gHacks technology news » opera internet browser http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 How To Change The Speed Dial Size In Opera http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/25/how-to-change-the-speed-dial-size-in-opera/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/25/how-to-change-the-speed-dial-size-in-opera/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 07:37:10 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/25/how-to-change-the-speed-dial-size-in-opera/ operaThe development team of the Opera Internet browser introduced speed dial a while ago in the web browser. Speed Dial displays up to nine websites that are added by the user as thumbnails whenever a new blank tab is opened in the web browser. This gives the user another possibility of visiting popular websites without having to access the bookmarks or typing in the domain names or keyword shortcuts directly into the Internet browser.

Speed Dial is displaying nine website thumbnails in a 3×3 matrix. Some users of the Opera Internet browser might want to change the speed dial size to display additional (or less) website thumbnails. This can be done by editing the speeddial.ini configuration file that is found in the Opera profile folder. Windows users find the file in the Application Data folder.

All that needs to be done to change the speed dial size is to open the speeddial.ini file and add the following three lines to the end of the file.

[Size]
Rows=x
Columns=y

where x and y are the number of rows and columns that should be displayed.

4×4

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8×8

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Some sizes are obviously to large to offer the benefit that Speed Dial is supposed to offer to the Internet user. It might however still be interesting for some users who want to increase the speed dial size slightly.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/25/how-to-change-the-speed-dial-size-in-opera/feed/ 11 Opera Internet Browser Search Edit http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/23/opera-internet-browser-search-edit/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/23/opera-internet-browser-search-edit/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:28:08 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/23/opera-internet-browser-search-edit/ operaThe Opera Internet browser comes with several search engines preinstalled that can be accessed in one of the toolbars. This quick search engine access possibilities are found in most modern browsers. Differences exist mainly in the editing options that are presented to the user. Opera’s search engine information are stored in the file search.ini which is located in the Opera profile folder. It is possible to edit this file directly to add or remove search engines from the list or change their order.

Another possibility are the preferences in the Opera web browser which also provide access to basic editing capabilities. Search engines can be added, deleted or edited in the menu but there is for example no way of changing their order of appearance.

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Opera Search Edit is a standalone Java application that can be used to edit Opera’s search engines comfortable. The tool is portable and has to be pointed to a search.ini file manually. It will then display all available search engines in a table listing information like the name, keyword and url.

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The program can be used to add new search engines to the list, remove search engines or to edit their properties far more extensively than the Opera preferences are offering. This includes the selection of the encoding, icons, search type or name id.

The order of search engines can be changed to suite the needs of the user. It is furthermore possible to add separators to distinguish different types of search engines.

Opera Search Edit is a specialized software for Opera users who want to edit the search engines in detail. It does that more comfortably than a plain text editor and more extensively than the preferences in the web browser.

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