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

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    • 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 🙂

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      • 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.

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        • 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

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          • 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.

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            • 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.

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              • 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 🙂

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                • 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

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                  • 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

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                    • 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

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                      • 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

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                        • felipe1234
                          felipe1234 @leocg last edited by This post is deleted!
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                          • 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

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                              leocg burnout426 2 Replies Last reply
                            • 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.

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                              • 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?

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @mrgrimm last edited by

                                  @mrgrimm It was just a reference in time.

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                                  • 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.

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                                    • 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.

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                                      • burnout426
                                        burnout426 Volunteer @mrgrimm last edited by

                                        @mrgrimm Awesome!

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                                        • marsss
                                          marsss @Guest last edited by

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

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