So, I thought this was a bug... Turns out it's actually as designed, so here goes a suggestion:

Instead of using the sponsored search engine (Yandex, Google, etc. depending on country apparently), use the search engine chosen as default search engine also in the Speed Dial page.

If the user is from Russia, they will probably already use Yandex as the default as well. Same for most other countries where the sponsored search engine is Google, already is probably using Google as default as well.

So, use the sponsored one as the default on a new install, but let us change the default to another one and the new one should also change Speed Dial's search engine

@leocg ok, I get that bit. I want an explanation by the UX team on the reasoning behind this. It doesn't make sense. It's like Opera is trying to fit the tiles in a 800x600 screen. We aren't in the 90's anymore. We have a lot of space to spare.

Also, It's fine to keep small as default as long as there is an option to make the size be normal

This is more or less a bug report, I think, or at the very least a suggestion on how to improve user experience... Opera really wants you to drop the tab at the exact pixel it feels like it's the best, and that's insanely frustrating.

• It's not possible to drop a tab at the end of the tab list for some reason
• When dropping on the tab bar, but not on top of other tabs, it will not be dropped on that window. Instead, it will stay as a separate window (it should become the last tab instead)
• When dropping the tab outside the window to create a new window, it should spot the location where it was dropped and create the window there and not on the same position of the original window

guys, if you are going to mark something as duplicate, at the bare minimum link the main post here so we can support it

The “home“ button, in Opera the “Speed Dial“ button, is missing. Only place I could find it was on sidebar, which I don’t use. I got stuck with a few useless buttons like “pinboards“ and “my flow“, but no sign of “speed dial“ in the address bar.

Please, fix it. I use this button frequently and it is part of my job workflow, since I have Speed Dial as a shortcut to many work related applications.

I do realize "new tab" opens Speed Dial. The issue with that is that that opens a new tab instead of sending current tab to Speed Dial.

Another way you could solve this is like Yandex Browser's solution. What they did was to have new tab as Speed Dial like you did, but also, clicking on the address bar would also render the speed dial (ESC to cancel), so summoning a page from speed dial through the address bar would make that tab go to that page. Today, all Opera does is to highlight the current link

Here is a bug report in the official issue tracker (the bug report only refers to the missing button):

https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9/BS-61937

@kirkhampton the PC login thing is basic security. Other browsers will do that as well and they do not store your PC password. That's an OS feature and not Opera feature

I don't mean like a page shortcut that would open as a tab. I mean like this functionality on Chrome:

The form is unable to upload the image, so I'll describe it in text. Hopefully I'll be able to edit with the picture

• Three dot menu
• More tools
• Create shortcut
  • Check "Open as a window"
  • Confirm

With that, we can pin pages as if they were desktop apps to the taskbar

I believe this is what this post was asking for, but the mod didn't understand: https://forums.opera.com/topic/42596/create-shortcut-on-the-desktop

Why this is a useful functionality:

• Not having to install actual desktop apps for stuff like WhatsApp, Spotify and Outlook, while these desk apps are probably just the web version in a container
• These will have your adblocker and other extensions being applied to (which is probably the reason why they offer a pseudo-desktop variant of them)

I'm currently using Chrome for that feature, but you could improve on the idea and let sidebar custom pages use that. Remove the 5 pages limit from it and make sidebar pages open as an app. Honestly, your current implementation of chats on the sidebar is useless because it doesn't give it enough space and they close when you need to browse. I'd very much rather have these pages being set through Chrome instead and use split screen to have browser and chat in separate windows

Why speed dial tiles got so small?

And I can't find the setting for tile size anymore

Guys, if you are going to mark this as duplicate, please link the ticket I should support then like every normal issue tracking website does

Well, since the mod refused to send a link to the main post, I opened a suggestion ticket to be sure at least the devs will be able to see this. Without a link to the main post, I can't be sure this was raised to the dev team before or if this is only duplicate in the forum

https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9/BS-63721?created=true

@hohenheimsenberg: that explains why it was removed from Chrome Web Store and Edge Addons

@philjcrawford I moved out of Opera and now use Vivaldi as my main browser, but just would like to add that until a few years ago, before I tried Opera again (I'd been a user since before the Chromium take over, but switched a long time ago and tried again recently), I used to use Yandex as my main browser and its Linux version does support PWA and the PWA detached window can be reached both from the OS like an app and from its sidebar. You can set it to show up like the way Edge and Opera do, but you can make it fully detach as a separate window directly from the browser's sidebar. Yandex has a more stable version on Windows though. I think the Linux version is still in beta.

So yes, this is feasible in other OSs too.

I would just like to add that Yandex was born from Opera a long time ago. It's originally a fork from Chromium Opera that improved about every single trademark feature from it, including video popup, speed dial, sidebar, everything.

I moved out of it for a few reasons, including its UI started to take up too much space in the small monitor I had at work and I wanted to try Opera again. This was like a year or two before Opera's rebranding. Then came Opera's rebranding and a lot of stuff started breaking, so now I'm on Vivaldi which has its fair share of bugs, but has all the trademark Opera features + PWA support, which is probably the main reason I'm going to stick with it.

