Yandex browser developed by source code Chromium is based on the WebKit engine, which makes it very similar to. However, we found many advantages that could put the program from Russian developers a cut above the popular analogues.
Strengths
Integration
The main feature of this Internet explorer is integration with Yandex services. Search engine cloud storage, maps, language translations, mail and other services are located on the toolbar and are called with one click. Also will seem to someone useful additions for Yandex browser - services like weather forecast or traffic jams.
Integrated Adobe Flash technologies for watching videos and Adobe Reader for reading PDF files can be considered a big plus for users.
Synchronization
At any time, you can continue web-surfing, started on a laptop - on a tablet or smartphone. Bookmarks and browsing history are automatically transferred when the browser starts on another device.
Security
The protection system that it possesses is a separate reason for the pride of Russian developers. Programmers of the company combined innovative technologies of anti-virus attacks and anti-spam with the achievements of Kaspersky Lab. When loading pages, they are immediately checked for malicious code, and files are checked for potential threats of computer infection. In addition, the authors introduced an anti-spam and data thief detector.
Speed
Like the developers, the creators of J. Browser implemented the Turbo mode in the program, which allows to accelerate the loading of images, video and other media content at a slow Internet connection speed. Results for queries in the omnibox even before pressing Enter are also worth attention. You will just start typing “weather in Tel Aviv” or “ruble exchange rate”, as you will immediately see the answers.
Thumbnails
With all this, the browser interface looks surprisingly minimalist. According to its creators, they sought to eliminate elements that distract users and disperse attention. Here you can test a little innovation and “get a scoreboard”. This means that when you open a new tab, we are given a scoreboard in which you can pin eight popular tabs for visiting.
Moreover, unlike other observers, in J. Browser you will see recognizable site logos, not screenshots recent visits. This allows you to navigate much faster visual bookmarks. And also - you can change the thumbnails yourself (which, by the way, is not available, for example in Chrome - there they line up according to the frequency of visits). In addition, the Forward arrow was removed from the browser window, it appears only when the page is already open.
Tabs
You often noticed that when you open a new tab from a YouTube video in Chrome and Firefox, it automatically starts playing. But it’s not very convenient if you were going to watch the video later? So - in the browser we are considering, everything is thought out. You can open the video link in a new tab, and playback will not start until you activate this tab.
Weaknesses
On the sim praises, let me finish and go to the very "fly in the ointment". Users who have already tried new browserdisagree. Along with the positive characteristics, Yandex browser grabbed a share of criticism. The feedback from active Runet users who expressed dissatisfaction about this, consisted mainly of the following:
Interface
The address bar, surrounded by a poisonous yellow outline, seems too bright to some. However, you can get rid of the framework by going to Yandex Browser settings. In general, a number of users reacted to the ideology of minimalism positively. In their opinion, other browsers do have unnecessary buttons and bookmarks.
All browsers have a common task - to open sites, but each of the programs has its own characteristics, we’ll examine them, but we say right away that it’s difficult to determine immediately the best browser.
The worst browser
If it’s difficult to immediately name the browser-winner, let's go from the opposite, we will determine the program that you should not use (if possible).
So, most of not only users, but also site developers (the “Easy and Clear” team including) believes that the browser Internet explorer unsuitable for effective work with the Internet.
If you are a Windows user and have managed to make friends with Internet Explorer, which can be recognized by this icon, then we ask you to be wary, since IE (Internet Explorer) is very outdated nowadays. Being a little-sighted grandfather, IE loads pages slower than its nimble competitors, and often disposes of elements incorrectly, because it does not know how to use modern technologies.
The competition of modern browsers is quite high, and if it’s difficult to single out the best browser at once, it’s obvious that IE is definitely out of the list of winners: while google chrome and firefox are competing, it remains to sit aside and chew glue:
Why it's hard to choose the best browser
The question “which browser is the best?” Is in essence very similar to the question “what is the most delicious fruit?”. Since each person is individual, then preferences can be completely different. One likes bananas and the other like apples, but that doesn’t mean that a banana is better than an apple or vice versa. The situation is the same with programs. It all depends on your tastes and needs. For example, when working with large quantity tabs " Google chrome»Consumes less computer resources, but at the same time, Opera can group open tabs so that they take up less space. It all depends on how you work, how much computer power you have and what goals you pursue. Now there are three leading browser giants, most users select them: Google Chrome, Mozilla firefox, Opera. Less popular is Safari. Here are the statistics on the use of browsers in Russia over the past year:
We see that Google Chrome occupies a leading place, and even with a huge margin. The whole team uses Google Chrome in a simple and understandable way and is very happy with it, but has nothing against other giants (IE does not count).
