don't we want gitBtn and discordBtn to be visible? not sure that we really need to search discordBtn with '4DWzD7pGE5', test will fail everytime it'll be changed. let's create locator using 'contains' w/o discord's id added to getAllVisibleElements  Refactored 
[e2e] refactoring of SmokeTest
- current test about comparing screenshots is redundant
- need to create test which will check all base elements, such as logo, naviPanel availability, logout button
kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/NaviSideBar.java kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException.java kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/Screenshooter.java
kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/NaviSideBar.java kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/TopPanel.java
kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/SmokeTests.java kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/Facade.java
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/NaviSideBar.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/NaviSideBar.java
index 4e6bab8eb00..0f6f4c22609 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/NaviSideBar.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/NaviSideBar.java
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 import io.qameta.allure.Step;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static com.codeborne.selenide.Selenide.$x;
 import static com.provectus.kafka.ui.settings.Source.CLUSTER_NAME;
@@ -16,6 +19,14 @@ public class NaviSideBar {
     protected String sideMenuOptionElementLocator = ".//ul/li[contains(.,'%s')]";
     protected String clusterElementLocator = "//aside/ul/li[contains(.,'%s')]";
 
+    private SelenideElement expandCluster(String clusterName) {
+        SelenideElement clusterElement = $x(String.format(clusterElementLocator, clusterName)).shouldBe(Condition.visible);
+        if (clusterElement.parent().$$x(".//ul").size() == 0) {
+            clusterElement.click();
+        }
+        return clusterElement;
+    }
+
     @Step
     public NaviSideBar waitUntilScreenReady() {
         loadingSpinner.shouldBe(Condition.disappear, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
@@ -25,11 +36,7 @@ public NaviSideBar waitUntilScreenReady() {
 
     @Step
     public NaviSideBar openSideMenu(String clusterName, SideMenuOption option) {
-        SelenideElement clusterElement = $x(String.format(clusterElementLocator, clusterName)).shouldBe(Condition.visible);
-        if (clusterElement.parent().$$x(".//ul").size() == 0) {
-            clusterElement.click();
-        }
-        clusterElement
+        expandCluster(clusterName)
                 .parent()
                 .$x(String.format(sideMenuOptionElementLocator, option.value))
                 .click();
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ public NaviSideBar openSideMenu(SideMenuOption option) {
     }
 
