如果您购买了Amazon Fire平板电脑，您可能会惊讶地发现您可以访问一个 Web 浏览器：Silk。
Silk 是亚马逊的原生网络浏览器。它可以完成您需要网络浏览器执行的所有操作，包括书签、快速网络浏览和现代界面。
然而，它也与亚马逊(Amazon)产品和服务深度集成，就像亚马逊 Fire(Amazon Fire)平板电脑本身的几乎所有其他东西一样。
在本文中，我们将探索Silk浏览器的所有内部工作原理。如果您是Amazon Fire平板电脑的新手，您会知道对 Web 浏览体验有何期待。
Silk 浏览器：概述
要启动Amazon Fire平板电脑浏览器，只需浏览平板电脑上的应用程序，直到看到Silk Browser。
点击此图标以启动浏览器。与大多数浏览器一样，您会在顶部看到选项卡，在此下方有一个URL字段，在八个快速访问链接上方有一个搜索字段。(URL)
这些包括：
您会在此页面底部看到一个页面设置链接。(Page Settings)如果您选择它，您将看到一个菜单，您可以在其中启用或禁用页面上快速链接上方的搜索字段。
这是一个有用的自定义，因为您始终可以将顶部的URL字段用作 Web 搜索字段，因此页面上的第二个搜索字段有点多余。(URL)
Silk 浏览器右键菜单
无论您点击浏览器右上角的三个点（用于右侧菜单）还是点击左上角的三行（用于左侧菜单），您都会发现几乎相同的选项。
右侧菜单有一个网格设置，其中包含您可以探索的每个区域的图标。
即时推荐
您可能会注意到的第一件事是菜单底部的一个很大的“开始”按钮，没有太多描述。(Get Started)
如果您确实点击开始(Get Started)使用，您将看到启用即时推荐的选项。
此功能监控有关您访问的网页的信息，以便Silk浏览器可以提供建议。这些建议包括网络上与您正在阅读的主题或相关搜索相关的其他相关文章。
与此相关的显然存在一些隐私问题，因为您的浏览信息需要传递到亚马逊(Amazon)的服务器，以便亚马逊(Amazon)可以为您提供建议。
如果这不打扰您，请继续并选择Enable。如果您不想通过网络发送所有浏览活动而不是您需要的，请选择关闭(Close)。
书签
选择菜单中的书签(Bookmarks)图标以访问您的书签列表，您可以根据需要将其组织到子文件夹中。
如果这是您第一次使用Silk浏览器并打开书签，您会注意到从Chrome导入书签的选项。
这需要您在另一台计算机或移动设备上执行的几个步骤。
您需要在其他地方打开Chrome并安装Silk Bookmarks 浏览器扩展(Silk Bookmarks browser extension)。
- 打开 Silk 书签扩展
- 使用您的亚马逊(Amazon)凭证登录
- 关闭然后再次打开扩展并选择导入(Import)
最后，在平板电脑上打开Silk浏览器并导航回书签页面。选择右上角的三个点以打开菜单并选择Import From Chrome。
此过程通过Silk(Silk)扩展程序将所有书签从Chrome浏览器传输到云端，然后传输到平板电脑上的Silk浏览器。
这是一个复杂的过程，但至少可以节省您重建整个书签库的时间。
当然，要保存您使用Silk浏览器访问的任何站点，请在(Silk)URL字段 中选择书签图标。
执行此操作时，您会看到两个选项：
- 添加书签(Add Bookmark)：这将保存到您的书签库
- 固定到我的收藏夹：这将在新标签页的(Pin to My Favorites)快速链接(Quick Links)部分固定该站点的图标
阅读清单
在右侧菜单中，您还会看到阅读列表(Reading List)。如果你点击它，你会看到两个选项：
- 保存到阅读列表(Save to Reading List)：将URL添加到您以后要阅读的文章列表中。
- 查看阅读列表(View Reading List)：查看您想要阅读的文章列表。
如果您选择查看阅读列表(View Reading List)，您将看到您添加的所有页面。它们是彩色编码的，所以你知道你已经读过哪些。
如果未读，标题将为橙色。
当您阅读每个标题时，它们会变黑。
当您阅读它们时，您可以单独删除它们，也可以选择右上角的垃圾桶将它们全部清除。
阅读列表(Reading List)是一个有用的功能，它可以保存您以后想要快速阅读的内容，但您真的不想弄乱您的浏览器书签列表。
(Save)为您想经常再次访问的内容保存书签，并将您的阅读(Reading)列表用于您以后想阅读的内容，然后继续阅读。
您的亚马逊列表和购物链接
当然，既然Amazon Fire平板电脑是亚马逊(Amazon)产品，而Silk浏览器是亚马逊(Amazon)应用程序，那么右侧菜单中也有亚马逊特定链接也就不足为奇了。(Amazon)
