Whale Tour

Opening

refresh, and

bookmark of course, but then

a Screen Capture tool,

Space (split-screen browsing),

Sidebar (mini windows with various tools I'll outline below),

Login (to your Naver account), and

the three-dot menu.

Bookmarks and search in Omnibox

New tab page

Translation

Sidebar

Quick search

Widgets

A clock that displays both the current time and the time according to the webpage you are on

(I know what you're thinking, but this is actually a useful feature to Koreans who depend on getting the server's exact time right when, for example, buying quick-to-sell-out concert tickets or train tickets, or very often, college students trying to register for classes that are 1st-come-1st-served right when registration hour opens up.)

(I know what you're thinking, but this is actually a useful feature to Koreans who depend on getting the server's exact time right when, for example, buying quick-to-sell-out concert tickets or train tickets, or very often, college students trying to register for classes that are 1st-come-1st-served right when registration hour opens up.) A calculator

A calendar

A unit converter

A currency converter

A stock ticker

Belli scrapbook

Papago translation

Mobile Window

Whale Space

Chrome Extensions (!) and App Store

Clicking that big plus sign to find more extensions brings a pop-up saying the App Store is not yet ready. That's intriguing. Does that imply that Naver will maintain their own extensions store? Will they drop support for legitimate Chrome extensions at some point? Will Chrome be able to access and use Whale extensions? This will be interesting to see how it develops.





UPDATE: Yes, Naver is in the process (as of April 2017) of opening their own Whale Extensions store. You can find it here, although it's just a landing page right now:

https://store.whale.naver.com/extensions

Settings and other pages

Other interesting features

IE Plug-in Compatibility Mode

플러그인 호환 모드

플러그인 호환 모드를 사용하시면 금융,정부,회사 업무 사이트의 호환 문제를 해결해줍니다.

플러그인 호환 모드 사용하기

웨일은 1년 안에 본 기능을 지원 중단하는 것으로 목표로

최대 2년까지만 지원할 예정입니다.

[출처] 플러그인 호환 모드|작성자 웨일 팀

플러그인 호환 모드 : 네이버 블로그

대법원인터넷등기소 www.iros.go.kr

국민건강보험공단 www.nhis.or.kr

고용보험 www.ei.go.kr

국민연금관리공단 www.nps.go.kr

근로보험공단 www.kcomwel.or.kr

민원24 www.minwon.go.kr

홈택스 www.hometax.go.kr

나이스 www.neis.go.kr

넷마블 www.netmarble.net

한게임 www.hangame.com

다음게임 game.daum.net

엠게임 www.mgame.com

RAM usage limit

My thoughts about Whale and some other stuff

Naver wants all that sweet, sweet userdata it can collect from people being logged-in to Naver at the browser-level. Well that's what Google does anyway with Chrome, so fair game there. IE is on life support, Edge has zero userbase, and Koreans generally still are not adopting Chrome beyond your cool friends*, not to mention the online banking and shopping headaches. Whale is going to fill the void. Naver Pay is seriously growing in popularity for its simplicity on mobile shopping. If they can bring that ease of payment to a browser Koreans will actually use, we might see the end of IE once and for all. Whale keeps users in the Naver ecosystem and makes accessing it a breeze. Right from the first download, all your stuff is there, Naver is already the default search, etc. Nobody likes "setting up" a browser. You don't have to go fishing through links or URLs or etc. Honestly, this is good for Koreans if Whale gets the same patched codebase as Chrome. Improved routine security by basically tricking users into using "Chrome" in all but name. Did I mention the userdata? What a goldmine.

According to data by web traffic analysis firm StatCounter, Chrome topped the list of the local web browser market share with 55 percent, with IE coming in second with a 35 percent share as of last month.

NTS under fire for not offering services for Chrome users

“The smartwatch is not designed to replace the phone, but to become another device where you can use the same services. It’s all about your lifestyle. If you’re usually at home, your main device could be your refrigerator, or your TV. It’s about being able to carry services through different devices. I think it would be fun to work on Naver services that go beyond the smartphone.”

[Eye Interview] At Naver, the user is always king