It’s impossible to say unequivocally that one of the giant browsers is bad and the other is good, it all depends on what you are looking for
Google Chrome Browser: Pros and Cons
Google Corporation is one of the largest whales of the entire Internet industry, it is a truly large-scale organization that employs the best minds around the world to create powerful, Internet services and other products. Google Chrome is the leading internet browser in popularity.
Pros:
- Data synchronization. What does it mean? Most of the products manufactured by Google are interconnected: if you have a personal account, say in gmail (the “Google” mail service), then you can access the browser itself under this account. Google connects all the data between itself and stores it on its cloud server. If you need to access the Internet not from home, but from another place, then by entering google chrome under your account, you will get access to all saved bookmarks, accounts on other sites, to your browsing history, etc., which, it would seem, stayed at home. This is extremely convenient, since important information and useful sites can never be lost, even if you delete the browser.
- User profiles
- Fast work with many tabs
- A large number of extensions (that is, add-ons that increase work efficiency and simplify it), for example, Instagramm extension in the browser
- Content display correctly
- Easy to set up
- Automatic update
- Integration with adobe flash. This is a very important plus, tell you why. For the correct display of video and some sites, special mini-programs, the so-called modules, are needed. Usually they need to be downloaded and updated separately, but not in chrome! The developers have built in automatic loading and auto-update for this module, now you can just forget about it
Minuses
There are no significant minuses, this may already be a hint of which browser is better.
Some may find it uncomfortable to have a sidebar settings. There are also much more English-language extensions than Russian-language ones - not all extensions are translated.
Mozilla Firefox Browser: Pros and Cons
Second most popular
Pros:
- User profiles
- A huge number of extensions
- Bookmark Tagging System
- Ability to change themes
- Built-in spell checker
- One of the most secure browsers. All downloaded files are checked by antivirus, the browser warns of a possible danger when visiting suspicious sites.
Minuses:
- Inability to turn off the display of images (for those who have low Internet speed)
- When upgrading to new version all extensions are deleted
- High cost of computer resources
Opera browser: pros and cons
Pros:
- High download speed. For those who have low speed - Turbo mode, loading pages even faster.
- User friendly interface
- Light weight
- A large number of settings that allow you to adapt the program as much as possible for you
- A large number of "hot keys"
Minuses:
- Periodically there are problems with the correct display of pages (HTML special characters do not always support)
- Difficulty transferring personal information (history, bookmarks, etc.)
We recommend using Google Chrome, but this does not mean that all other browsers are not worthy of attention. Try different programs (especially since they are free), compare and find convenient for yourself. You can install several at once. In our subjective opinion, the answer to the question “which browser is the best” will be one - google chrome, and what did you choose?
You barmaley, comrade user. By default, Google Chrome downloads files to the “Downloads” folder (made specifically for dumb people to make it clear and logical). Yeah, if you can’t find this simple folder, then in the browser settings (which, incidentally, are opened with two clicks of the mouse), check the box “Ask for a save location”. All! And rejoice that he knows how to open PDF files himself, without downloading it! If you need to download it, what prevents you from clicking the “download” button that appears on an open pdf-document? I am enraged by such lamers as you, who do not use 90% of the program functions and do not want to know why they are!
User
It seems that they are promoting google chrome with might and main, I don’t like it and that's it, I don’t like it because when downloading any zip, rar archive, etc. he loads them, hell knows where, and you get bored later, but you can’t open it with your program, the developers managed to hide the settings, for example, for some reason he opens the pdf files with his viewer, well, I don’t need such an intrusive service, I don’t need to manage I’m used to managing it myself, and if someone decided to help me immediately in the ban without my permission, chrome comes first, and many don’t need all those extra clouds, Instagrams, necessary services etc. disgusting, normal and understandable settings will appear, maybe I'll change my mind, but for now, chrome is smoking nervously on my side.
