Yahoo Axis was a desktop web browser extension and mobile browser for iOS devices created and developed by Yahoo.
[2] A copy of the private key used to sign official Yahoo browser extensions for Google Chrome was accidentally leaked in the first public release of the Chrome extension.
[3] On June 28, 2013, Yahoo announced the discontinuation of the Axis.
[4] Axis replaces the standard search results page in other browsers with a menu of search results appearing as thumbnails at the top of the page.
The menu allows the user to stay on the current page without navigating away from it.