Speed Dial shaping up even more

Readers' comments

Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 50, as archived.

• TamilFriday, March 25, 2011 4:30:00 PM

  Originally posted by wdzierzan:

  for those of you who want to save every precious piece of your window, it has an option to hide the plus button

  

• XenoAntaresXAntaresFriday, March 25, 2011 4:31:03 PM

  :D
  
  Speeddial improvements are gladly appreciated. :)

• IKokeFriday, March 25, 2011 4:33:06 PM

  

• XombiemubaidrFriday, March 25, 2011 4:33:59 PM

  Downloading...

• IKokeFriday, March 25, 2011 4:35:22 PM

  Originally posted by Wojciech Dzierżanowski:

  We tweaked the skin to look cleaner and smoother

  
  
  Yay

• DrillSargeFriday, March 25, 2011 4:36:37 PM

  could you please fix the content blocker showing the plug-in placeholder (from on-demand plug-ins) instead of hiding the flash ads at all?
  
  btw, new speed dial look is nice

• siamak5561Friday, March 25, 2011 4:37:49 PM

  tanks for Create OPERA

• David TsunamydavidtsunamyFriday, March 25, 2011 4:37:49 PM

  To save space too... please remove search and configure button
  
  Known issues:
  - Extension start new tab on left side

• Mina SaherminathegreatFriday, March 25, 2011 4:39:31 PM

  yeahhhhhhhhh
  +1

• MaximSailorMaxFriday, March 25, 2011 4:41:14 PM

  RSS reader is broken in this build. Try click on RSS button in address bar on this page... result: LOADING
  
  confirm?

• Ruarí ØdegaardruarioFriday, March 25, 2011 4:45:14 PM

  Originally posted by SailorMax:

  RSS reader is broken in this build. Try click on RSS button in address bar on this page... result: LOADING

  One or more of your extensions causes this. We know the issue and are testing a fix internally.

• Stephen Turrellstve10Friday, March 25, 2011 4:46:43 PM

  Awesome I thought you was finished improving Speedial & I love what you'd already done.
  
  

  Can't drag a tab/link/url into Speed Dial

  
  Would love an option to load a custom thumbnail from my hard drive or from My opera photo album.

• cyberdude mminicyberdudeFriday, March 25, 2011 4:47:52 PM

  setting the automatic zoom control option is great....
  
  but there is small bug when i minimize and maximize opera.... the speed dials reload over the network.... is bug same as the known issue(resizing)
  
  edit:windows 7x64

• Dustin WilsonKhadgarFriday, March 25, 2011 4:48:42 PM

  Liking the new speed dial, but is there a way to make it not use Apple touch icons for speed dial previews? They're absolutely hideous when used in Speed Dial. I'd much rather have a thumbnail of the webpage rather than an icon there anyway, but if an icon is used I'd rather have an icon there designed for that purpose rather than shoehorned from another use.

• HoborgoperatonFriday, March 25, 2011 4:48:55 PM

  

• XombiemubaidrFriday, March 25, 2011 4:49:13 PM

  Originally posted by davidtsunamy:

  To save space too... please remove search and configure button

  
  
  You can remove search , goto search settings and open your current speed dial search and uncheck use as default search for speed dial

• Ruarí ØdegaardruarioFriday, March 25, 2011 4:50:10 PM

  Originally posted by davidtsunamy:

  please remove search

  To remove search from the speed dial, click on the drop down next to the search box and choose "Manage search engines". Edit the search engine or engines that is/are used in Speed Dial, click on "Details", then untick "Use as a Speed Dial serach engine".

• Ruarí ØdegaardruarioFriday, March 25, 2011 4:51:14 PM

  Originally posted by Khadgar:

  Liking the new speed dial, but is there a way to make it not use Apple touch icons for speed dial previews?

  Could you provide a link to an example site?
  

• ActoriosFriday, March 25, 2011 4:54:47 PM

  scrolling up and down was not at all smooth in the previous snapshot, but it's a little smoother now and less distracting. still needs a bit more tweaking, i believe.

• KlausHollFriday, March 25, 2011 4:56:08 PM

  Flash still doesn't work on http://visa.com.ua

• brumalFriday, March 25, 2011 4:56:09 PM

  And... how do I disable speed dial?

• MossManFriday, March 25, 2011 4:56:37 PM

  New speed dial reaches an acceptable level of usability (IMO)...
  
  ... now it can FINALLY do what the old one did!

