How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I've been using FVD Speed Dial for years as it's the only way I've been able to maintain my saves across browsers.
(or even have a decent speed dial at all in a browser)

some time ago (not sure which update) Opera seems to have removed the ability to set a custom home page...
what's annoying about this is I now need FVD's extension button displayed and can't use the New Tab button to open it.

if there's still a way to set my home page to FVD speed dial so I can remove the extension button.
note that I'm looking to set the home page, not the startup page
currently I have my startup set to load my tabs from the previous session (which I want)

why does Opera merge remembering open tabs with only Opera Speed Dial as the startup page?

On Startup:

• Begin fresh with start page
• Retain tabs from previous session
  Display the start page first (o )
• Open a specific page or set of pages

bad design right there
a better design would be:

Home Page:

• Opera speed dial
• Custom:
  [ _________________________ ]

On Startup:

• Display your home page
• Display a custom start page:
  [ _________________________ ]

Retain tabs from previous session ( o)
Start with home page first (o )

please fix

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

There's no homepage in Opera. You can set a page or more to open when you start Opera but that's all, you will always see start page when you open a new tab.

Don't know if there are any extensions that could change it.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

@leocg please bring this up to your dev team
I'm sure you guys can re-add support

I really hope Opera isn't taking the same dumb path as other businesses, getting rid of great features and limiting users and such.

otherwise the only other option I have is building my own browser

EDIT:
also, there's no extensions sadly
the only extension I could find is no better than what FVD does already with it's extension button

Shame on the devs for omitting the feature and enforcing users to use Opera's speed dial
smh

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by leocg

I'm just an user.

You can ask for it or show your support for the one of the already existing requests.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Opera Chromium never had a homepage, so it can't be re-add.

And I really don't see a good reason for them to start allowing setting a homepage.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

@leocg fair enough, I may have been wrong with the homepage bit, confusing it with a new-tab page...
but there was definitely an option to have it
and THAT's what I'm complaining about here

it was omitted and users are forced on Opera's speed dial
and that's what I'm shaming about above

so yeah, sorry for the confusion

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by leocg

In Opera Presto there was one, if I remember correctly.

But I guess that having a homepage back there used to make more sense

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg either way, you know what I meant now
thanks for inadvertently correcting me

yeah new-tab page, not homepage
though is there really a difference
both literally did the same thing X3

[dolfin]

dolfin last edited by

no, it is a very good design. just it needs a copy of the design for the speed dial page

[dolfin]

dolfin @Guest last edited by

@Tcll there is an extension to do it
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moment-1-personal-dashboa/lgecddhfcfhlmllljooldkbbijdcnlpe

[felipe1234]

felipe1234 @leocg last edited by This post is deleted!

[mrgrimm]

mrgrimm last edited by

Looks like this still has not been addressed. ALL other browsers have it where you can change the page that opens when you press the + on the tab bar. This feature should of never been removed. I just installed Oerpa for the first tiome in avery long time and have it almost exactly as I want it. The only thing missing now is setting what page opens when I press the + on the tab bar. Is there a request thread for this? Thanks

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mrgrimm last edited by

@mrgrimm There are many, most probably. However, it's been years that Opera no longer supports having a custom new tab page, basically since the change to Chromium.

[mrgrimm]

mrgrimm @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial?:

@mrgrimm There are many, most probably. However, it's been years that Opera no longer supports having a custom new tab page, basically since the change to Chromium.

What does the change to Chromium have to do with it since the feature is supported in Chromium?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mrgrimm last edited by

@mrgrimm It was just a reference in time.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @mrgrimm last edited by

@mrgrimm You can use https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-start-page/mjfahldkpjhcnfbbmdhpjolcjpcfhcpj as a workaround to set most start page replacement extensions to open when opening a new tab. See https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/fvd for one example.

[mrgrimm]

mrgrimm last edited by leocg

That looks pretty promising. I will give it a spin. Thanks a lot.

Edit:

Worked like a charm. Thanks again.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @mrgrimm last edited by

@mrgrimm Awesome!

[marsss]

marsss @Guest last edited by

Homepage in New Tab
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/homepage-in-new-tab/