Adding custom thumbs in Speed Dial
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And, oh yeah, I'm an Opera Classic user from the mid-90's, and am pushing 62.
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There's the good old said "never argue with a …"@*(^*£$"$", listeners may not notice the difference..."
Omicron's message is a proof that the said is still alive and kicking :lol:
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There's the good old said "never argue with a …"@*(^*£$"$", listeners may not notice the difference..."
Omicron's message is a proof that the said is still alive and kicking :lol:
I fear you're 100% right - which is why said "@*(^*£$"$" has been officially put on "ignore."
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In case anyone else wants to do this in Linux; In Linux Mint the install dir is /opt/vivaldi/ or /opt/vivalidi-snapshot/
The user dir is ~/.config/vivaldi/ or ~/.config/vivaldi-snapshot/ -
The only way I found will require the folder with your custom dials to be inside Vivaldi install directory, so when you install a new version this folder won't exist and you'll have to copy it again in the new version's folder. And if you don't have privileges to edit that folder you won't be able to have custom SD thumbs.
I made a little refinement to your method.
I placed the images on a folder shared via a local Http server.
So I have my thumbnails available via "http://myserver/SD/…" or " http://localhost/SD/.." instead of accessing them via "/SD/…"
In this way you can serve more than one installation on the same PC (or on different PCs inside the home/office) and more importantly there's nothing to adjust when Vivaldi is upgraded.
Obviously who have a public website can use it for the purpose.
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So I have my thumbnails available via "http://myserver/SD/…" or " http://localhost/SD/.." instead of accessing them via "/SD/…"
That's genius, I'll be following that example.
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That's genius, I'll be following that example.
That's a little exaggerated, but thanks :oops:
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I placed the images on a folder shared via a local Http server.
But you need to have it set-up, not something everybody has. Still a good addition.
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But you need to have it set-up, not something everybody has.
True. Maybe a similar process could be done with a cloud service? It didn't seem to work for me with OneDrive or Dropbox. I'm otherwise currently unable to test MEGA, Google Drive, or Yandex.Disk.
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But you need to have it set-up, not something everybody has. Still a good addition.
Sure, but nowadays there is an huge amount of SWs that have a WebUI and many of them already installs IIS express, or requires IIS, just to mention Windows and the MS web servers alone.
There are also dozens of simple web servers well suited for the scope, starting from this pyton based one line solution
https://www.pantz.org/software/http/quick_and_dirty_web_servers.html
Obviously would be better to have the problem fixed once for all…
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True. Maybe a similar process could be done with a cloud service? It didn't seem to work for me with OneDrive or Dropbox. I'm otherwise currently unable to test MEGA, Google Drive, or Yandex.Disk
Not sure about remote drives, but http://tinypic.com can be a solution. (just tried, it works). Likely most of the similar services will work too.
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Now open your Vivaldi user data directory, on Windows Vista or higher it should be /users/username/AppData/Local/Vivaldi/User Data/.
In case anyone else wants to do this in Linux;
The user dir is ~/.config/vivaldi/ or ~/.config/vivaldi-snapshot/does anyone know where the user data directory is on mac?
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Hi guys. I switched to Vivaldi after another awful upgrade of Opera, which destroyed my SD again.
I'm really happy that there is a way for a user to have an influence on this important feature.
I understood the method. But could someone write somekind of simple plugin for Vivaldi, which modyfies the interface of that small menu which pops up when you bookmark a site? It would be nice to have a mini-slider in it, like in Opera, which allows you to choose an image for the thumb (favicon, screenshot, image from page or domain name)?Yeah, I know I want to much, but if some programmer would make such a plugin - I'm sure lots of people will be really grateful
PS: Since I've heard that Vivaldi's UI is written on HTML and I know a bit of it (coded a couple of simple sites myself) - could someone direct me to a file I should edit, in order to change the interface of the bookmark-popup-menu? Many thanks!
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GinoPerla
Yeah, I got that But it's pretty frustrating to manually edit SD in such a way. I create lots of thumbs, and that's why I asked of a way to edit the interface to automate the process -
I understand Ok, I'll be searching for a way to customize the interface myself. If I'll find something - I'll post it here
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what about mac user?
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what about mac user?
Linux, Mcos… It's the same thing, just the profile is stored in a different path
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BE SURE TO MAKE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR BOOKMARK FILE BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT ANYTHING!
Here's my attempt of making this work in mac, but every time I change the folder the bookmark file just reset!
For Mac usersTo fine your bookmark file
then paste the path into finder and look for the bookmark file.
My next stumbling block are the checksums and the file path!
If I try to change "Thumbnail": "chrome://thumb/http://bookmark_thumbnail/9?1440328478120" to
"Thumbnail": "/sd/myfile.png", vivaldi just reset the bookmark file, Suggestions anyone?{
"checksum": "32a631b3f62d8dd1327fd5a7c442b618",
"roots": {
"bookmark_bar": {
"children": [ {
"children": [ {
"date_added": "13084802071554972",
"id": "9",
"meta_info": {
"Thumbnail": "chrome://thumb/http://bookmark_thumbnail/9?1440328478120"
},
"name": "youtube.com",
"type": "url",
"url": "http://youtube.com/"
} ], -
Strange, here I just edit and the checksum is regenerated.
You could try to either remove the checksum line or to edit and save while Vivaldi is running (Then close and reopen Vivaldi). You could also try to remove the Bookmark.bak file.
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The only thing I can get work is as follow
1. delete default folder
2. open vivaldi
3. open bookmark file
4. point the file path to the file image and save
5. restartif I try to change the url path it just reset! Too frustrating, maybe the developer can share some light into it!
One another note, chrome://thumb/http://bookmark_thumbnail/6?1440408908884 is this some kind of SQL command, cause I can't find the folder directory!