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Get Opera-like Speed Dial in Firefox
If there's a cool new feature in another web browser, you can be sure someone's going to turn it into a Firefox extension. So it should come as no surprise that one developer saw Opera's new "Speed Dial' feature and decided to bring it to Firefox.What's Speed Dial? Basically, Opera 9.2 provides you with screenshots for up to 9 websites when you load the browser. It's kind of like having 9 different homepages, which you can quick faster than you can pull up a bookmark toolbar. You can also refresh the screenshots.
The Firefox Speed Dial extension has the same basic idea. You can set it to show your Speed Dial page every time you open a blank window or a blank tab. It doesn't have all of the features of the Opera version. For example, you can't rearrange the order of your pages by dragging and dropping. And it appears that you cannot refresh the screenshots.
But still, if you want some of the benefits of using Opera without, you know, using Opera, you might want to check it out.
[via CyberNet]
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Subscribe to commentsjoeMay 19th 2007 7:36AM
>>Trevor - Its easy enough to configure Opera 9.2 so that the tabs are below the address-bar...ie: directly above the browsing window. See this example.:
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Blogs/O%20Toolbar%20With%20Tab%20Bar%20Below%20Address%20Bar.png
And here's how.
http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/tab-bar-below-address-bar
Tho' not a drag-&-drop solution, it took me less than 2 mins. Looks great, too, especially when using the 'TangoCL' skin.:
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/info/?id=3465
mohandassJun 6th 2007 11:10AM
tell me how to get speed dial up in firefox
charlierosebudJul 2nd 2007 11:21AM
Competition is healthy; so is credit where credit is due. Speed Dial, from the concept to the name was conceived by Opera, yet "Opera" does not appear once on the extension's website (speeddial.uworks.net).
MikeJul 9th 2007 8:53PM
Are y'all retards? Firefox didn't copy Speedial...
michaelJul 16th 2007 12:37PM
Try this one http://www.only2clicks.com
Alternative to Speed Dial, works on any browser.
IanJul 19th 2007 4:32PM
When it come to web design opera and firefox behave them selves, ie on the other hand (i shudder just thinking about it) doesn't. Im glad people are turning there backs on ie, after all it did that to its userbase for 6 years? with no updates! I find sometimes that opera doesnt like flash that much and on a number of occasions the browser has crashed when a viewtube video. Firefox to me is similar to a moody teenager, opera is like the funky guy from camden, always on the pulse. Sure the firefox logo is funky, designed by Mr Hick's at hicksdesign.co.uk, and opera's is a bit dry, but opera is the top dog full stop. And its new speed dial just made it evend easierfor me to get to my current website that Ive been working on.