Sneak peak at the new Opera Speed Dial

February 24, 2011 · by Aleksander Aas

Check out this sneak peak of the new and improved Speed Dial. This is just a early development screenshot, but stay tuned for more news about the next version of Opera!

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Samed AyanThursday, February 24, 2011 7:37:57 PM
ZodiusThursday, February 24, 2011 7:48:26 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Dance.gif -
Yeni SetiawanThursday, February 24, 2011 7:50:57 PM
Wait, I don't think I see any differences
ZimakThursday, February 24, 2011 8:00:34 PM
http://www.imagepost.ru/images/678/speed.png scrolbar?!
PozsonyiMarkThursday, February 24, 2011 8:09:32 PM
Cool!
+1
Leonardo RuelasThursday, February 24, 2011 9:12:59 PM
is the SAME :/
Eduardo MedinaThursday, February 24, 2011 9:14:06 PM
Excellent, the speed dial of my dreams
random414Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:15:14 PM
Once again, great!

Mod edit: No off-topic chatter, please!
carolThursday, February 24, 2011 9:22:49 PM
LMAO why would anyone keep 3 search bars .
RobsonThursday, February 24, 2011 9:28:46 PM
I dont like the space empty on right.
John DennerThursday, February 24, 2011 9:42:15 PM
Mod edit: No advertising, please.
NakhodaThursday, February 24, 2011 9:47:38 PM
I don't like new speed dial . The old one was better! if these speed dial would be standard in baracuda I would remove Opera and would use another browser !
ChirpieThursday, February 24, 2011 9:51:33 PM
Originally posted by Nakhoda1:

I don't like new speed dial
That's not exactly a useful comment. If there are specific problems with it, you should list them in the desktop blog post. Otherwise you are just wasting everyone's time with all too vague comments that can't be used for anything.
AlexisThursday, February 24, 2011 10:44:49 PM
I don't get it. I don't see any differences =S
CristianThursday, February 24, 2011 10:50:04 PM
Fantastic, we want see it soon!
MichaelThursday, February 24, 2011 10:50:45 PM
The difference must be the liquid lay-out which uses the space more efficiently. Note that there is no configure button anymore, so the size of the items is probably dynamic to the number of webpages.
CristianThursday, February 24, 2011 10:53:48 PM
I want that background please. Where can I find it?
TamilThursday, February 24, 2011 10:55:35 PM
Originally posted by sandalian:

I don't think I see any differences

Originally posted by leonardo1693:

is the SAME :/

Originally posted by carannar:

I don't get it. I don't see any differences =S
You can add unlimited Speed Dials and Opera will show scroll bar when Speed Dials doesn't fit screen.
CogitoStudiosThursday, February 24, 2011 10:56:09 PM
Opera Speed dial rocks!
Tyler3153Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:57:44 PM
It would be nice if the Speed Dial sized the Dials proportionally to the window size. This would be VERY helpful on widescreen displays.
Ben LavelleThursday, February 24, 2011 11:01:41 PM
The difference, as far as I can tell, looks to be that this one you don't need 'configure', and it just adjusts to how many speed dials you want. Great idea imo, having too just too few or just too many speed dials so missing some or having blanks is pretty irksome
Only thing is, will there always be a whole big one for adding a new speed dial? Could be annoying
sleepyheadThursday, February 24, 2011 11:01:47 PM
Dislike it.
Hope there will be options to change stuff. (number of colums, no empty placeholder, empty speedial tabs in between 2).
FightheaderThursday, February 24, 2011 11:02:04 PM
Originally posted by kar0l:

LMAO why would anyone keep 3 search bars .

I agree with you on that one..

new speed dial looks nice though
although I'd like to set the size of the tiles, big screens can fit 4 or 5 easily..
balu-ertlThursday, February 24, 2011 11:08:28 PM
@Tamil: #24. thanx for outlining differences, now I got it.
TomislavThursday, February 24, 2011 11:12:11 PM
Well, I like it!
AlexisThursday, February 24, 2011 11:12:33 PM
Originally posted by Tamil:

You can add unlimited Speed Dials and Opera will show scroll bar when Speed Dials doesn't fit screen.

Oh, that's cool. Where does it say that?
sleepyheadThursday, February 24, 2011 11:14:09 PM
Originally posted by carannar:

Originally posted by Tamil:

You can add unlimited Speed Dials and Opera will show scroll bar when Speed Dials doesn't fit screen.
Oh, that's cool. Where does it say that?
Don't think it says so, but you can test it in the latest lab version.
ZomnutThursday, February 24, 2011 11:59:42 PM
So if the Desktop Opera has, let's say, 4 speed dial entries defined... what will my mobile/mini browsers have given that Opera Link is enabled? Will they too get a similar update, or will they just have empty 'dials?
HatdrawnFriday, February 25, 2011 1:39:56 AM
Really like the idea of only having as many entries as you need
Diego AuyonFriday, February 25, 2011 2:15:47 AM
I like the new speed dial, I like the speed dial's background, but I guess, what I like most is that Opera is running in Ubuntu!
Ramkumar ShankarFriday, February 25, 2011 2:27:42 AM
Originally posted by Zimak:

http://www.imagepost.ru/images/678/speed.png scrolbar?!