BTW, I didn't know until I moved to Vivaldi, but I think Vivaldi's team used to work for Opera in the old times, so you can see a lot of inspiration from the original Opera browser like being possible to choose where to put the tab bar and other customization options

@leocg, I moved to Vivaldi, but just to add that I could find the main thread about this through Google.

https://forums.opera.com/topic/35269/web-apps-support-for-desktop-browser-too

Just thought it would be a good idea to add this here in case more people stumble upon my post in the future

@traveltales honestly, Edge has come a long way. It works pretty well and is reliable. Only real reason I didn't switch to it is the lack of a decent Speed Dial extension. There are many extensions out there but none fit my needs, or are way too complex to operate, while Opera, Yandex and Vivaldi native solutions work best.

@lord-of-the-lost makes sense. And in a way, the extra unnecessary features also kinda reflects what the original Opera looked like. It even had a built in torrent client lol which was the one torrent client I used back then. I too feel like a browser should at least do the browsing well and have a nice and customizable interface. Everything else, down to ad and tracker blocking is extension territory. Still, the features I listed are usually better implemented natively than any extensions I could find (except for ad blocking. Extensions usually perform better). I even considered developing a speed dial myself because none in the stores felt like a good alternative for using in a more bare bones browser, but I'll give Vivaldi's take on it a go first

@saeedp, here is a list of reasons why I'm starting to move to Vivaldi today. These may not appeal to everybody, but are the features that most attracted me to it:

• I didn't know until last week that people behind Vivaldi worked at Opera in the past, so I hoped for similar features and was not disappointed
• I for one don't care it is not 100% open source
• It is actually modular like the original Opera used to be (as in, you can place tab bar, address bar, etc. wherever you want, add or remove buttons to them wherever you want. It's basically the same UI building experience from the original Opera)
• It has a more sober UI
• It has a more customizable Speed Dial (as in you can change tile size and have folders inside folders)
• It can also pop out videos
• It can also group tabs (and it provides multiple options of how it's displayed)
• I didn't test the sidebar yet, but it not being the way I want isn't a deal breaker anymore. I've been living without a sidebar for a while now in Opera because it can't deliver what I want, which is the ability to add unlimited pages to it like Edge and Yandex do
• It is possible to set pages to open as an app and pin them to the taskbar. This is great for web apps like Outlook, Spotify, WhatsApp, Google Keep, etc. I've been using Edge for this feature for a while and now I'll finally be able to use only one browser for all my daily routine (I can't use Chrome and Firefox for my routine because I'm a programmer and use them to test my software. So browsing data and extensions are fully zeroed all the time in those two)

@lord-of-the-lost, the thing is, people use browsers in their daily routine. If something breaks their routine, it's immediately felt by these people. The majority of people who use a browser though, don't care about these changes. They will only care about new bugs, which Opera One shipped with plenty. It seems to be slowly stabilizing now (current version, 105 as of now, is what I would expect of an actual stable release. This should have been the version when they did the rebranding)

Why Opera users are so worked up about stuff? Opera in special has always been the underdog alternative to the big browsers. It naturally attracted people who hate specific browsers.

That being said, there are also people out there who just want to suggest an alternative they found to be appealing to them for any reason. I'm currently moving to Vivaldi right now to give it a shot for the following reasons, which may not appeal to everybody:

• I didn't know until last week that people behind Vivaldi worked at Opera in the past, so I hoped for similar features and was not disappointed
• I for one don't care it is not 100% open source
• It is actually modular like the original Opera used to be (as in, you can place tab bar, address bar, etc. wherever you want, add or remove buttons to them wherever you want. It's basically the same UI building experience from the original Opera)
• It has a more sober UI
• It has a more customizable Speed Dial (as in you can change tile size and have folders inside folders)
• It can also pop out videos
• It can also group tabs (and it provides multiple options of how it's displayed)
• I didn't test the sidebar yet, but it not being the way I want isn't a deal breaker anymore. I've been living without a sidebar for a while now in Opera because it can't deliver what I want, which is the ability to add unlimited pages to it like Edge and Yandex do
• It is possible to set pages to open as an app and pin them to the taskbar. This is great for web apps like Outlook, Spotify, WhatsApp, Google Keep, etc. I've been using Edge for this feature for a while and now I'll finally be able to use only one browser for all my daily routine (I can't use Chrome and Firefox for my routine because I'm a programmer and use them to test my software. So browsing data and extensions are fully zeroed all the time in those two)

@zibi1981 that would explain why I don't see it. It's probably there, but since it's dark, it's not noticeable. I'll see if I can check that at the end of the day today

@krit86 still happens on other OSs (tested only on Ubuntu, though) and when it's a restored window on Windows

@kirkhampton the PC login thing is basic security. Other browsers will do that as well and they do not store your PC password. That's an OS feature and not Opera feature