Yahoo! released its browser Axis

Despite the fact that the market is occupied by such giants as Chrome and Internet Explorer, Yahoo, having survived the recent scandals with the diploma of its manager, released its Axis browser, which can be downloaded here . Now Axis is available as versions for iPhone and iPad, as well as plug-ins for Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari (it was possible to install on Chrome, but the extension for Firefox works quite well), and the product slogan looks like this: “Yahoo! Axis redefines the Web. "

Yahoo did not create their own bike, trying to push into the market what is already there enough. If you describe the main functionality, it is as follows - the user does not see the page of search results (as in Google), but immediately observes reduced copies of the found pages.

The start page looks like this - quite simply and minimalist, in the spirit of the latest trends in browser interfaces:


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If you activate the search box on the bottom left, Axis will show the first results that can be considered advertising:



Then, as you enter the search query, the results will appear (as it is) along the bottom edge of the window - the Axis search bar itself will be available during surfing: thus, you can always return to the search:



Also available and search for images that appear from reduced copies in pop-up windows. Synchronization of results and bookmarks between devices is available. Other features like browser bookmarks or personalization of the home page, I think, does not contain any innovations.

Axis home page itself:



UPD: in Axis, they managed to find a vulnerability - an extension for Chrome makes a private certificate easily accessible if an attacker suddenly wants to create his own fake Axis.

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