Settings button

Check for updates

How to check for Kinza updates.

1. Check updates via the Kinza button: Click the Kinza button > “Check Update”.

2. Notifies updates available on the desktop.

2. Notifies updates available on the desktop.: if a newer version is available when you start up Kinza, an update notification appears on the desktop. Then, click the message to open the Download page.; *) You can enable/disable update notification on the Other settings page.

Regarding requests for addition/modification of functions

We will appreciate your feed back. If you have any concerns, requests for the addition or modification of functions, etc., please submit them from the Requests and Bug Reports page.

The Kinza development team will review the opinions we have received and reflect them in the future development of Kinza.

Access the Requests and Bug Reports page.

Access the Requests and Bug Reports page.: You can view submitted questions and requests and post topics from the Requests and Bug Reports page.

Register and sign in.: Click "Register" on the header menu to open the registration form and fill it out to register for the forum. Then, click "Sign in" on the header menu and enter your ID and password in the form to sign in.

Feel free to post topics.: Once you sign in, you can freely reply to various open topics. Feel free to submit inquiries, requests, bug reports, etc. from the submission form at the bottom of each thread!

Omnibox (Address bar)

You can access the search results pages of various search engines by entering keywords in the Omnibox (address bar).

Once keywords are entered, results of various search engines are shown in the address bar drop-down list.
Then, if there is your expected search results page, you can access the page by clicking it.

You can change the order in which the search engines appear in the drop-down list. You can also add or delete search engines from the list. Click the Kinza button > “Settings” > “General” > “Manage search engines”.

Tab actions

You can open several tabs in one window of Kinza, and browse several web pages in a cross-sectional way by switching the tabs.

1. Open a new tab.: Click the button to the right of existing tabs to open a new tab.

2. Close a tab.: To close an existing tab, click the "X" button shown on the right side of the tab.

3. Right-click a tab.: You can use various functions by right-clicking a tab.

New Tab: Open a new tab.
Reload: Reload the current page.
Duplicate: Duplicate the current page and show it in a new tab.
Pin Tab: Pin a tab to prevent it from being closed by mistake.
Close Tab: Close the current tab.
Close Other Tabs: Close all tabs except the current tab when several tabs are opened.
Close tabs to the left: Close all tabs to the left of the current tab when several tabs are opened.
Close tabs to the right: Close all tabs to the right of the current tab when several tabs are opened.

4. Switch tabs with a mouse wheel.: If you are using a mouse with a wheel, you can switch tabs by rolling the mouse wheel on the tab-bar.

5. Close a tab by double-click.: You can close a tab by double-clicking the left button of your mouse on the tab you want to close.
(This function is disabled by default. To enable this function, see 6.)

6. Configure tab settings: Click the Kinza button > "Settings" > "Tabs."

The Tabs settings page opens.

Tab Shape

You can change the tab shape as desired. You can select the shape from the following options:

Rounded Rectangular
Rectangular
Trapezoid

Position of Tabbar

You can set the position of the tab bar to either “Left”, “Top” or “Right”. If you choose to position your tab bar “Left” or “Right” you have the additional option to display the tabs in “Simple” mode or in “Tree” mode.
Depending on the selected display mode you have the following additional configuration options:

Hide the top of the tab bar
Hide search box
Hide the new tab button
Height of tab
Enlargement / Reduction
Behavior when parent tab is closed
- Close children tabs too
- Move children tabs to upper layer

Tab actions

On this page, you can configure tab action settings. The following settings are available:

Switch tabs when rolling the mouse wheel on the tab-bar (available on the tab-bar).
Enable to close page by double click
Enable to close page by right click (show menu with Ctrl or Shift modifier)
Always hide close button

Opening tab pages

You can specify which tab pages are opened from "Bookmark bar," "Omnibox Search" and "Omnibox URL." The following settings are available:

Current tab page
New tab page (foreground)
New tab page (background)

Tab behaviors (required settings)

State of a tab to be opened

Default
Foreground
Background

Position of a tab to be opened

Default
Left of Current Tab
Right of Current Tab
Right Edge

Position after closing the active tab

Default
Left of Closed Tab
Right of Closed Tab
Tab Last Selected

Behavior when last tab closed:

You can select one from the following three options:

Close browser
Close browser (last tab is new tab)
Don't close browser

Behavior when closing a window

You can enable/disable the following option:

Popup a confirmation message box when a window has multi tabs

Print web pages

You can print the web page displayed by Kinza by the following procedure.

1. Open the Kinza menu and click "Print..."

2. The Print page opens. Then, configure the settings and click the "Print" button.: The following settings are available:

Destination

Select the printer to be used.

Pages

Set the pages to be printed.

Copies

Set the number of copies.

Layout

Set the layout to Portrait or Landscape.

Color

Specify whether to print the page in black and white or in color.

Paper size

Select the paper size.

Margins

Set margins.

Quality

Set uality.

Scale

Set scale.

Options

Set other options. The following settings are available:

Headers and footers
Two-sided
Background color and graphics

Zoom in and out the current web page

You can zoom the web page displayed by Kinza by the following procedure.

Open theKinza menu and click "+" and "-" to the right of "Zoom" to zoom in and out, respectively.

Click to display the page in full screen.

If you are using a mouse, you can easily zoom in and out by rolling the mouse wheel while pressing Ctrl.

Enable external plug-ins

To use external plug-ins, such as Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash, on Kinza, you need to install such software by yourself.

How to install Adobe Flash Player

Access the Adobe web site (https://get.adobe.com/jp/flashplayer/otherversions/) and install Adobe Flash Player.
*) Also see Installation of Adobe Flash Player above for installation.
Open the Plug-inssettings page (chrome://extensions /) and enable Adobe Flash Player.
(This is not necessary if already enabled.)

Clear history and cookies

You can clear the browsing data and cookies by the following procedure.

1. Open the Kinza menu and click "More tools" > "Clear browsing data..."

2. A window appears to configure detailed settings for clearing the browsing data.

2. A window appears to configure detailed settings for clearing the browsing data.: Select from which point of time you want to clear the browsing data and which items to be cleared, then click the Clear browsing data button.

Import and export bookmarks

You can import bookmarks and settings from and export bookmarks to other browsers by the following procedure.

1. Import bookmarks and settings: Open the Kinza menu > "Bookmarks" > "Import bookmarks and settings..."
1. Export bookmarks: Open the Kinza menu > "Bookmarks" > "Bookmark manager."

2. [Import]: Select from which browser and which items you want to import, then click the "Import" button on the detailed settings window.; You can also import bookmarks exported to HTML files from other browsers.

2. [Export]: Click "Organize" in the top-left of the Bookmark Manager page. Click "Export bookmarks to HTML file..."; The HTML file can be imported to other browsers (with some exceptions).

Install Chrome applications (extensions)

You can use various extensions available in Chrome Web Store on Kinza.

Open the Kinza menu > "More tools" > "Extensions."

The Extensions page opens. Click"Get more extensions" at the bottom of the page.

Chrome Web Store opens. Then, install necessary extensions.

Go incognito

Kinza offers incognito mode with enhanced privacy protection.

1. Open the Kinza menu and click "Open Secret window."

2. A new window opens in incognito mode.

2. A new window opens in incognito mode.: The browsing history and cookies are not stored in incognito mode, so that you can feel safe to browse the web.

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