Yandex.Browser (Russian: Яндекс.Браузер) is a freeware web browser[1] developed by the Russian web search corporation Yandex that uses the WebKit layout engine and is based on the Chromium open source project.[2] The browser checks webpage security with the Yandex security system and checks downloaded files with Kaspersky anti-virus.[2][3] The browser also uses Opera Software's Turbo technology to speed web browsing on slow connections.[4]
Yandex is facing increasing web search competition in Russia from Google Search.[5] Google Chrome, Russia's most popular web browser, uses Google Search as its default search engine, and in June 2012 Mozilla Firefox, the world's third most popular web browser, signed a deal to replace Yandex Search as its default search engine with Google Search.[5] As Yandex browser's "Smartbox" uses Yandex Search as its default search engine, the browser will help Yandex compete for Russian search market share.[6]
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features of the Yandex.Browser include the following:
- Different "new tab" screen with a Windows 7-style interface and specialised widgets for popular services (e.g. the gmail widget shows number of unread messages).
- Integrated keyboard layout switcher in omnibox: e.g. if you frequently visit gmail.com and start typing "пьф" ("gma" with Russian keyboard layout) and press Enter, you'll be taken to gmail.com and not to the search page for "пьф" (as is the case in Chrome, for example).
- Integrated translation: selecting any text shows a popup button which, when pressed, shows a translation of the text to Russian using Lingvo.
- With version 1.1 Opera Turbo has been integrated to speed up the loading of web pages over slow internet connections and reduce data usage.[7]
Market share
According to Liveinternet.ru analytics, Yandex.Browser reached 2.3% market share in Russia two months after its release.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Yandex" Browser Software License Agreement, Yandex, http://legal.yandex.ru/browser_agreem ent/, retrieved 2012-10-02
- ^ a b Lunden, Ingrid (1 October 2012). "Yandex Gives Google A One-Two Punch In Russia: A New Browser And App Store For The Local Search Giant". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Reliable protection from viruses, Yandex, http://browser.yandex.com/#safe, retrieved 2012-10-02
- ^ Yandex launches its own browser targeting Russian market, Engadget, http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/ya ndex-launches-its-own-browser/, retrieved 2012-10-02
- ^ a b New Yandex browser escalates Russia's search-engine wars, Net Prophet, http://netprophet.tol.org/2012/10/10/ new-yandex-browser-escalates-russias- search-engine-wars/, retrieved 2012-10-16
- ^ Yandex Starts Own Internet Browser to Challenge Google, Bloomberg Businessweek, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012 -10-01/yandex-starts-own-internet-bro wser-to-challenge-google, retrieved 2012-10-02
- ^ Yandex.Browser 1.1 Press Release
- ^ Liveinternet.ru analytics
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