems.

Let me briefly list them and provide direct links to installation so that you don’t have to worry about finding them in the Chrome online store. Again in list form, if you don't mind. Do not you mind? Well, okay.

Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller- with it you can scroll pages very smoothly, and when you speed up the wheel or hold down the arrow on the keyboard, the scrolling will increase speed. By right-clicking on the extension icon and selecting “Settings”, you can customize everything for yourself:
Wappalyzer- a powerful extension that allows you to recognize the ones you open in the Yandex browser, as well as the presence on these resources, for example, of Analytics counter scripts or, well, a great many other applications and technologies:

In the version of this extension for Chrome and Yandex browser, on the plugin panel you will only see an icon displaying the Tic value for the currently open page. By clicking on this icon with the mouse, you will see a drop-down window with a much larger number of parameters.

SEO Site Tools- a bourgeois SEO plugin that can be installed on the Yandex browser and which displays the page rank value on its button open page. If you place the above-mentioned RDS bar next to it, you will get a visual overview of the bellies:
Alexa Traffic Rank— the well-known Alexa toolbar (read more about this in the article about Rank).
Google Publisher Toolbar— allows you to view current receipt statistics without visiting their official website.
Word Count is a very simple extension that allows you to count the number of words and characters in a text fragment of a web page you have selected. Simply select the text in the Yandex browser window and click on the icon of this extension (the blue letter W). It can be useful when working with, and in many other cases.
Website statistics from LiveInternet.ru— an extension that allows you to see website traffic according to version, even if its owner has blocked the statistics with a password.

Themes for Yandex browser

Now as for themes for the new browser from Yandex.ru. They are all taken from the same online store on the “Themes” tab. Try to see all the diversity of beauty there. Themes are installed in the same way as extensions:

If the downloaded theme is not to your taste, then you can safely continue your search, but if you are completely disappointed, no one is stopping you from returning to the default one.

To do this, you will need to select “Settings” from the gear menu and click on the button "Return default theme":

Well, that's probably all. What did you think of this reviewer?

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site