[Done]Return the speed dial button

[stansfield]

stansfield @adamuspl last edited by

@adamuspl Yes, it provides a home button on the right side but is quite slow to respond. I can not for the life of me understand why Opera has done this. It's the same stupid idea as the smiley face on the speed dial page which does the supposedly important function of being able to change the wallpaper!! It also removes the space for a complete row of speed dial icons. Very Clever!

[SonicWeaver]

SonicWeaver last edited by

Please return the Start Page button next to the refresh. Or at least make it an option. It is a workflow efficiency tool that I used constantly.

[mauveGuava]

mauveGuava @SonicWeaver last edited by

@sonicweaver Totally agree

[Nielsen23]

Nielsen23 last edited by

I agree with the request to get the Speed Dial button back on the address bar. On the right side, it has Pinboards, Snapshot, Privacy Protection, Send to My Flow, Add to bookmarks, Downloads, ... . I would happily trade each and all of them for the Speed Dial button and of course it should open in the current tab. If I want a new tab, I will press the "+".

Opera, you make a wonderful browser, but removing the Speed Dial button (or replacing it with a "new tab" clone on a sidebar which either have to take space from my browsing or "auto appear" which drives me crazy) is a massive blunder. Please, fix this ASAP!

[SonicWeaver]

SonicWeaver @Nielsen23 last edited by

@nielsen23 Well put! Let's go Opera put it back in on next release!

[targetpool]

targetpool @burnout426 last edited by leocg

@burnout426 Yes- that's the one that is now Missing

[SatansBestBuddy]

SatansBestBuddy last edited by

Used the button constantly.
Now I have the extension installed that has it on the far right, screwing with my muscle memory a lot but I may get used to it.
But I don't want to get used to it, I want the original back.

[robxsync]

robxsync @SatansBestBuddy last edited by

@satansbestbuddy In my opinion the best workaround is the one presented by jerkal1: adding a bookmark to opera://startpageshared the bookmarks bar.

You can place it on the left side so the muscle memory has adapt, too but the distance between old and new position is not too far away.

[jerkal1]

jerkal1 @jerkal1 last edited by

@jerkal1 said in Return the speed dial button:

@rgranger it's ridiculous.
I've instead added a bookmark in my bookmarks bar to send me to the Speed Dial page. (opera://startpageshared).

[Phrediac]

Phrediac last edited by

Please bring back the speed dial button.

[rgranger]

rgranger @jerkal1 last edited by

@jerkal1 Yep, I did also, but normally I didn't show the bookmark bar and ti takes up space. Bring Back the Home Button!

[rgranger]

rgranger @jerkal1 last edited by rgranger

@jerkal1 Yeah, whatever space they thought that they were saving, we've had to use 50x that to use the bookmark bar... I never did when we had the speed-dial / home button. Now instead of a small button, I have a whole darn bar.
Opera: Again, if you don't want it on the top, allow us to add it to the side bar and pick the location..
VIVA Speed Dial!

[ErrantKnight]

ErrantKnight last edited by

I thought I was the only Opera user who used that speed dial button that was on the left side of the address bar. Now, I find this forum and — lo and behold! — it turns out the Opera dev team honked off a whole lot of users. As usual, the insular development folks didn't bother to ask the actual people who use its platform; they just decided all by themselves that new always means eliminating old: "Hey, we know what you guys want. No need for us to ask you silly plebians."

[targetpool]

targetpool last edited by

Found out on a different forum ...
on a windows 10 laptop,
Alt/Home takes you to the home page -

If the speed dial page doesn't show -
Settings > Browser > unclick Hide Speed Dial

[adamuspl]

adamuspl @jerkal1 last edited by

@jerkal1 it's ok but this solution need to have bookmars on. On small screen like my i don't need bookmark or sidebar. I just want my most important button back.
This button did nothing wrong - removing it wasn't smart.

[Nielsen23]

Nielsen23 @targetpool last edited by

@targetpool That is the best workaround so far. Thank you very much!

[imjustjaws2]

imjustjaws2 last edited by

I think I have amnesia or something. The button's back in settings, but I cant remember if it always opened a new tab or just insta-replaced the one you were in. Anyone remember how it used to work? Nuking the current tab just doesn't feel right.

A fix would be nice too

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @imjustjaws2 last edited by

@imjustjaws2 said in Return the speed dial button:

The button's back in settings, but I cant remember if it always opened a new tab or just insta-replaced the one you were in.

It always insta-replaced the one you where in and the majority of users like it that way. I doubt there will be an option to change it to open a new tab.

[cst179d]

cst179d last edited by

Please see the image below or go to Settings and search for "Show start page button". This Enables speed dial in Opera one.

[stansfield]

stansfield last edited by

Absolutely brilliant. just updated to latest version and found the setting. many thanks. They must have listened to us!!!! Still got that annoying little smiley face top right on the page though!!!