Mozilla Firefox, yes it’s eating up RAM, let it choke, sometimes it crashes when Flash is turned on, it works without problems when it’s turned off, the connection with files works correctly there, it’s not a problem to look for the downloaded file, it’s exactly where I pointed out, there are no unnecessary services , clouds and other debris, while I have it in the first place, I would like to change and not what.
Opera is not a bad browser, but for me it’s an amateur.
My game: 1-Mozilla Firefox, 2-Opera, 3-google chrome, IE in flight.
P.S. ardent fans of google chrome please do not answer, we do not understand each other.
Chrome is worse, after installing the latest Windows updates, chrome blocks access to all registration sites. I tried everything, nothing helps. It is useless to write to the creators, from them there is no answer, no greetings. One plus page translation, I have not seen more pluses yet.
All browsers are different in taste and color. According to users, a good browser should have the following characteristics:
- high speed of opening web pages (this is the most important indicator);
- uninterrupted operation;
- multifunctionality or the ability to increase useful functionality by installing add-ons;
- the ability to change the design to your liking;
- support for a variety of content;
- security.
The following browsers are named the most popular among Windows 7 users:
- Google Chrome (Google Chrome);
- Opera;
- Mozilla Firefox
- Intetnet Explorer
- Yandex Browser
- Safari
Compare some browsers with each other and try to figure out how they are adapted for use in the Windows 7 environment.
Google chrome
The Google Chrome browser is a product of a well-known corporation, released in 2008. Thanks to active advertising, it quickly spread among Windows users and met the expectations of many. He made his way into the leaders of the popularity rating thanks to three strengths:
- speed - page loading speed is twice or three times higher than Internet Explorer current version.
- stability - each google tab Chrome starts its own process, and in case of failure, only a separate page crashes, and not the entire browser;
- high level of security - frequent updates quickly close discovered gaps, potentially unsafe code is executed in an isolated environment - sandbox, hidden installation of add-ons without the user's knowledge is excluded.
Other advantages of this browser are the convenience of synchronizing your favorite content on PC and Android devices, cloud services Google, optimized for working in Google Chrome and a lot of third-party extensions to add almost any function.
The minuses are the minimalist design (although for many this is not a drawback) and the lack of support for a number of protocols (email, IRC, NNTP, atom).
Opera
Opera is a mega popular veteran browser created back in 1996. This is a combine, the basic set of which includes everything you need, and even more. Convenient, highly customizable interface, nice looking design with a choice of themes allow you to organize workspace Opera to your liking.
A lot of extensions have been released for this browser, but many users have more than enough of what was originally - email, torrent client, pdf reader, RSS feed and much more.
The advantages of Opera are especially noticeable at the low speed of the Internet. The browser has a built-in advertisement cutter, the caching function is well debugged, it is possible to quickly turn off the loading of media content and enable turbo mode that compresses traffic several times.
Among the shortcomings - in some releases of the Opera, memory leaks (high RAM load, which is removed by closing the browser, and not a separate tab), resource consumption and periodic instability of work in Windows 7 were noted.
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a browser-builder, a universal user environment, comparable in functionality to a small operating system. Other browsers can’t boast as many plugins and add-ons as the Fire Fox, and many of these add-ons can work autonomously (without the Internet). Supported by almost all existing operating systems, works stably in Windows 7. Page loading speed is very high.
As a drawback, they note the high consumption of hardware resources by Firefox, which is especially noticeable on low-power computers. However, this load is not created by himself mozilla Browser, and its extensions. Also, Mozilla Firefox has a good, but still not well-designed security system.
Safari
Safari from the developers of Apple iOS, like Google Chrome, is considered one of the top browsers in terms of protection against phishing and malicious content. Since it synchronizes well with i-gadgets, under Windows 7 it is mainly used by owners of devices from Apple, and due to the growing availability of the latter, the popularity of Safari is also growing.
Safari is a no-frills browser, but stable and reliable. It has a built-in RSS aggregator and QuickTime media player. Missing functions for it are available in the form of extensions.
Of the minuses, we can mention the cessation of further development of the browser for Windows and not always the correct display of web content, as website designers optimize their offspring more for other browsers than for Safari.
