Yeah, tried that but it is to impractical.
I have too many bookmarks to properly make use of the bar.

I think I will stay off Opera for a while and hope that future versions will rectify these shortcomings.
I read on another page that there is a 27 version in the making and that bookmarks aren't really properly implemented in this version.

In addition, they had disabled speed dial shortcuts in the last few versions of 12 anyway. The bookmark manager - such as it is - is also available in speed dial itself where Stash used to be. Unfortunately you can't drag a folder to the root.

And that is very annoying.
Your bookmarks should be accessible with one click only!

CTRL+Shift+B plus clicking on Imported Bookmarks, then clicking on the sub folder and than having to work through huge icons isn't very practical, is it?

If Speed dial shortcuts weren't a priority why not leave them in, it's not like it is going to hinder anyone who isn't using it.

The Star-Page Button left to the address bar is nothing like the old home button. It doesn't bring to directly to your start page but to the speed dial page.

I might be a minority with those issues but it feels sad to turn my back to a browser which I have loved for so long!

Have been using Opera for about 10 years. After I made the change from 12 to 25 I am seriously considering to move to another browser!
So many things are made harder to use or aren't there anymore at all!

• How can I put a "Home Button" in my navigation bar to simply get to my startpage? This is so essential that I really don't understand how it is excluded.

• Why is it that there is no bookmark manager to be found anywhere? Instead of just one click to get to my bookmarks I now have to go Opera->Bookmarks->My Folders->Imported Bookmarks.

• Why are the speed dial shortcuts not working anymore. ctrl+1 / ctrl+2 was a delight to work with, now it seems to be gone!

This feels like an early beta version which somehow got released as a stable version!