Opera adding bookmarks to speed dial all the time

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @suguru999

@suguru999 said in Opera adding bookmarks to speed dial all the time:

I'm on Windows 10, issue came up after one of the updates from M$

That's a known problem that Opera is working on.

gmiazga

gmiazga Opera

Just a bit of an update. We are currently working on fixing this from two different angles. As we now know cause for current issue we try to play it safe. It's going a bit slow as we gradually introduce changes in code and monitor results with releases.

suguru999

suguru999 @gmiazga

@mgeffro Appreciate the update! I will stay with Opera till the end!

A Former User @gmiazga

@mgeffro

Only in case feedback is helpful on this matter:

Today Opera has been idle on my computer for some hours. When I returned to my PC I noticed a new speed dial entry (Reserved) being added.

Windows 7 32-bit
Opera 54.0.2952.64 (Update stream: Stable), portable installation
Opera's built-in VPN being enabled
Opera's user interface language = English (United states)
Preferred languages for webpages = English (United States) and English
Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar = unticked
Predict network actions to improve page load performance = unticked.
The bookmark's trash folder was empty.
No use of Opera's synchronization service.

gmiazga

gmiazga Opera

@yanta this was expected push from us. We recently added feature to opt-out for this promoted content if it disturbs you. To do so:

Make sure flag opera://flags/#partner-bookmarks-opt-out is enabled
Go to opera:settings
Disable 'Receive promoted Speed Dials and Bookmarks'

Please note that it's currently enabled in developer only and should make it's way to stable with v56 (or sooner when we confirm there are no unintended regressions with it).

A Former User @gmiazga

@mgeffro Thank you very much for your kind reply.

this was expected push from us.

FWIW: I hadn't mentioned that the region of my operating system is set to "German (Germany)", so the German subpage was selected correctly for that push (I wrote only that Opera's "Preferred languages for webpages" is set to "English (United States)".

We recently added feature to opt-out for this promoted content

That is excellent news. Thank you very much to you and the Opera developer team for allowing this option!

A Former User @gmiazga

@mgeffro said in Opera adding bookmarks to speed dial all the time:

Make sure flag opera://flags/#partner-bookmarks-opt-out is enabled

Go to opera:settings

Disable 'Receive promoted Speed Dials and Bookmarks'

As of Opera 57.0, the description seems to switch the meaning of Enable/Disable:

Partner bookmarks opt-out option

Option which allows opting-out from receiving new partner bookmarks. – Mac, Windows, Linux

But the default is [E], meaning everyone is opted out by default which seems impossible to me... is the wording of this option switched around to the opposite of the actual setting?

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

The flag is to enable the option in settings to opt-out from the promoted speed dials.

A Former User

@dtgq Yes, I see that here now.

settings>startpage>Receive promoted Speed Dials and Bookmarks

The meaning of settings switch is reversed now in latest dev v59 on Win10, so it seems.
It was switched on; There were no promo bookmarks on speed dial.
I switched off and the promo bookmarks on speed dial came in.
chrome://flags/#partner-bookmarks-opt-out is still Default [E]

A Former User @Guest

@s390g2
57.0.3082.0 prerelease was proper, on debian 9x.