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    How to remove Discover from Speed Dial?

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    • starkland
      starkland last edited by

      @cal5760,

      The large Discover tile was for squeezing in random headlines and accompanying thumbnail image in background. It was not social content, but news headlines, which ran the gamut from sports to grisly murders. I did try selecting Science via Discover, but it did not seem to reflect that.

      And to be quit picky, I also did not like the oversized tile overshadowing my other tiles. Ha. And miffed that I could not just X it out.

      But the solution I found worked for me. So I will say no more about it for now 😉

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      • jcohen012292
        jcohen012292 last edited by

        I am new to opera and like it very much. I have
        question concerning the "discover" function. I
        actually like it and go to it often, but i have
        not been able to figure out how to go to the
        specific story that is being referred to in the
        discover "window" above the "tiles" (hope that's
        correct jargon!). When i click, it takes me to
        same page that comes up if i click "discover"
        button at bottom of page, but i scroll down and
        i often cannot locate the story referred to in the
        window:/ Is there a way to go directly to that story?
        If anyone know, i'd appreciate the help, thank you so much.

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        • jcohen012292
          jcohen012292 last edited by

          Discover presents disgusting images? Are you serious? Then set Netnanny to block questionable images for your children OR keep them off the internet altogether. I have yet to see anything "disgusting" presented via Discover but I guess it all depends on what one deems disgusting. At this time there is no way to remove the Discover option.

          Jerk, he's not talking about the "discover option," he's just talking about the freaking "panel" that
          runs just below and parallel to the google search bar, and shows rolling headlines that constantly change,
          and worse is there is no way, apparently, to click on that specific story. That's the problem i'm having.
          I like the feature (although i totally get why others wouldn't), but when i click on whatever headline
          pops up that i want to read, it doesn't take me to that article at all. In fact, more times than not, the
          article CANNOT BE FOUND AT ALL, even if i go and select the correct category. If i want to find a story,
          i have to go to google and search by putting the headline in there and see what comes up in google. Its
          a cluster...plus, in that whole conversation, you obviously never understood what he was talking about,
          probably cause you're miserable and enjoy being snarky, so here's to ya pal.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            he's just talking about the freaking "panel" that
            runs just below and parallel to the google search bar, and shows rolling headlines that constantly change

            I've never seen it.

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            • max1c
              max1c last edited by

              he's just talking about the freaking "panel" that
              runs just below and parallel to the google search bar, and shows rolling headlines that constantly change

              I've never seen it.

              http://i.imgur.com/hO3s13K.png Here take a look. This is 100% random. There are no options for it and I got it when I installed a fresh Stable 30 install on my work PC. I have never seen it before, but there doesn't seem to be a way to remove it.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                Here take a look.

                I've never seen it here. Are you sure it's related to Discover?

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                • max1c
                  max1c last edited by

                  Here take a look.

                  I've never seen it here. Are you sure it's related to Discover?

                  ????

                  Yes of course I'm sure. It's showing headlines from discover and takes you to discover when you click it... This is exactly identical to the feature Opera introduced on mobile. I'm guessing this has something to do with that.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    This is exactly identical to the feature Opera introduced on mobile.

                    Which one? Never seen something like that on the mobile version, at least in the Android one. The "mixed" startpage is something different.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      Which one? Never seen something like that on the mobile version, at least in the Android one.

                      It used to have one, then you could hold it and swipe it to the trash folder. 😃 I guess they decided to remove it because I don't get it anymore on clean installs.

                      We don't have it but Max1c does, I guess it's a sort of A/B testing.

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                      • max1c
                        max1c last edited by

                        This is exactly identical to the feature Opera introduced on mobile.

                        Which one? Never seen something like that on the mobile version, at least in the Android one. The "mixed" startpage is something different.

                        For someone who is a dedicated Opera follower you surely are not aware of Operas development. A while back Opera has introduced a "feature" on mobile which displayed discover content on the speed dial of the cell phone. It looked exactly the same as it looks on the screenshot I took from my desktop installation. Shortly after it was added, they removed it, due to the negative feedback. Usually, stable desktop installation does not have this. I have installed Opera stable numerous times on virtual machines and what not and this has appeared for the first time ever on my PC at work.

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                        • lando242
                          lando242 last edited by

                          Just did a clean install of Opera 30 at work on a machine that never had Opera on it before. No discover thing on the speed dial.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                            For someone who is a dedicated Opera follower you surely are not aware of Operas development.

                            I may be aware of it more than you think.

                            A while back Opera has introduced a "feature" on mobile which displayed discover content on the speed dial of the cell phone

                            I know that and this is exactly what i've said is completly different of what your screenshot shows. At least on my version of Opera for Android.

                            It looked exactly the same as it looks on the screenshot I took from my desktop installation.

                            As said, they may be doing A/B tests and it may explains why some people are not seeing the same as you.

                            Shortly after it was added, they removed it, due to the negative feedback.

                            Opera Mini seems to still have it.

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