其中第一个是Your Lists。这只是将您直接带到您的亚马逊(Amazon)帐户上的愿望清单。
您还会看到一个购物(Shopping)链接，可将您直接带到亚马逊(straight to Amazon)。因为除了亚马逊(Amazon)，你还想在哪里购物，对吧？
其他右侧菜单链接
您还将在Silk浏览器的右侧菜单中看到以下链接。
- 新闻(News)：从一长串新闻来源（您可以自定义）中访问精选页面
- 下载(Downloads)：查看所有下载的文件
- 新的私人标签(New Private Tab)：这类似于Chrome 的“隐身”标签(Chrome’s “Incognito” tab)
- 桌面站点(Desktop Site)：强制网站显示站点的桌面版本
- 打印(Print)：打印到您的打印机的页面
- Dark/Light Theme：在深色模式或浅色模式之间切换浏览器
Silk 浏览器左侧菜单
如果您选择左侧菜单图标，您会注意到右侧菜单中提供的所有完全相同的选项。
有一个例外。您可以在此处找到Settings。
您可以在主设置菜单中找到有关Silk浏览器的所有可自定义内容。
这些包括：
- 付款方式(Payment methods)：将卡片保存到浏览器，以便在购物时一键付款
- 密码(Passwords)：启用网站自动保存密码和自动登录
- 地址(Addresses): 将地址保存到可用于自动填写 Web 表单的浏览器
- 辅助功能(Accessibility)：如果阅读小文本有困难，请调整浏览器文本大小和缩放(Adjust)
- Silk Home : 自定义您的Home、Amazon和News选项卡
一个重要的领域是能够自定义您的新闻(News)标签。您可以通过管理您的新闻提供商和来源来定制您看到的文章类型和热门新闻。
在来源页面上，您将看到所有可用新闻来源的列表。您可以选择阻止(Block)以删除所有您不希望包含的内容。
您可以在“隐私(Privacy)”菜单中启用“不跟踪”(Do Not Track)或“使用安全 DNS(Use secure DNS) ”以增加隐私和安全性。
如果您确实选择使用安全DNS，则需要有可用的提供程序并在Silk浏览器中启用此选项。
您可以在高级设置菜单中更改(Advanced settings)Silk浏览器将使用的默认搜索引擎。
从高级(Advanced)设置菜单中选择搜索引擎(Search engine)，然后选择您想要的默认搜索引擎。
阅读查看和分享
Silk浏览器中的另一项可用功能是阅读视图(Reading View)。
这是一个全屏视图，旨在消除所有干扰，让您完全专注于您正在阅读的文章(article that you’re reading)。
如果您在“设置”(Settings)中启用了阅读视图(View)（默认情况下处于启用状态），您将在浏览器页面底部看到在阅读视图中显示。(Show in Reading View)
只需点击此按钮即可进入阅读模式。
执行此操作时，您会看到整个屏幕移动，并且文章将重新格式化，更像是标准杂志文章格式。
有些人喜欢这个功能，所以他们可以真正专注于他们正在阅读的内容。其他人发现视图是多余和不必要的。
如果需要，您可以在浏览器设置中将其关闭。
嵌入在浏览器中的另一个有用功能是右侧浏览器菜单中的共享(Share)图标。使用它，您可以通过Facebook、Twitter、电子邮件与他人共享页面，甚至可以通过蓝牙(Bluetooth)与其他设备共享页面。
这是一项方便的功能，即使在页面上没有嵌入社交共享图标的网站上，您也可以快速共享页面。
Amazon Fire 平板电脑网络浏览器好用(Amazon Fire Tablet Web Browser Any Good)吗？
Silk浏览器有一些优点和缺点。它是一款高效、快速的浏览器，与您过去使用的任何其他浏览器一样好用。
由于它作为Amazon Fire平板电脑的默认应用程序嵌入，因此您可以放心，它将与所有其他核心应用程序一起保持更新。然而，它缺乏其他主要浏览器的许多花里胡哨。
没有扩展或附加组件(extensions or add-ons)，所以你真的被你所拥有的东西所困扰。由于它是由Amazon构建的，因此您必须处理所有旨在鼓励您使用Amazon服务的链接和其他功能。
The Amazon Fire Tablet Web Browser: A Full User Guide
If you purchase an Amazon Fire tablet, you may be surprised to discover that you have access to one web browser: Silk.
