Yandex elements visual bookmarks for google chrome. How to set visual bookmarks in google chrome

Visual bookmarks in Google Chrome, for more than 3 and a half years of the existence of the browser, have not been created by its developers. Perhaps Google does not consider it so important to have such a tool in their browser, but visual bookmarks have been popular with users of other browsers for a very long time. And for many, this is the only reason to stay with a less popular, but more convenient browser. In this article, I will tell you about a third-party solution to add visual bookmarks to Google Chrome.

Visual bookmark issue in Google Chrome

I only switched to Google Chrome when I found a solution to implement visual bookmarks in Google Chrome. Before that I was quite satisfied with Opera.

Visual bookmarks- an express panel in an Internet browser designed for quick access to favorite, frequently visited sites. Represents site thumbnails on an empty browser tab.

Google Chrome displays frequently visited sites on the main page, and selects them automatically and often sculpts there not what you need. In other browsers (for example, in Opera), the user chooses what he wants to see on the page of visual bookmarks by adding the necessary sites.

For Google Chrome users who can not come to terms with this browser flaw, third-party developers have created a special extension for Google Chrome that adds visual bookmarks to the browser's home page.

Speed ​​Dial 2
- visual bookmark plugin for Google Chrome. All you have to do is install the Speed ​​Dial extension and add your favorite sites to the installed visual bookmarks bar.

Speed ​​Dial 2 has many different settings and features thanks to which you:

• convenient addition of new sites to the visual bookmarks panel;
• unlimited number of visual bookmarks;
• setting a background image on the bookmarks bar;
• automatic updating of sketches;
• hotkeys for adding new sites;
• import/export extension settings.

The Speed ​​Dial 2 extension is the #1 plugin that must be installed in the Google Chrome browser for the convenience of working with it. This extension is starting to be published also on my website.

In Speed ​​Dial 2, you can change and customize almost everything. Instead of site thumbnails, you can install a logo from the proposed collection, or use any other image. If you need more tabs, just add the number of columns in the extension settings. Under visual bookmarks, you can enable the display of installed applications and games in Google Chrome, which is not available in other visual bookmark extensions. You can also change the appearance of this extension to your taste, change the background or style of site thumbnails, add or disable built-in functions, and export extension settings or import existing ones.

With the Speed ​​Dial 2 extension, you won't need to set up your bookmarks bar again after you reinstall your computer. You can export all extension settings and load them back in a few clicks in pure Google Chrome.

So after you've finally configured the extension (and after adding new tabs), don't forget to save its settings in a safe place, such as one of the . This way you will never lose all the saved sites added to the visual bookmarks bar.

To export settings, go to plugin settings, import/export tab. Click the "export settings" link, select and copy the code that appears into a text document.

"Visual Bookmarks" from Yandex is a similar extension from Yandex with a minimum number of settings. In the extension from Yandex, it is more convenient to add new sites to the bookmarks bar - you can select them from the list of open sites. It is also possible to set the thumbnail refresh interval for each individual bookmark. It is convenient to use for sites with a dynamic (frequently updated) main page.

Visual bookmarks significantly help the user in using frequently visited pages on the Internet. On a computer, Google Chrome can offer the user many extensions that will add them in the form of a convenient mosaic, where each link will be in a separate rectangle.

Unfortunately, there are no such extensions in an Android-based mobile phone and never have been. A person must use the built-in features that open the list in the corresponding menu of the main page of the browser.

To get into the built-in list, do the following:

1. Open Google Chrome on your device.
2. It will usually open the last page before closing the application, so we create a new tab and we will see the Google search bar.
3. At the bottom left you can see the "Bookmarks" button. By clicking it, we get to the corresponding list on a mobile device or tablet.
4. To work with these links, there are dots to the right of them, by clicking which you can select, move, change, or delete.

But this option is not always suitable, because a person is used to fast surfing and repeated pressing will only take time. There are no extensions, like other applications from Chrome, but there is a way that solves the problem.

But why would virtual tabs be more user-friendly? There are several answers to this question:

• It is more convenient to see the saved pages;
• Ability to edit and delete bookmarks in two clicks;
• You always have all your favorite sites “at hand” without searching for them from the built-in list;
• A person who has such an opportunity in his Chrome on a computer would probably like to use this on a smartphone.

How to create virtual bookmarks from Google Chrome

So that the phone user can quickly visit favorite sites or quickly edit data in other applications, the Android system has a number of built-in and additionally installed widgets, which were also installed after installing Google Chrome. Therefore, you just have to place this widget in a convenient place on the home screen of your smartphone or tablet.

To do this, perform the following steps:

1. On an empty spot on the screen, we make a long click until the system settings appear (usually these are the “wallpaper”, “widgets”, “settings” tabs).
2. Select the "Widgets" tab.
3. Of all the widgets of the programs that are installed on the phone, we are looking for the Google Chrome widget (it has a size of 2 by 2 screen cells, but can be expanded).
4. Briefly holding on the widget - it will be transferred to the home screen.