Good idea, but this kind of scrolling doesn't work best. I'd rather have horizontal page by page scrolling. This will allow people to have their own speed dial groups.
Salvador Alexander Encalada ChérrezFriday, February 25, 2011 2:32:51 AM
i think speed dial should be like the tab stacking style, folders of speed dials clasified by groups!
Charles SchlossFriday, February 25, 2011 2:53:09 AM
ErikFriday, February 25, 2011 3:46:31 AM
im alwasy tuned lol ! no kidding really, i just hope more organizational tools will be added to the next release. Extending the speed dial just seems the next nice thing but tab stacking needs names

Nice to get to see dev screenshot !

go Opera !
AlexeiFriday, February 25, 2011 5:53:24 AM
Ability to set own logos for the SpeedDial items would be much more interesting.
SaskatchewanFriday, February 25, 2011 7:56:11 AM
Originally posted by ramkumarshankar:

but this kind of scrolling doesn't work best. I'd rather have (...) page by page scrolling*. This will allow people to have their own speed dial groups.
Scroll your mouse to change the Speed Dial, like changing desktops on Ubuntu .

I'm waiting for some more changes, to see if new Speed Dial will be better than the old one.

*bolded by me
Harish LakshminarayanaFriday, February 25, 2011 8:02:44 AM
am not sure though, but still i think this scroll-ability kinda beats the whole purpose of quick access via speed dials. I need my old speed dial back!

It'd have been interesting to add a bar (a tiny screen area, of-course retaining the old speed dial setup) which would dynamically populate the recently/more popularly used ones.
kyu3Friday, February 25, 2011 9:02:59 AM
LucaFriday, February 25, 2011 9:18:21 AM
Originally posted by harish.l:

am not sure though, but still i think this scroll-ability kinda beats the whole purpose of quick access via speed dials. I need my old speed dial back!

I have to quote this, the SPEED of the speed dial is gone if i have to scroll down to search xD
I really hope opera will let us choose between the old style and this one, cause this one is really all except "speedy" xD
Mikkel Brevik MehusFriday, February 25, 2011 9:20:37 AM
I love the new speed dial, but I wish I could set a "min and max speed dials" to show pr. line, or a set amount. When I open up bookmarks/feeds etc the amount of speed dials pr. line is reduced by one which makes it hard to find the speed dial-sites as I expect them to be in their usual position.
NorthgroveFriday, February 25, 2011 9:40:59 AM
Sorry - I dislike this design. This design defeats the quick access to the speed dial boxes. I thought the point was to not have to scroll. Otherwise I can just as well scroll in a bookmarks menu.
AmaZingerFriday, February 25, 2011 9:47:12 AM
Scrollbar??!!1 <_< No way.
Mod edit: Yeah, it would be better if they remove the search field from speed dial.
NicoFriday, February 25, 2011 10:17:48 AM
@ John Barnett: That is a known issue with the latest Snapshot, don't worry
John BarnettFriday, February 25, 2011 10:22:18 AM
Originally posted by HellbillyDeluxe:

John Barnett: That is a known issue with the latest Snapshot, don't worry

Yes I just found that out when I managed to locate the Known Issues list, I deleted my post regarding this.
John BarnettFriday, February 25, 2011 10:29:54 AM
I am unable to use Google as my default search engine ! nothing happens when I select the listed item in the drop down list. Bing works fine.
dave1974Friday, February 25, 2011 10:46:17 AM
Originally posted by Tyler3153:

It would be nice if the Speed Dial sized the Dials proportionally to the window size. This would be VERY helpful on widescreen displays.

An on small screen displays too! I have an Eee PC 1000 at home with a 1024 x 600 display.
dave1974Friday, February 25, 2011 11:03:17 AM
Originally posted by lucaviozzi:

I have to quote this, the SPEED of the speed dial is gone if i have to scroll down to search xD
I really hope opera will let us choose between the old style and this one, cause this one is really all except "speedy" xD

There's an easy way to get the old functionality back - limit the number of Speed Dials you set up! I have 9 on my Opera browsers, which correspond to the nine I can access quickly by pressing Ctrl and the corresponding number. Anything more than that is superfluous/excessive IMHO.
Harish LakshminarayanaFriday, February 25, 2011 11:47:32 AM
Originally posted by dave1974:

Originally posted by Tyler3153:

It would be nice if the Speed Dial sized the Dials proportionally to the window size. This would be VERY helpful on widescreen displays.
An on small screen displays too! I have an Eee PC 1000 at home with a 1024 x 600 display.
+1. theres too much blank-space in the current speed-dial, owing to the fact that Opera is used on a wide range of screen resolutions! from EeePC to extra-wide LEDs!
pepkin88Friday, February 25, 2011 2:08:10 PM
I don't like it so much.
It rearranges my links. I had 5x4 layout with hole in 10th. Now this hole disappeared and further links moved. I remember positions much stronger than thumbnails/captions (I think it is quite natural). Also it is hard to insert a link in the middle.
pepkin88Friday, February 25, 2011 2:09:35 PM
I don't like it so much.
It rearranges my links. I had 5x4 layout with hole in 10th. Now this hole disappeared and further links moved. I remember positions much stronger than thumbnails/captions (I think it is quite natural). Also it is hard to insert a link into the middle.