# Yandex.Bar

> Advanced toolbar for Firefox

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/yandexbar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yandexbar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `yandexbar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Yandex
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 20,977
- **Weekly downloads:** 11
- **Rating:** 2.26 / 5 (262 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.23.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2006-10-05
- **Size:** 527 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yandexbar/)
- **Website:** [http://bar.yandex.ru/firefox](http://bar.yandex.ru/firefox)

## Description

Yandex.Bar is a powerful extension designed for Mozilla Firefox that enriches your browsing experience without compromising screen space. It features the Smartbar, allowing you to search Yandex or webpage contents directly from the address bar with instant suggestions and typo corrections, making your searches faster and more efficient.

Stay informed with up-to-date weather and live traffic information to plan your day effectively. Additionally, Yandex.Bar delivers instant notifications from Yandex services and popular social networks like VKontakte, ensuring you're always connected. Quickly view messages, friend requests, and more, and respond right from your browser. This compact, user-friendly toolbar is a must-have for seamless browsing.

## Rankings

- #503 — Overall
- #56 — Search Tools
- #20 — temperature
- #42 — receive
- #74 — example
- #84 — traffic

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `webNavigation`
- `cookies`
- `bookmarks`
- `history`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `management`
- `tabs`
- `notifications`
- `idle`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension support email may not be valid

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## Review summary

The add-on largely fails: authentication prompts persist, messages and unread counts do not display, and notifications stop working. In addition, clicking the icon may open an intrusive ad window. Several users note it stopped functioning due to Mozilla/Yandex changes and lack of updates. A minority recall it once worked and was useful, but overall the extension is unreliable and abandoned.

### Pros

- Historically worked and was considered useful (some users called it 'cool' in the past).
- When functioning, the icon could open Yandex Mail directly from the Firefox toolbar.
- Some users reported partial functionality or stability in older versions.

### Cons

- Prompts to authorize ('пожалуйста авторизуйтесь') even when already logged in; authentication flow is broken.
- Does not display messages or unread counts; content loading is unreliable.
- Notifications stopped working in recent versions.
- Clicking the extension sometimes opens an ad window for Yandex services; intrusive advertising.
- No longer supported or updated by the developer; compatibility issues with Mozilla/Yandex changes.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yandexbar)