8/18/2023 0 Comments Yandex browser 15![]() These functions remain out of sight if you go straight from browsing for a search to clicking on a result: Here the browser displays search results for “Wikipedia” - using Google as the search engine (the local version of the browser uses Yandex’s own search by default).īut clicking on the FlipSide bar at the top of the page takes you to the below page, which includes SmartBox suggestions and also now displays some browser functions, such as sharing, bookmarking, printing and so on. Other flagship features in the new browser are a search box that includes suggestions to answer your query - which Yandex calls SmartBox.Īgain queries are displayed over a translucent background to make the browser feel like a layer rather than a destination in itself:Īnother feature, called FlipSide, lets you toggle between a search results page and the browser’s SmartBox suggestions page for that search - such as in the below example, where the search is for Wikipedia. ![]() The background animation can also be changed at this point, with a choice of 12 animations to choose from, displayed in thumbnail form: Clicking down on and moving one of the tiles summons an edit interface: The sites and order of the Tableau is fully editable after the fact. These are displayed on an animated backdrop, with very little other interface furniture to clutter up the look and feel of the page: ![]() When you download the browser it automatically generates a series of tiles - Yandex calls this a Tableau - based on your most commonly visited websites. Yandex says its design aims are to reflect modern web user experience by emphasizing interaction and personalization. While the translucency elements of the Yandex browser concept are reminiscent of Apple’s iOS 7 design reboot from last year, which was aiming to lend a feeling of depth to mobile browsing. Which is ironic, given that Yandex, a local search giant in Russia, launched its own browser just over two years ago - but as an answer to search giant Google pushing more forcefully onto its turf. The less minimalist, standard Yandex.Browser remains the company’s fully featured main browserat this point.ĭesign wise, Yandex’s concept browser borrows heavily from Microsoft’s Windows 8 redesign, from two years ago. The new look browser is currently only a “concept” - available to download in alpha. The idea being, says Yandex, to make the web app being used the centre of attention, rather than the software you’re using to view it. Where it is visible, such as the URL bar, it uses translucency and cloaks itself in flat design to de-emphasize its presence. Russian tech giant Yandex has launched a refreshed version of its Chromium-based browser that’s been designed to make the browser itself feel less visible to web users.
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