Silk is Amazon’s native web browser. It does everything you’d need a web browser to do, including bookmarks, fast web browsing, and a modern interface.
However it’s also deeply integrated with Amazon products and services, just like almost everything else in the Amazon Fire tablet itself.
In this article we’ll explore all of the inner workings of the Silk browser. If you’re new to the Amazon Fire tablet, you’ll know what to expect from the web browsing experience.
The Silk Browser: An Overview
To launch the Amazon Fire tablet browser, just look through the apps on your tablet until you see the Silk Browser.
Tap this icon to launch the browser. Like most browsers, you’ll see tabs at the top, a URL field beneath this, and a search field above eight quick access links.
These include:
- Bookmarks
- History
- Shopping
- News
- Four most recently access websites
You’ll notice a Page Settings link at the bottom of this page. If you select that, you’ll see a menu where you can enable or disable the search field above the quick links on the page.
This is a useful customization since you can always use the URL field at the top as a web search field, so the second search field on the page is kind of redundant.
The Silk Browser Right Menu
You’ll find mostly the same options whether you tap the three dots at the upper right of the browser (for the right menu) or the three lines at the top of the upper left (for the left menu).
The right menu has a grid setup with icons for each area you can explore.
Instant Recommendations
The first thing you may notice is a big Get Started button at the bottom of the menu with not much description.
If you do tap Get Started, you’ll see an option to enable Instant Recommendations.
This feature monitors information about the web pages you visit so that the Silk browser can offer recommendations. These recommendations include other relevant articles on the web related to the topic you’re reading about, or related searches.
There are obviously some privacy concerns associated with this, since your browsing information needs to be passed to Amazon’s servers so that Amazon can develop suggestions for you.
If this doesn’t bother you, then go ahead and select Enable. If you’d rather not send all your browsing activity over the web more than you need to, select Close.
Bookmarks
Select the Bookmarks icon in the menu to visit your list of bookmarks, which you can organize into subfolders if you like.
If this is your first time using the Silk browser and opening bookmarks, you’ll notice the option to import your bookmarks from Chrome.
This requires a few steps you’ll need to take on another computer or mobile device.
You’ll need to open Chrome elsewhere and install the Silk Bookmarks browser extension.
- Open the Silk Bookmarks extension
- Sign-in with your Amazon credentials
- Close and then open the extension again and select Import
Finally, open the Silk browser on your tablet and navigate back to the bookmarks page. Select the three dots at the upper right to open the menu and select Import From Chrome.
This process transfers all bookmarks from your Chrome browser to the cloud via the Silk extension, and then to your Silk browser on your tablet.
It’s a bit of an involved process, but at least it saves you the time to have to rebuild your entire bookmarks library.
Of course to save any sites that you’re visiting with your Silk browser, select the bookmark icon in the URL field.
You’ll see two options when you do this:
- Add Bookmark: This will save to your bookmarks library
- Pin to My Favorites: This will pin an icon for this site in the Quick Links section of the new tab page
Reading List
In the right menu you’ll also see Reading List. If you tap this, you’ll see two options:
- Save to Reading List: Add the URL to your list of articles you want to read later.
