For those who don't know, they had a Chromium fork called "Хром" (literally "Chrome"), which they advertized for anyone searching for "хром" or "chrome". Then they renamed it to Yandex.Internet.
(Now that I re-read my comment, I think it can be interpreted in an offensive way. To make things clear, by saying "Holmes" I wanted to compliment you for discovering this information.)
If they do nothing else but default the search engine to Yandex, that's what for.
Longer term, one of the benefits they might be able to offer users, over other browsers, is better compatibility with local sites, e.g. local banks. And maybe curated apps/extensions.
Have you ever tried to estimate how much it cost to maintain up-to-date browser, in terms of rapidly incorporating new standards, keeping high-quality, low-resource consumption and major-bug-free code, along with keeping it fairly secure?)
I think they grossly over-estimate their abilities to compete with completely different structures, like Mozilla, leave alone Google.)
Thinking that they are "Russian Google" is a self-delusion. Google is built out of talent, that they are collecting for a decade, and then by money and top-tier world-wide brand.
Yandex is mere a "company". Just compare the assets - data-centers, cables, commercial real estate, etc. Then take a look at amount of research Google's people do. This should be enough.
This browser, I guess, is something like Opera mini or Amazon Fire - the way to divert, scan and monetize user's traffic. Plain, banal scam.
Well, local banks here seem to be compatible with everything plus Opera Mobile. Their web clients were developed not so long ago, when it was already unacceptable to have IE-only sites.
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).
That's OK. There were many engines before Google that were forgotten. It is completely possible that Yandex search for average Russian is better than Google but my impression is that it is not (my impression might be wrong). I know that there are some services that Yandex does better than Google in Russia.
I don't get your point. Are you suggesting that they should had shut down the company once Google appeared, and the reason they didn't is "Russian pride"? WTF?
The question is, will this be another Rockmelt which was just Chrome with a social sharing and Facebook chat extension thrown in or have they taken Chromium/Webkit and re-engineered a faster/better browser and integrated their technology.
I really doubt Yandex is interested in competing against Chrome outside of their target market of Russia (and Russian neighbours, expats), so they don't need a faster or universally "better" browser. Just a better experience for their target users, or at least a comparable experience with better distribution (e.g. it's likely they'll partner with local device retailers to bundle it as default browser).
Download the new
browser from Yandex. It's quick and secure, while the
Smartbox will find anything you you need and Tableau
take you straight to your favorite sites.
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 that is the most logical place for it.
4. The New Tab drop page, I like it. But i am sure i have seen it somewhere else before. Opera? I cant remember.
5. Flash - Since Flash is only available in Chrome and not Chromium. I am not sure if Flash inside Yandex or any other Chromium derivative are using PPAPI or the old NPAPI. Anyone?
6. No, no tabs overflow...... So i am sticking with Firefox.
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.
Here's what I see when I visit that page: http://imgur.com/bwf5N (Tl;dr: a blurb of text saying it's not available for Linux, that's it, no info about what it is etc.)
Non-Linux peeps: do you get an equally uninformative landing page?
It .. doesn't tell me _why_ I'd want that. The footer (in fine print) states that this is a browser based on Chromium.
The rest of the site is useless (Oh, it loads pages. And is quick?) or scary (it has Kaspersky integrated, somehow?).
I'm missing the standard 'About' page, introducing me to the project and _showing me what this is for_. Why no Chrome, no Chromium build, Firefox, Opera, IE but .. this?
I'm sticking with Firefox because Mozilla respects the Linux community. And use Yandex from my Firefox? Why should I make a compromise when you don't take my platform seriously? Thanks, but no thanks.
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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?
Make sure to post the HTML5 score [1] once you install it.
[1] http://html5test.com/
Fixed that for you.
For those who don't know, they had a Chromium fork called "Хром" (literally "Chrome"), which they advertized for anyone searching for "хром" or "chrome". Then they renamed it to Yandex.Internet.
Edit: NO > EN URL
http://opera.yandex.ru/
Also with Mozilla:
http://fx.yandex.ru/
and Microsoft:
http://ie.yandex.ru/
:-)
But no, this one is based on Chromium: http://habrahabr.ru/company/yandex/blog/152905/ (in Russian)
EDIT: It says they are using Opera Turbo technology there.
Longer term, one of the benefits they might be able to offer users, over other browsers, is better compatibility with local sites, e.g. local banks. And maybe curated apps/extensions.
I think they grossly over-estimate their abilities to compete with completely different structures, like Mozilla, leave alone Google.)
Thinking that they are "Russian Google" is a self-delusion. Google is built out of talent, that they are collecting for a decade, and then by money and top-tier world-wide brand.
Yandex is mere a "company". Just compare the assets - data-centers, cables, commercial real estate, etc. Then take a look at amount of research Google's people do. This should be enough.
This browser, I guess, is something like Opera mini or Amazon Fire - the way to divert, scan and monetize user's traffic. Plain, banal scam.
I really doubt Yandex is interested in competing against Chrome outside of their target market of Russia (and Russian neighbours, expats), so they don't need a faster or universally "better" browser. Just a better experience for their target users, or at least a comparable experience with better distribution (e.g. it's likely they'll partner with local device retailers to bundle it as default browser).
Download the new browser from Yandex. It's quick and secure, while the Smartbox will find anything you you need and Tableau take you straight to your favorite sites.
1) 360 is based on Trident
2) I really hope this browser is nothing like 360: http://www.digital-dd.com/qihoo-browser-war
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 that is the most logical place for it.
4. The New Tab drop page, I like it. But i am sure i have seen it somewhere else before. Opera? I cant remember.
5. Flash - Since Flash is only available in Chrome and not Chromium. I am not sure if Flash inside Yandex or any other Chromium derivative are using PPAPI or the old NPAPI. Anyone?
6. No, no tabs overflow...... So i am sticking with Firefox.
Flash is available in Chromium. It plugs right in.
Non-Linux peeps: do you get an equally uninformative landing page?
It .. doesn't tell me _why_ I'd want that. The footer (in fine print) states that this is a browser based on Chromium.
The rest of the site is useless (Oh, it loads pages. And is quick?) or scary (it has Kaspersky integrated, somehow?).
I'm missing the standard 'About' page, introducing me to the project and _showing me what this is for_. Why no Chrome, no Chromium build, Firefox, Opera, IE but .. this?
It's very low on overall information.