Well, just how are bookmarks opened in this version of Opera? I've managed to find how to save them, but now I can't get them opened again. What gives with this?
I agree. It is frustrating to now how have manage my browser history manually, on a session by session basis. History state and private window are separate things. It would be desirable to have the feature returned.
I really agree with your first point, the user should be able to choose to display another site instead of speed dial when you click the home/speed dial button.
Part of this can be configured using extension (Site preferences), but per-site configuration should IMO be realized in browser core, not using extensions.