     public enum SideMenuOption {
+        DASHBOARD("Dashboard"),
         BROKERS("Brokers"),
         TOPICS("Topics"),
         CONSUMERS("Consumers"),
@@ -56,4 +64,11 @@ public enum SideMenuOption {
             this.value = value;
         }
     }
+
+    public List<SelenideElement> getAllMenuButtons() {
+        expandCluster(CLUSTER_NAME);
+        return Stream.of(SideMenuOption.values())
+                .map(option -> $x(String.format(sideMenuOptionElementLocator, option.value)))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/TopPanel.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/TopPanel.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8101543abfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/pages/TopPanel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.provectus.kafka.ui.pages;
+
+import com.codeborne.selenide.SelenideElement;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static com.codeborne.selenide.Selenide.$x;
+
+public class TopPanel {
+    protected SelenideElement kafkaLogo = $x("//a[contains(text(),'UI for Apache Kafka')]");
+    protected SelenideElement kafkaVersion = $x("//a[@title='Current commit']");
+    protected SelenideElement logOutBtn = $x("//button[contains(text(),'Log out')]");
+    protected SelenideElement gitBtn = $x("//a[@href='https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui']");
+    protected SelenideElement discordBtn = $x("//a[contains(@href,'https://discord.com/invite')]");
+
+    public List<SelenideElement> getAllVisibleElements() {
+        return Arrays.asList(kafkaLogo, kafkaVersion, logOutBtn, gitBtn, discordBtn);
+    }
+
+    public List<SelenideElement> getAllEnabledElements() {
+        return Arrays.asList(logOutBtn, gitBtn, discordBtn, kafkaLogo);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0011c4f0a13..00000000000
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package com.provectus.kafka.ui.utilities.screenshots;
-
-public class NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException extends Throwable {
-    public NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException(String name) {
-        super("no reference screenshot found for " + name);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/Screenshooter.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/Screenshooter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 136a9e8bd4b..00000000000
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/Screenshooter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-package com.provectus.kafka.ui.utilities.screenshots;
-
-import io.qameta.allure.Allure;
-import io.qameta.allure.Attachment;
-import lombok.SneakyThrows;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.AShot;
-import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.Screenshot;
-import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.comparison.ImageDiff;
-import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.comparison.ImageDiffer;
-import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.coordinates.WebDriverCoordsProvider;
-
-import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import static com.codeborne.selenide.WebDriverRunner.getWebDriver;
-
-public class Screenshooter {
-
-    public static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Screenshooter.class);
-
-    private static final int PIXELS_THRESHOLD =
-            Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("PIXELS_THRESHOLD", "200"));
-    private static final String SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER =
-            System.getProperty("SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER", "com/provectus/kafka/ui/utilities/screenshots/");
-    private static final String DIFF_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER =
-            System.getProperty("DIFF_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER", "build/__diff__/");
-    private static final String ACTUAL_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER =
-            System.getProperty("ACTUAL_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER", "build/__actual__/");
-    private static final boolean SHOULD_SAVE_SCREENSHOTS_IF_NOT_EXIST =
-            Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("SHOULD_SAVE_SCREENSHOTS_IF_NOT_EXIST", "true"));
-    private static final boolean TURN_OFF_SCREENSHOTS =
-            Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("TURN_OFF_SCREENSHOTS", "false"));
-    private static final boolean USE_LOCAL_BROWSER =
-            Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("USE_LOCAL_BROWSER", "false"));
-
-    private File newFile(String name) {
-        var file = new File(name);
-        if (!file.exists()) {
-            file.mkdirs();
-        }
-        return file;
-    }
-
-    public Screenshooter() {
-        List.of(SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER, DIFF_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER, ACTUAL_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER)
-                .forEach(this::newFile);
-    }
-
-    public void compareScreenshots(String name) {
-        compareScreenshots(name, false);
-    }
-
-
-    public void compareScreenshots(String name, boolean shouldUpdateScreenshotIfDiffer) {
-        if (TURN_OFF_SCREENSHOTS || USE_LOCAL_BROWSER) {
-            log.warn(String.format("compareScreenshots turned off due TURN_OFF_SCREENSHOTS || USE_LOCAL_BROWSER: %b || %b"
-                    , TURN_OFF_SCREENSHOTS, USE_LOCAL_BROWSER));
-            return;
-        }
-        if (!doesScreenshotExist(name)) {
-            if (SHOULD_SAVE_SCREENSHOTS_IF_NOT_EXIST) {
-                updateActualScreenshot(name);
-            } else {
-                try {
-                    throw new NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException(name);
-                } catch (NoReferenceScreenshotFoundException e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            makeImageDiff(name, shouldUpdateScreenshotIfDiffer);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    private void updateActualScreenshot(String name) {
-        Screenshot actual =
-                new AShot().coordsProvider(new WebDriverCoordsProvider()).takeScreenshot(getWebDriver());
-        File file = newFile(SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER + name + ".png");
-        try {
-            ImageIO.write(actual.getImage(), "png", file);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        log.debug(String.format("created screenshot: %s \n at %s", name, file.getAbsolutePath()));
-    }
-
-    private static boolean doesScreenshotExist(String name) {
-        return new File(SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER + name + ".png").exists();
-    }
-
-    @SneakyThrows
-    private void makeImageDiff(String expectedName, boolean shouldUpdateScreenshotIfDiffer) {
-        String fullPathNameExpected = SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER + expectedName + ".png";
-        String fullPathNameActual = ACTUAL_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER + expectedName + ".png";
-        String fullPathNameDiff = DIFF_SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER + expectedName + ".png";
-
-        //  activating allure plugin for showing diffs in report
-        Allure.label("testType", "screenshotDiff");
-
-        Screenshot actual =
-                new AShot().coordsProvider(new WebDriverCoordsProvider()).takeScreenshot(getWebDriver());
-        ImageIO.write(actual.getImage(), "png", newFile(fullPathNameActual));
-
-        Screenshot expected = new Screenshot(ImageIO.read(newFile(fullPathNameExpected)));
-        ImageDiff diff = new ImageDiffer().makeDiff(actual, expected);
-        BufferedImage diffImage = diff.getMarkedImage();
-        ImageIO.write(diffImage, "png", newFile(fullPathNameDiff));
-        // adding to report
-        diff(fullPathNameDiff);
-        // adding to report
-        actual(fullPathNameActual);
-        // adding to report
-        expected(fullPathNameExpected);
-
-        if (shouldUpdateScreenshotIfDiffer) {
-            if (diff.getDiffSize() > PIXELS_THRESHOLD) {
-                updateActualScreenshot(expectedName);
-            }
-        } else {
-            Assertions.assertTrue(
-                    PIXELS_THRESHOLD >= diff.getDiffSize(),
-                    String.format("Amount of differing pixels should be less or equals than %s, actual %s\n" +
-                                    "diff file: %s",
-                            PIXELS_THRESHOLD, diff.getDiffSize(), FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(fullPathNameDiff).normalize().toAbsolutePath()));
-        }
-    }
-
-    @SneakyThrows
-    private byte[] imgToBytes(String filename) {
-        BufferedImage bImage2 = ImageIO.read(new File(filename));
-        var bos2 = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        ImageIO.write(bImage2, "png", bos2);
-        return bos2.toByteArray();
-    }
-
-
-    @Attachment
-    private byte[] actual(String actualFileName) {
-        return imgToBytes(actualFileName);
-    }
-
-
-    @Attachment
-    private byte[] expected(String expectedFileName) {
-        return imgToBytes(expectedFileName);
-    }
-
-
-    @Attachment
-    private byte[] diff(String diffFileName) {
-        return imgToBytes(diffFileName);
-    }
-}

diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/SmokeTests.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/SmokeTests.java
index e876d3a634b..e1e6927c432 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/SmokeTests.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/SmokeTests.java
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package com.provectus.kafka.ui;
 
+import com.codeborne.selenide.Condition;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.base.BaseTest;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.utilities.qaseIoUtils.annotations.AutomationStatus;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.utilities.qaseIoUtils.enums.Status;
 import io.qase.api.annotation.CaseId;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.assertj.core.api.SoftAssertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class SmokeTests extends BaseTest {
@@ -12,8 +13,20 @@ public class SmokeTests extends BaseTest {
     @Test
     @AutomationStatus(status = Status.AUTOMATED)
     @CaseId(198)
-    @DisplayName("main page should load")
-    void mainPageLoads() {
-        compareScreenshots("main");
+    public void checkBasePageElements(){
+        SoftAssertions softly = new SoftAssertions();
+        topPanel.getAllVisibleElements()
+                .forEach(element ->
+                        softly.assertThat(element.is(Condition.visible))
+                                .as(element.getSearchCriteria() + " isVisible()").isTrue());
+        topPanel.getAllEnabledElements()
+                .forEach(element ->
+                        softly.assertThat(element.is(Condition.enabled))
+                                .as(element.getSearchCriteria() + " isEnabled()").isTrue());
+        naviSideBar.getAllMenuButtons()
+                .forEach(element ->
+                        softly.assertThat(element.is(Condition.enabled) && element.is(Condition.visible))
+                                .as(element.getSearchCriteria() + " isEnabled()").isTrue());
+        softly.assertAll();
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java
index a3086fd7151..11cf07c622e 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package com.provectus.kafka.ui.base;
 
-import com.codeborne.selenide.Condition;
 import com.codeborne.selenide.Selenide;
 import com.codeborne.selenide.WebDriverRunner;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.utilities.qaseIoUtils.DisplayNameGenerator;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.utilities.qaseIoUtils.TestCaseGenerator;
-import com.provectus.kafka.ui.utilities.screenshots.Screenshooter;
 import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv;
 import io.qameta.allure.Allure;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -24,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.time.Duration;
 
 import static com.provectus.kafka.ui.base.Setup.*;
 import static com.provectus.kafka.ui.settings.Source.BASE_WEB_URL;
@@ -35,18 +32,8 @@ public class BaseTest extends Facade {
 
   private static final String SELENIUM_IMAGE_NAME = "selenium/standalone-chrome:103.0";
   private static final String SELENIARM_STANDALONE_CHROMIUM = "seleniarm/standalone-chromium:103.0";
-  private final Screenshooter screenshooter = new Screenshooter();
-
   protected static BrowserWebDriverContainer<?> webDriverContainer = null;
 
-  public void compareScreenshots(String name) {
-    screenshooter.compareScreenshots(name);
-  }
-
-  public void compareScreenshots(String name, Boolean shouldUpdateScreenshots) {
-    screenshooter.compareScreenshots(name, shouldUpdateScreenshots);
-  }
-
   private static boolean isARM64() {
     return System.getProperty("os.arch").equals("aarch64");
   }
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/Facade.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/Facade.java
index ac223c62b11..5b9533c30ec 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/Facade.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/Facade.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.helpers.ApiHelper;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.pages.NaviSideBar;
+import com.provectus.kafka.ui.pages.TopPanel;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.pages.connector.ConnectorCreateForm;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.pages.connector.ConnectorDetails;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.pages.connector.KafkaConnectList;
@@ -30,4 +31,5 @@ public abstract class Facade {
     protected ConsumersDetails consumersDetails = new ConsumersDetails();
     protected ConsumersList consumersList = new ConsumersList();
     protected NaviSideBar naviSideBar = new NaviSideBar();
+    protected TopPanel topPanel = new TopPanel();
 }
