21 June 2010Press-releases

Mac OS users get the Satellite@Mail.Ru toolbar

21 June 2010, Moscow. Mail.Ru introduces the new version of the Satellite@Mail.Ru (http://sputnik.mail.ru/safari) toolbar for Mac OS users. It should be noted that it also supports the latest fifth version of the Safari browser.  

The Satellite for Mac OS expanded the line of Mail.Ru toolbars that include versions for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera. Now Safari users have access to all primary features of Satellite@Mail.Ru.

The Satellite helps quickly find necessary information on the Internet: you can key in search queries right in the browser window, with the toolbar suggesting suitable options once you have started entering the word. Furthermore, it always remembers the last user queries. 

The Satellite for Mac OS includes the function allowing special search in the Mail.Ru projects, letting you find people in the Moi Mir@Mail.Ru social network (http://mir.mail.ru), cultural events on Afisha@Mail.Ru (http://afisha.mail.ru), the latest vacancies on Work@Mail.Ru (http://rabota.mail.ru), photos and video clips, goods in online shop catalogues and many others. 

Thanks to a set of informers used in Satellite@Mail.Ru, the browser windows displays up-to-date information about new mail, weather, exchange rates and traffic jams. The weather forecast and traffic situation will be displayed according to the user location: Satellite@Mail.Ru can automatically identify the city, you can also set the location manually. All the relevant information will be updated in real time.

The Satellite personal settings let you select the informers to display in the browser, and generate a shortcut bar for your favorite Mail.Ru projects so that you can jump to the desired services with a click. You can activate the privacy mode just as easily, giving yourself maximally safe and anonymous web surfing experience. 

Mail.Ru had earlier developed a special Mac OS version of the popular instant messenger Mail.Ru Agent (http://agent.mail.ru) for instant messaging in real time, sending free SMS messages etc. 

“We hope Mac OS users will give Satellite@Mail.Ru specially designed for them the credit it deserves. The Mac OS users in Russia are ‘advanced’ users that are active online. This is why the line of the popular Mail.Ru products intended for Internet surfing and socialization is expanded to include Mac versions”, said Olga Brukovskaya, Vice President for Marketing, Mail.Ru. 

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