More Customization for the Speed Dial
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Already implemented
- A color picker for custom color of background
- Changing the size of the elements (e.g. saying they should be 150 x 200px)
- No limitation as to how many elements each line should have
- Editable name field (thumbnail), to create your own titles -> rename your bookmark
-> implemented in Snapshot 2.5.1511.4
Not implemented
- A silder for transparency
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What about my idea?
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/24229/win8-metro-style-speed-dial -
- There is already no limit to the number of thumbnails in a row — just set the maximum number of columns to None (no maximum) in Settings, Start Page, Speed Dial, Maximum Columns.
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@pesala said in More Customization for the Speed Dial:
- There is already no limit to the number of thumbnails in a row — just set the maximum number of columns to None (no maximum) in Settings, Start Page, Speed Dial, Maximum Columns.
There is in fact a very strict limit to the number of thumbnails in a row. On my screen (1280 px wide) it is not possible to have more of four thumbnails in a row, no matter what's the setting.
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@ghpy Change the UI Zoom to fit more columns. I can fit up to nine on my 1200x1600 pixel portrait monitor.
Vote for Zoom Start Page Thumbnails to Fit
The only new request here is the third one to allow adjustable transparency with a slider. I requested 100% transparency only.
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@pesala said in More Customization for the Speed Dial:
@ghpy Change the UI Zoom to fit more columns. I can fit up to nine on my 1200x1600 pixel portrait monitor.
Bad idea. Changing the UI Zoom to 80 % gives me six columns instead of four and text so small that I can hardly read it.
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@ghpy Yes, but it's OK for me to reduce from 120 to 110% to fit four instead of three so the idea is good if used sensibly. I said it to explain what the setting for Maximum Columns means.
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@perph001 said in More Customization for the Speed Dial:
I think a fixed number of column with auto-resizing would solve your problem ... a bit like the "Speed Dial 2" chrome extension .
A bit like Opera 12 as well...
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Can't we get extension access for speed-dial page or it has been already discussed?. This will allow unlimited implementations of ideas.
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@mubaidr
If I am correct, Vivaldi already supports the override API. -
@nekomajin Right, but I am talking about the content script support. Which would allow us to override the layout/colors with all the default content.
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@rekuzar said in More Customization for the Speed Dial:
Changing the size of the elements (e.g. saying they should be 150 x 200px)
I think this will be clear if called "scale/custom size for thumbs without change UI scale" (I think it'll be done but I read some time ago this could cause regressions)
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Oh yes, IMHO custom thumbnails and all the other fancy stuff is not half as important as the simple ability to resize thumbnails, or in other words use Zoom like with all the other pages.
Currently I can not even use 3 rows of TNs without the last row being cut off, not even talking about the 4x4 layout I've been using for the last years (with O12).
(I mean, I can, but I have to scroll down to access the last row with it absurd for something called Speed-Dial ;-)) -
@netwolf There are several options to squeeze more thumbnails onto the start page:
- Reduce UI Zoom by 10% or 15% to fit more columns
- Don't show the Add button
- Hide the Titles
- Hide the navigation bar with CSS
.startpage-navigation {
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Thank you, but reducing overall UI size is not an option here due to various reasons.
The + button is way out of sight anyway (only item in the 5th row)
Columns are not the problems, I'd like more than 2,5 rows.
I stopped customizing things until a way to make changes persistent across upgrades is found as it simply got too cumbersome and frustrating for me to do the same thing over and over again, and even when I tried it I couldn't get a usable and working 4 x 4 layout without the need to scroll (even with hiding everything I can). -
@rekuzar I added this two points:
- A color picker for custom color of background
- Editable name field (thumbnail), to create your own titles
Screen suggestion:
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Apologies if this has already been addressed, but is there currently a way to:
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make the background of transparent icons actually transparent? For example, here's what I've had set up in firefox before:
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Enter a url for your custom thumbnail (and even better...have that url be refreshed periodically)? In the above image, the moon and cloud icon are actually dynamically generated based on current weather conditions using a script. The image updates periodically when the weather conditions change, but the url stays the same every time.
I realize those are rather specific requests, but personally, I'd love to see them implemented if there isn't a way to do either currently.
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@st_lawson The only way to get "icon-style" images like those in your screencap would be to use custom images. A PNG image with a 100% transparent background should do it. There is no way you would get an updating site icon, tho. The only updating images you could use would be ones of the whole page, essentially - not a dynamically-generated single image.
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How about this: Auto convert favicon to speed-dial icon
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/20037/feature-requests-for-1-12/236
(Captured from Whale Browser) -
What about more straightforward support of custom/user CSS so that whoever wants to mess with it, can do it easily?