• Ruarí ØdegaardruarioFriday, March 25, 2011 4:59:54 PM

  Originally posted by KlausHoll:

  Flash still doesn't work on http://visa.com.ua

  works for me. Could you state your OS and also your Flash version (use opera:plugins to find out). Also compare against another browser on your system.

• Gousti FruitGoustiFruitFriday, March 25, 2011 5:00:06 PM

  Thumbnails are blurry even if not zoomed using arrow keys ! I set the "Zoom control" to "Automatic" and my new thumbnails are (slightly) blurry. Not a show-stopper but clearly the thumbnails are not as crisp as before.

• elyonFriday, March 25, 2011 5:00:26 PM

  Sometimes Facebook automatically scrolls you up to an old position on the page. Very annoying. Is it just Facebook messing up their Javascript?

• Ruarí ØdegaardruarioFriday, March 25, 2011 5:01:18 PM

  Originally posted by MossMan:

  New speed dial reaches an acceptable level of usability (IMO)...
  
  ... now it can FINALLY do what the old one did!

  Hardly surprising that you (and others) weren't entirely satisfied with the initial versions of Speed Dial in Barracuda as we are still developing it. We have yet to release final stable version of Barracuda. I think some people forget that and assume with every snapshot that this is it.

• zoqueteFriday, March 25, 2011 5:02:08 PM

  please what exact skin changes did you make?

• zoqueteFriday, March 25, 2011 5:03:14 PM

  wrong speed dial background mosaik:
  http://imgur.com/LuWZu
  
  Stripes have to have the same angle as in the speed dial entry

• Ruarí ØdegaardruarioFriday, March 25, 2011 5:04:49 PM

  Originally posted by zoquete:

  please what exact skin changes did you make?

  
  Click on the button in the URL bar, zoom button or configure in the speed dial. See how the drop shadow is now. Look at the default speed dial background. Also look at opera pages, particularly the error pages. Like the one if you go to a malicious site.

• HaavardhaavardFriday, March 25, 2011 5:05:11 PM

  Originally posted by Khadgar:

  Liking the new speed dial, but is there a way to make it not use Apple touch icons for speed dial previews?

  Enable "reload every", and it will show the actual page thumbnail (because we assume that if you set it to reload automatically, it's because you want to look for something on the page itself).
  
  

  Originally posted by GoustiFruit:

  Thumbnails are blurry even if not zoomed using arrow keys

  Do you have a screenshot for comparison?

• mopi1978Friday, March 25, 2011 5:06:26 PM

  very high cpu usage (on T9300) when modifying the speed dial zoom
  
  w7x64sp1

• Gousti FruitGoustiFruitFriday, March 25, 2011 5:06:36 PM

  Speed Dials thumbnails are reloaded over the network every time the window is resized (rather than being generated from cache)

  
  Thats very annoying, it happens on any resize, so every time you show or hide your side panel (F4) the thumbnails are regenerated :-(

• bleicherFriday, March 25, 2011 5:07:33 PM

  not-transparent thmbnails-frames? WHY?

• Kai OckendorfOckendorfFriday, March 25, 2011 5:07:38 PM

  Upgrading from older Barracuda installations could cause Speed Dial layout problems

  
  is it this? If not, I think it´s too much white there
  
  W7x64 SP1

• HaavardhaavardFriday, March 25, 2011 5:07:47 PM

  Originally posted by GoustiFruit:

  Thats very annoying, it happens on any resize, so every time you show or hide your side panel (F4) the thumbnails are regenerated :-(

  Yes, that's why it's listed in the known issues. It isn't necessary to discuss the known issues list, because they are already known. Please allow people who have issues that may not be known already to have their say, too.

• mateeFriday, March 25, 2011 5:09:34 PM

  Looks pretty, but where is the option to disable speed dial? I'm not using it.

• zoqueteFriday, March 25, 2011 5:13:22 PM

  looks great!
  
  not-transparent thmbnails-frames great!
  
  hiding "+" great!

• MossManFriday, March 25, 2011 5:13:49 PM

  Originally posted by ruario:

  I think some people forget that and assume with every snapshot that this is it.

  
  
  Don't take it too hard, Ruari... you may not have noticed my tongue-in-cheek LOL. While I certainly didn't like what Speed Dial was going through over the last couple of weeks, I expected it to be "fixed" in the end. I noticed some of my constructive criticism seemed to be taken the wrong way, though.
  