- View Reading List: View your list of articles you want to read.
If you select View Reading List, you’ll see all of the pages you’ve added. They’re color coded so you know which ones you’ve read already.
If unread, the title will be orange.
As you read each title, they’ll turn black.
As you read them, you can either delete them individually or just select the trash can at the upper right corner to clean them all out.
The Reading List is a useful feature for just saving things you want to read quickly later, but you really don’t want to clutter up your list of browser bookmarks.
Save bookmarks for things you want to visit again frequently, and use your Reading List for things you’d like to read later and then move on.
Your Amazon Lists and Shopping Link
Of course, since the Amazon Fire tablet is an Amazon product, and the Silk browser is an Amazon app, it should be no surprise that there are also Amazon specific links in the right menu.
The first of those is Your Lists. This just takes you directly to your wish lists on your Amazon account.
You’ll also see a Shopping link that’ll take you straight to Amazon. Because where else would you want to shop other than Amazon, right?
Other Right Menu Links
You’ll also see the following links in the right menu of the Silk browser.
- News: Visit a curated page from a long list of news sources (which you can customize)
- Downloads: See all of your downloaded files
- New Private Tab: This is analogous to Chrome’s “Incognito” tab
- Desktop Site: Force websites to display the desktop version of the site
- Print: Print to page to your printer
- Dark/Light Theme: Switch the browser between dark mode or light mode
Silk Browser Left Menu
If you select the left menu icon, you’ll notice all of the same exact options that were available in the right menu.
There is one exception. This is where you’ll find Settings.
The main settings menu is where you’ll find all of the things you can customize about the Silk browser.
These include:
- Payment methods: Save cards to your browser for one-click payments while shopping
- Passwords: Enable automatically saving passwords and auto sign-in for websites
- Addresses: Save addresses to the browser that you can use to auto-fill web forms
- Accessibility: Adjust browser text size and zoom if you have difficulty reading small text
- Silk Home: Customize your Home, Amazon, and News tabs
An important area is the ability to customize your News tab. You can tailor what kind of articles and trending news you see by managing your news providers and sources.
On the sources page, you’ll see a list of all available news sources. You can select Block to remove all of those that you don’t want included.
The Privacy menu is where you can enable Do Not Track or Use secure DNS for added privacy and security.
If you do choose to use a secure DNS you’ll need to have an available provider and enable this option in the Silk browser.
The Advanced settings menu is where you can change the default search engine that the Silk browser will use.
Choose Search engine from the Advanced settings menu and then select the search engine you want as your default.
Reading View and Sharing
One more feature available in the Silk browser is the Reading View.
This is a full-screen view meant to remove all distractions and let you focus entirely on the article that you’re reading.
If you have Reading View enabled in Settings (it’s on by default), you’ll see Show in Reading View at the bottom of the browser page.
Just tap this to enter reading mode.
When you do this, you’ll see the entire screen shift and the article will reformat more like a standard magazine article format.
Some people love this feature so they can really focus on what they’re reading. Other people find the view redundant and unnecessary.
If you want, you can turn it off in browser settings.
Another useful feature that’s embedded in the browser is the Share icon in the right browser menu. Using this, you can share the page with others via Facebook, Twitter, email, or even to another device via Bluetooth.
It’s a convenient feature that lets you quickly share pages even on sites that don’t have embedded social share icons on the page.
Is the Amazon Fire Tablet Web Browser Any Good?
The Silk browser has some pros and cons. It’s an efficient and fast browser, and works just as well as any other browser you might have used in the past.
Since it’s embedded as a default app with the Amazon Fire tablet, you can rest assured it’ll stay updated along with all other core apps. However it lacks a lot of the bells and whistles of other major browsers.
There are no extensions or add-ons, so you’re really stuck with what you’ve got. And since it’s built by Amazon, you’ll have to deal with all of the links and other features that are meant to encourage you to use Amazon’s services.
