On the last day of June
, Rambler released the long-awaited toolbar, which, in theory, had to be released several years ago when competitors did it -
Yandex (
Yandex Bar) and
Mail.Ru ).
According to our sources, the real development of the rambler toolbar began this year. An attempt to do something similar was undertaken both in the past and the year before, but only now the thoughts and ideas of the developers have been transformed into something tangible.
The Rambler Assistant fresh panel corresponds to the search capabilities of the portal, and allows you to search not only on the Internet, but also in the
Rambler's Top100 ranking, in news, illustrations, purchases, dictionaries and Internet file archives. In addition, “Assistant” makes it possible to find and compare prices for products of various categories in the
Price.Ru reference
book , partially owned by Rambler Media.
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As part of the Internet Explorer browser, the Assistant panel stores the last fifty search queries, and, if desired, the user records the complete search history, and not only within the Rambler search engine. To switch to another search engine, it is not necessary to type in a new query - just select the required search server in the “Assistant” settings, which is not very convenient when compared to other toolbars, where everything is much simpler.
The “Assistant” integrates automatically updated graphic elements - informers that reflect everyday financial, political, sports and other information. Informer Rambler Mass Media includes headlines of the main news of the day and allows you to go to viewing video messages, photo reports and press reviews. In addition, Assistant provides weather information in more than 640 cities in Russia, the CIS, the Baltic States, the USA and Europe.
Another feature of the panel is the line of notifications. He reports on fresh e-mails, the appearance of new “planetary” friends, recent entries and comments in diaries, as well as user comments on published photos.
Another feature of the panel is the audio informer, which connects the user to the air of leading Russian radio stations, broadcasting over the Internet. To listen to music on a computer running the Windows operating system, no additional software installation is required.