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Re: Yandex Browser

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Post by dchest »

dschiptsov wrote: post #50
dchest wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yandex search launched in 1997, a year before Google. It was the only search engine that could understand Russian morphology.

do you remember altavista.digital.com?)

Yes, I remember that it was almost impossible to find anything with it in Russian.

Re: Yandex Browser

#54

Post by mitjak »

dchest wrote: post #47
daliusd wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One possibility "Russian pride". That might be wrong guess but there lot of things Russian simply to have something "Made in Russia" (e.g. yandex search itself).

Yandex search launched in 1997, a year before Google. It was the only search engine that could understand Russian morphology.

It was also very good! I much preferred its results to Rambler which was popular at the time (and the developer behind Rambler wrote ngnix, afair).

Re: Yandex Browser

#56

Post by antninja »

ksec wrote: post #38

Using it for a few minutes, few things i really like. 1. Someone finally put the Refresh and Stop Button where it should be. Firefox actually had it during beta testing but they somehow decide to but it at the end of the Address bar instead. 2. The Graphics, Curve, Looks more like better then the comparatively toyish Chrome. 3. The Options have always belonged to the Tab Bar and not the address bar. To me i think tha…

One thing I find weird is that it doesn't display the full URL in the URL bar, only the domain and the page title.

Re: Yandex Browser

#57

Post by ksec »

dchest wrote: post #41
ksec wrote: post #38

Using it for a few minutes, few things i really like. 1. Someone finally put the Refresh and Stop Button where it should be. Firefox actually had it during beta testing but they somehow decide to but it at the end of the Address bar instead. 2. The Graphics, Curve, Looks more like better then the comparatively toyish Chrome. 3. The Options have always belonged to the Tab Bar and not the address bar. To me i think tha…

Yes, it has Flash, according to this picture: http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6400/120186.3c/0_a7271_80287e...

Even the PDF is Foxit which means it is nearly the same as Chrome except for the UI.

Re: Yandex Browser

#58

Post by ksec »

antninja wrote: post #56
ksec wrote: post #38

Using it for a few minutes, few things i really like. 1. Someone finally put the Refresh and Stop Button where it should be. Firefox actually had it during beta testing but they somehow decide to but it at the end of the Address bar instead. 2. The Graphics, Curve, Looks more like better then the comparatively toyish Chrome. 3. The Options have always belonged to the Tab Bar and not the address bar. To me i think tha…

One thing I find weird is that it doesn't display the full URL in the URL bar, only the domain and the page title.

Arh. True i didn't notice it. But Once you click on the address bar it does show back its address. Not a bad thing i guess. Will need to use it more before i can draw conclusion.

Re: Yandex Browser

#60

Post by dimitar »

hayksaakian wrote: post #2

The Google of Russia introduces the Google chrome of Russia. Coming soon: Yandex+

Its seems that they don't like to be perceived that way. It gets funny:

It's fluent in 9 languages including English, German, French and Ukrainian.

What, do I have to download it to see if its fluent in Russian? Come on, why do you hide it?

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