By default Opera web browser opens a Speed Dial page, when a new tab is opened. The Speed Dial allows Opera users quick and easy access to their favorite websites from the new tab directly, with options to customize layout and the background of Speed Dial. In essence, Speed Dial is displaying snapshots of websites that you placed on it when a new tab is opened, and when you click on one of them, you are brought directly to the web page.
Though it is a useful feature, many Opera users don’t like to use the Speed Dial feature, they can disable the feature. You can follow the steps to disable the Speed Dial feature in Opera.
How to Turn Off Speed Dial in Opera Web Browser
- Type opera:config#UserPrefs|SpeedDialState in the address bar >>Enter
- The Opera Preferences Edit is opened and automatically forwarded to a preference named Speed Dial State under User Prefs section
- Change the value of Speed Dial State to 0 or 3 to disable the Speed Dial feature
Values to Speed Dial State are:
0: Folded (show a small message on bottom right corner will be opened to allow Speed Dial feature when needed), 1: Shown, 2: Read only mode and always show speed dial, 3: Disable speed dial
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Joanne
Feb 07. 2012
Thanks for the tip about turning off the incredibly annoying speed dial default. There should just be a tick box in the preferences to do it. Why browsers put crap like this in front of you I don’t know and I’m glad I’ll never have to see it again.
anon
Feb 17. 2012
thank you.
good ridence to that crapy speeddial. opera is faster than anything else for my netbook. i want to open a new tab with my homepage there. why is there not a checkbox to get rid of speeddial. must be someones BIG IDEA in the company. if there was adblockplus for opera i would change to opera FOR EVER.
anon
Feb 17. 2012
OH no…this kills speeddial, but a new tab is blank…why is new tab not opening my home page automatically? nuts.
dean
Mar 13. 2012
Good riddance. What is wrong with developers for thinking anyone would have a use for such an annoying “feature?” Bloat bloat bloat.
This is utterly poor UI design and one of many reasons I only use opera to test web page compatibilty when designing sites.
Don
Mar 15. 2012
That turns speed dial off but if opera is already running, how do you get opera to goto your home page on 2nd tabs or windows. It goes to a blank page or speed dial if opera is already running.
Swamykant
Mar 16. 2012
I will check it for you and let you know.