Configure the speed dialing function in Opera9
The new speed dialing function offers nine large buttons for accessing nine websites including Yahoo as your search engine and also want to optimize the thumbnail of the websites offered.
Even though the speed dialing function can be filled with frequently surfed sites, the configuration of this practical function is slightly complicated and hidden deep down in the browser. Open ‘Tools|Preferences’ and go to the ‘Search’ tab. Select the desired search engine in the list of defined providers- ‘Google’ in this case- and click on ‘Edit’ and on ‘Details’ in the next dialog.
Now activate the ‘Use as Speed Dial search engine’ option and confirm the open dialogs by clicking on ‘OK’ in each.
You can include the website of your choice in the respective area by simply clicking, editing or moving by dragging &dropping. You can ensure that the thumbnails provide latest information suing the context command ‘Enable’ in the ‘ rekiad evert’ sub- menu and selecting the time frame as required.
Most of the websites do not offer a practical thumbanail because they use AJAX- the Google Mail website for instance. In such cases, the Opera browser can replace the preview with its own logos when requested.
You shuld first ensure that Opera does not automatically update the pictures from the website at a later point. To do so, right- click on the graphic and ensure theat the ‘ Enable’ option is switched off n the ‘ reload every’ sub menu. Now close Opera and start Windows Explorer. Enter ‘%AppData%’ in the address bar and press Enter- this directs you to the application data of your profile. Navigate your way to the ‘Opera\Opera8\profile\thumbnails’folder. Here you will find the PNG files with an automatically assigned, cryptic name for the presentation of the speed dialing function. Preview it in Explorer or open the images to find the graphic which needs to be changed. Find a suitable graphic which, for instance, shows you a larger logo of the website in question. The graphics which are generally used have a 256 *192 pixels dimension, but you can also use image files which are of a different size. Opera then resizes the graphic automatically.
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