  But it's looking good now, as I hoped it would!

• zoqueteFriday, March 25, 2011 5:14:13 PM

  is there a shortcut to add new speed dial entries?

• joelson0007Friday, March 25, 2011 5:16:05 PM

  hide add speed dial buttons
  Thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks!!!!

• КирилKiril717Friday, March 25, 2011 5:17:15 PM

  Mod edit: If you want to post feedback, please be constructive, specific, and to the point.
  

• GregorWFriday, March 25, 2011 5:17:23 PM

  1. Speed dial is not centered vertically, but moved slightly towards the bottom.
  2. Speed dial numbers are no longer displayed, you now have to deduce them from their current position in the layout. For those who do not know, you can for example type "12" into the address bar to open the 12th site, keeping your hands on the keyboard.
  3. Speed dial borders used to have a nice transparent look.
  4. What's the point of that noisy blue-grey background? It's distracting and not easy on the eyes at all. Please default to the white window color.

• Z1-AV69Friday, March 25, 2011 5:17:28 PM

  Wow, that speeddial is like it should be, congratulations!
  
  

  Originally posted by haavard:

  Enable "reload every", and it will show the actual page thumbnail (because we assume that if you set it to reload automatically, it's because you want to look for something on the page itself).

  
  
  I was already wondering if something is wrong with mine, but this is just perfect, thanks.

• Francisco HerrerafherreravFriday, March 25, 2011 5:17:40 PM

  Originally posted by elyon:

  Sometimes Facebook automatically scrolls you up to an old position on the page. Very annoying.

  
  Same here. Win XP
  
  Another thing... sometimes I need to enable Opera turbo for the thumbnails to be refreshed, and it doesn't work all the time. I used to get a transparent empty box, now I get a white one in some of my thumbnails.
  
  Also, some thumbnails are repeated in several boxes or the thumbnails are in the wrong box.

• highstreamFriday, March 25, 2011 5:22:40 PM

  Originally posted by MossMan:

  New speed dial reaches an acceptable level of usability (IMO)..

  
  
  It's clear that a lot of work has gone into the latest SD. It's cleaner, column layout has improved and full screen thumbnails have returned. However, I think the configuration possibilities with FF's Speed Dial extension offer a better direction overall, with some additions. In particular (most important IMO):
  
  - allow for layout editing like PowerPoint slides, where blank thumbnails can be placed within and moving thumbnails is not an exchange
  - allow to choose #rows too
  - thumbnail height/width control (in pixels)
  - height/width controls (not just overall zoom)
  - 5% increments for zoom or make it a fill in
  
  Also,
  - No way to turn off the blue background in Speed Dial (or is that part of the change in skin?)
  - There is no close button or X in the configuration dialog box; instead, user has to figure out to click outside the box
  

• David TsunamydavidtsunamyFriday, March 25, 2011 5:23:07 PM

  Originally posted by ruario:

  To remove search from the speed dial, click on the drop down next to the search box and choose "Manage search engines". Edit the search engine or engines that is/are used in Speed Dial, click on "Details", then untick "Use as a Speed Dial serach engine".

  
  I do not known this
  
  Thanks you for this tip
  
  I love Opera

• HaavardhaavardFriday, March 25, 2011 5:23:45 PM

  Originally posted by GregorW:

  Speed dial is not centered vertically, but moved slightly towards the bottom.

  I don't quite understand what you are referring to. Do you have a screenshot?

• AlexsalexsFriday, March 25, 2011 5:26:18 PM

  please SD support:
  – custom image for thumbnails
  – transparent background when add standalone icon (Standard Skin)
  
  Bugs:
  – custom image delete from mail label after restart from Opera.
  – DSK-328990 "Execute program" don't work under Linux

• zoqueteFriday, March 25, 2011 5:29:44 PM

  the shiny zoom thing in the bottom right corner does not work in speed dial, is it a bug?

• odysseuscmFriday, March 25, 2011 5:30:23 PM

  I think the Speed Dials's screenshot function needs something like a delay to deal with JavaScript actions.
  Try http://www.lose-combo.de - it's impossible to get a complete preview including the slideshow image. Also, although the website is valid HTML, I only get a partial screenshot from http://www.hessische-theaterakademie.de and http://www.uni-giessen.de/theater and http://www.ensemble-modern.com - all of them but www.lose-combo.de render correctly in Speed Dial in Opera 10.01