Home button in Opera

[bfallona]

bfallona last edited by leocg

I get that Opera is neat and I like some features. But please you can't put a home button on top? With so much real estate taken up with sidebar, extensions, Speed Dial, etc you couldn't find space for 1 icon? I have tired most if not all Browsers and like some features ( VPN ) on Opera but this is just nuts. And yes, I did a search for Home Page and got 53 pages with no way to sort by date nor a single answer other than sorry we don't have that feature.

[A Former User]

A Former User @bfallona last edited by

@bfallona I think Home button rename to Start page

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @bfallona last edited by

@bfallona There's no home page in Opera, so what a home button would do?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

The start page is meant to be your homepage. Each Speed Dial on the start page is meant to be a separate homepage button. The start page button on the address bar is a homepage button because the start page is your homepage.

You can install https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/home-button-at-top-right/bfejcgpdahgpmgadhgdadfiekmhgnifm to add a home button to the address bar. In its options, you can set what page it loads when you click it.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Hi How did you install the extension?

Install chrome extensions not working here.
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/install-chrome-extensions/

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@ikiran007 When I goto https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/home-button-at-top-right/bfejcgpdahgpmgadhgdadfiekmhgnifm in Opera, Opera automatically asks me to download the extension in a toolbar. I accept, it installs the "install Chrome extensions" extension and then refreshes the page. I then, click "add to Opera" on the page. It then adds to Opera and opens the opera://extensions page where I click "install" and then "Yes, install". Then, it's installed and works.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg the "start page" is the home screen, meaning the screen that you go to when you open a new tab or start a new browser session.

[bfallona]

bfallona @Guest last edited by

@artexjay Yeah I get that, and have set Opera to use a specific Home page when it opens, but sometimes if I have a bunch of pages open or go away from the home page it would be nice to just have the Home icon next to Speed Dial. And as burnout said Speed Dial could work just not as simple. For example My Speed Dial has 15 buttons most of which I only went to once months ago. But I was able to move My Yahoo home page by dragging it to the top. And to help the others Opera Extensions are pretty lame so you have to install Chrome Extensions ( I have 10). The 1st Opera extension I put up is Install Chrome and then Last Pass. But it would be nice with the Install extenstion if I didn't have to appove it every single time I download a new extention. And even tho I have had to reinstall Opera dozens of times ( due to OS crashes etc) it has always worked fine.

[zalex108]

zalex108 @bfallona last edited by

@bfallona said in Why is there no Home button in Opera?:

I have had to reinstall Opera dozens of times ( due to OS crashes etc) it has always worked fine.

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[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@artexjay Well, there is a button to the go there already.

[bfallona]

bfallona @leocg last edited by

@leocg OK I'll bite where exactly is the home button in Opera?

[zalex108]

zalex108 @bfallona last edited by zalex108

@bfallona

SpeedDial acts as a Home - as said previously -.

The button is near the beginning of the Address Bar.

You can change the SD and use a unique website such as Netvibes.

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[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @bfallona last edited by

@bfallona Right of the reload one if you want to open it on the same page and above the bookmarks on the side bar if you want to open it in a new tab.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg You completely didn't understand what i said. Re-read it.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

This is how most people use a browser for the last 30 years:

1. Open browser
2. Enter a Text based search..
3. When completed search. press HOME, and repeat.

The Home button requires one click, or one hot key.

It is used repeatedly, over and over and over, as a convenient 'reset'.

The 'Speed Dial' is 2 clicks. This is twice as many as 1.

People have politely tried to point this out for many years.
However, I think the time for politeness has passed, because, the message doesn't seem to be sinking in.

The speed dial is not a substitute for home.
The speed dial is an embarrassment. Damn it to hell

Put a Home button on the browser.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@homebuttonnow And they press Home button for....? They've realized that browsers have evolved in those three decades and now you can even search from the address bar, right? So, you don't even need to open another page to do a new search.

[evie2star]

evie2star @leocg last edited by

@leocg I know its an old post but it was just useful to me right now. I use always use Symbaloo as my homepage for all desktop. I suppose it is just a glorified bookmark page but its really quite convenient to use and feels more intuitive (though maybe that's just motor reflex). Also all change is terrible!