What is an express panel?

Surely, to you, dear reader, during my work at the computer I visited the pages of the World Wide Web using special programs.

These applications, called browsers, arepeculiar intermediaries between Internet resources and people. One can use an analogy in which the global network is represented by the sea, boundless and deep; browser - swaying on the waves by a boat; Well, a man - a captain and a sailor in one person. This comparison can dispel the myth of some newcomers, in the minds of which the browser and the Internet are one and the same. Do not confuse these terms.

Like boats, browsers, despite the similaritiesprinciples of work, are different. Some are more convenient for the user, others work faster with the network, but a third can boast of universality, claiming the title of "Golden Mean". Here are the names of some of them, deservedly gained popularity among millions of users around the world: Opera, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer. Surely, at least one of them is your choice at the moment. It is impossible to say which browser is better - it all depends on the preferences of the person himself, as, in principle, and in everything else.

Developers want to make as much as possibleusers preferred their software solution, offering new opportunities. One of them is the express panel. This function was so convenient and in demand that it is often launched "by default". The express panel is, undoubtedly, the step of browsers towards people. True, the implementation is slightly different. For example, the express panel Opera appeared one of the first, so during the testing and "run-in" developers were able to take into account the basic wishes of users. But first things first.

The Express panel replaced a list of bookmarks,which, frankly, was not very convenient. According to statistics, each visitor to the global web goes to certain specific pages more often than others. For example, one person is accustomed to open a page with weather, news, financial reviews every time the browser is launched; another wants to keep abreast of technical innovations; the third craves communication in social networks and checks mail through the site. Express panel is a configurable list of these most popular resources, displayed in the main browser window immediately after launch. One click - and opens the weather site, mail or news. Anything! Thus, the express panel eliminates the need to type the path to the resource in the address bar.

Такой возможностью обзавелись многие основные browsers, except, perhaps, Chrome. "Native" implementation, frankly, is not very convenient. However, the Chrome Express panel can be installed as an extension: so, after downloading from the store and installing the popular version of Speed ​​Dial, you can add this function to the browser. This is the manual mode. But this slight inconvenience is more than offset by the subsequent work with the resources of the global Web.

In the Opera, you must press Ctrl + F12 and in the window"When you start", specify "Express panel". After that, clicking on any square of the screen, you can register the address to the desired site. Well, the gear icon in the upper corner allows you to customize the display of the panel "by itself." That's all.