FVD speed dial dead? volatilized? the end at Opera?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @1breton last edited by

@1breton Yes, you can disable it in settings.

And you also can change the thumbnails.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

Goto here to download the Opera version of FVD Speed Dial. Right-click on "Add to Opera" and save the crx file to your computer. Extract the crx file to a folder (with 7-zip for example). In the folder, goto "js/bg/newtab_replace.js" and edit it. Uncomment the commented code and save your changes. Then, in manifest.json in the root of the folder, delete the update URL info (just for good measure) and save your changes.

Then, in Opera, goto the URL opera://extensions and switch on developer mode. Then, choose "load unpacked extension" and point it to the folder. The extension should then load fine.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 I've checked, this method works.

[headspacedude]

headspacedude last edited by

@burnout426 said in FVD speed dial dead? volatilized? the end at Opera?:

newtab_replace.js

Where is this located on macOS?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @headspacedude last edited by

@headspacedude Wherever you have extracted the extension.

[sanjayopera]

sanjayopera @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Thanks a bunch. You made my day

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Used your advice on getting the FVD Speed Dial to work and has worked very well until I had an update to opera browser. Tried going back through the steps to no avail..... any new information on how to fix this

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

It's missing from the Chrome Web Store right now. Not sure why.

Workaround:

Install the one from https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/fvd-speed-dial-new-tab-page/ for now.

Then, install https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-start-page/mjfahldkpjhcnfbbmdhpjolcjpcfhcpj/related and in its options, set chrome-extension://pncpfofkienlinhfknpmgjnjhdoclfhh/newtab.html as the custom URL (don't forget to click save at the bottom of the options page).

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

When I use FVD Speed Dial, I only use the "Default" group. I don't create any others and I disable the "Popular" group. I also disable click counts etc. And, for the style, I choose the classic mode (that has the white background by default). I don't like the 3D stuff. I also disable the search field.

With that said, I use the following settings in Opera to make its start page close to FVD Speed Dial's.

Goto the URL opera://settings/startPage.

Hide Search Box : Enabled
Hide Speed Dial: Disabled
Hide "Add a site" button: Enabled
Receive promoted Speed Dials and Bookmarks: Disabled
Show Speed Dial suggestions: Disabled
Use bigger tiles: Enabled
Adjust Speed Dial animations for slower hardware: Disabled
Automatically adjust the maximum number of columns: Disabled
Maximum number of columns:: 5
Show news on start page: Disabled
Show Continue Shopping section: Disabled
Show Continue on Booking.com section: Disabled

Goto the URL opera://settings/onStartup.

Display the start page first: Disabled

Goto the URL opera://settings/wallpapers.

Enable wallpapers: Disabled

And, if I want. I just create a 128 x 128px white pic in MSPaint, save it as a whitebg.png, turn on wallpapers and set that as my wallpaper to have an all-white background like FVD Speed Dial has in classic mode.

Then, when I want to add a page to the start page, I goto the site and click the heart icon in the address field and choose to save it to the speed dial page. Doing it that way allows for more choices for the thumbnail, which simulates FVD Speed Dial a little more.

Something to consider.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 You are awesome...thanks for the help and it worked great.. I keep seeing that FVD Speed dial has pup file attached but I have never had malwarebytes or any other virus software catch anything