Having placed it in a convenient place, we will get a list, by clicking on which we will immediately get to the right place.

You can add any number of them to Google Chrome. All of them will be displayed in a set square on the desktop or in the browser tabs themselves, but do not forget that it is more difficult to manage and remember information if there is a lot of it. Therefore, from a large number of saved pages, a person is able to forget why he saved it at all. Best for both you and your phone, these are the ten most popular and interesting sites.

For the phone, this is beneficial in that it spends less RAM on storing this data, and for you, you will need to remember less about them.

Is it possible to do without them

No one forced and does not require to create a list on the phone, as well as save sites in the system. This is all according to your desire, and if it is convenient for you to use the Internet on your phone without it, this is your business.

Many users of Google software complain that after using the browser for a long time, they can no longer “clean it up”. This indicates that the number of saved sites is very large and the system cache is full. To eliminate this, use applications for cleaning the cache like CCleaner, and to delete sites, format the browser memory or delete the entire list yourself.

For many, visual bookmarks for the Google Chrome browser are one of the most important things when surfing the Internet. Built-in browser capabilities are not always enough, and sometimes you want a more customized interface.

It is most convenient when the start page, the new tab and the transition from the Home button open the same panel with visual bookmarks of the Google Chrome browser.

For those who don’t have enough of all the features and want more, we publish our selection of visual bookmark extensions for Google Chrome:

Yandex visual bookmarks

In addition, you will always have your browser bookmarks bar at hand.

From the Visual Bookmarks page, you can easily launch Google Chrome™ Apps.

Atavi bookmark manager

Synchronizing Chrome bookmarks with Firefox, Opera, IE and other browsers is now easier than ever!

speed dial

Convenient synchronization will allow you to have the same set of sites on different computers, as well as on mobile devices!

You can create your own preview of each site, also, you can always choose a preview image from our gallery. For the express panel itself, you can set your own background or use our themes.

Do you want someone else to see your list of favorite sites (for example, colleagues at work)? Then there is the Power Off feature for you, which will allow you to put a password on your express panel.

Any browser has the ability to bookmark. This allows you to save your favorite pages and then open them at any time when you need. Yandex visual bookmarks for Google Chrome is one of the best solutions in this regard. They are very convenient and look great, allow you to make the browser interface more colorful.

Setting bookmarks

Yandex for Google Chrome is a browser extension from Google. It can be found and downloaded from the Google Chrome Add-ons Store by typing Visual Bookmarks in the search bar.

On the page with the results in the first place will be what we need. Open the add-on page and click "Install" in the upper right corner to start the installation.

This is how easy it is to install Yandex visual bookmarks for Google Chrome.

Instructions for using bookmarks

Opening the bookmarks bar in the browser is easy. You need to open a blank page or use the key combination Ctrl + T. Then the user will see those beautiful Visual Bookmarks on the screen. Initially, those pages that the user visits most often will be visible there.

To add your bookmark to this panel, you need to click on the inscription: “Add bookmark” in the lower right corner.

Then a window will appear on the display where you will need to enter the address of the page on which the bookmark will be created. Then you need to press the Enter key and, in fact, the bookmark is ready.

If for some reason the bookmark is no longer needed, it can be removed. To do this, move the mouse cursor over the upper right block of the desired bookmark and click the cross, after which it will disappear from the panel.

You don't have to delete the bookmark, just change the link. To do this, also place the cursor in the upper right corner of the tab and click the Settings (gear) button.

By the way, the blocks can be swapped and placed in the desired order. To do this, RMB should hold down the desired bookmark and drag it where the user needs. When the mouse button is released, the bookmark will be fixed in the new location.

In order for the bookmark to always remain in its place, you can pin it. To do this, move the mouse cursor to the right corner of the block and click on the lock icon.

Conclusion

Yandex bookmarks for Google Chrome is an excellent extension from Yandex that makes our favorite browser more convenient and colorful. The add-on is easy to install in the browser, and there is nothing complicated in managing bookmarks, any user will figure it out.

Visual Bookmarks is an extension with which you can go to the sites you frequently visit with one click. Bookmarks are saved as thumbnails and are available when you open a new browser tab. In addition, Visual bookmarks allow you to:

Add visual bookmark

By default, the new tab displays the sites you visit most often. This list is constantly changing.

You can add the sites you need manually, in which case they will always be on the screen. To add a visual bookmark:

Open a new tab.

To the right, under the visual tabs, click the button Add bookmark.

Enter the website address. You can also select a site from the Popular or Recently Visited.

If you want to change the site name on the widget, click the button Edit Description.

Edit list of visual bookmarks

To reposition or edit a bookmark, hover over the bookmark. Icons will be displayed in the upper right corner of the bookmark, with the help of which you can:

Customize Visual Bookmarks

Also on the new tab, you can additionally configure the extension: change the number of bookmarks and their appearance on the page, as well as select the background and make a backup copy of the bookmarks.

To open the settings menu:

Open a new tab.

To the right, under the visual tabs, click the Settings button.

You can change the following settings: