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How to change Speed Dial thumbnail images in Opera?

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:40:25 PM

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If you don't like the default Speed Dial thumbnail images, you can change them easily.

  1. Convert the image you want to use as thumbnail to PNG format using Microsoft Paint (Open image, File > Save As and select 'Save as type' as PNG) or any image editor. There is no limitation on size of image but 256x192 pixels or less is recommended.
  2. Go to profile\thumbnails directory. For Opera 10 in Windows, go to %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera!\thumbnails directory.
  3. Find and replace already existing thumbnail image with new image with original name.
  4. Set 'Read only' attribute (Right click on image > Properties) to prevent update of thumbnail image when you use reload.
  5. Restart Opera to see new thumbnail image in Speed Dial.

Opera Speed Dial with custom thumbnail images
Speed Dial with custom thumbnail images

! = Opera installation directory name

'Read only' attribute is not working in Opera version 10.50 and above.

[Alexis C. Chua via forums]

Use Opera Image Dial Generator or Opera Speed Dial Thumbnail Customizer to ease the process of creating/using custom thumbnails.

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Anonymous Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:33:10 PM

Eduardo writes: Great ! ;-)

Anonymous Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:52:42 PM

Anónimo writes: I love it :D

SUNMIRjustise Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:40:32 PM

bigeyes

Rippripp2002 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:01:02 PM

Thanks..

z@h3kZAHEK Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:39:11 PM

nice thanks.smile

KryptoKnightAleksOD Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:32:48 PM

Thanks for the tips!

Charles SchlossChas4 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:03:42 AM

interesting find Tami

papasmurfrock Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:29:24 PM

this looks great and i really want to try it but, for some reason, i can't get this to work on my apple powerbook g4 with leopard operating system.

should it work? i tried following the steps but it is not working for me.

what else should i do?

Tamil Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:40:02 PM

Did you save new image with old image name?

papasmurfrock Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:49:55 PM

i didn't in opera 10 but did in opera 9.63 because i went back and read your instructions and saw that i had missed that.
i had already messed up and changed the name in opera 10 and i don't think there's a way to change it back. maybe there is but i don't know how.
in apple, in order to do what you're saying, i believe i have to go to the file, control-click and go to "More information".
i then went in there and pasted the new picture onto the little icon in the top left of the "more info" page. then i went into "sharing and permissions" and changed the access to "read only".
does that sound right?

Anonymous Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:57:08 PM

Jon writes: Speed Dial thumbnails never save for me between sessions. Any idea what setting I need to change? I'm using Opera Portable.

Tamil Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:58:28 PM

I don't know about leopard OS but step 4 is not required to change thumbnail image.

Tamil Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:01:32 PM

Speed Dial thumbnails never save for me between sessions. Any idea what setting I need to change? I'm using Opera Portable.

Check whether you have images in profile\thumbnails directory. Do you use delete private data & what is your Opera version.

papasmurfrock Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:02:16 PM

i just tried it again in opera 9.63 and i changed the access for me back to read and write and it still doesn't work for me. oh well.

i don't know what else to do. lol.

Tamil Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:14:43 PM

Can you take screenshot of each steps and upload it to figure out what you are doing wrong?

Anonymous Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:16:35 PM

Jon writes: "Check whether you have images in profile\thumbnails directory. Do you use delete private data & what is your Opera version." There are images in the thumbnail directory while using Opera. Version is 9.63. Not sure about "delete private data". Where do I find that?

FataL Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:11:01 PM

up

Tamil Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:11:32 PM

Originally posted by anonymous user:

Where do I find that?

Tools → Delete Private Data...

papasmurfrock Thursday, January 1, 2009 3:49:04 AM

thanks for all of the help. i think i figured it out! awesome!

Anonymous Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:06:31 PM

Anonymous writes: Is it possible to manually set the title for the pages to in some way? Some of the page titles are a bit bloated... E.g. The Guardian reads on my speed dial "Latest news, sport, business, co..."... I'd rahter just have "The Guardian".

Tamil Thursday, January 22, 2009 4:50:19 PM

Originally posted by anonymous user:

Is it possible to manually set the title for the pages to in some way?

yes but it is not good.

Create a HTML file with the following contents and add it Speed Dial. 
<html><head><title>The Guardian</title></head><body><iframe src ="http://www.guardian.co.uk/" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no"></iframe></body></html>

ɥʇɐǝp ɟo ssǝɔuıɹdprincessofdeath Friday, January 23, 2009 1:11:38 PM

cool! thanks tamil smile

Tommy27 Sunday, March 8, 2009 10:26:17 PM

this "Speed Dial with custom thumbnail images" is a very nice trick!!!

thanks!!!

Father LukeFatherLuke Monday, March 9, 2009 6:31:25 AM

That was fun. Thanks Tamil.

- -
Okay,
Father Luke

Anonymous Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:02:17 AM

Rudy writes: Thank you very much,since i used operamini i can save,ecomic,easier i can acces internet is side toilet,thanks operamin. Regard rudy

act2bmp Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:54:57 PM

Nice one but then as is all your opera info dude's. Not to rock the boat! if only you could supply me the internety fix doh

hundredorzero Thursday, May 21, 2009 6:52:44 AM

no thumbnail directory in opera 10 alpha sad

Tamil Friday, May 22, 2009 7:32:54 AM

Originally posted by leo_khan:

no thumbnail directory in opera 10 alpha

See inside profile directory.

hundredorzero Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:21:19 AM

there is no thumbnail directory inside my profile directory.

hundredorzero Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:25:00 AM

Opera 10 Alpha Build 1497 doesn't have thumbnail directory, Opera 9.64 has.

Tamil Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:42:10 PM

thumbnails directory is there in Opera 10.

hundredorzero Friday, May 29, 2009 6:29:00 AM

Originally posted by Tamil:

thumbnails directory is there in Opera 10.


i found the directory. actually i have 3 opera directories. two of them don't contain thumbnail directory. and the third one which contains thumbnail directory is a new discovery for me.
speed dial thumbnails changed wink thanks. up

Anonymous Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:57:16 PM

Anonymous writes: In opera 10 beta there is not a thumbnails directory. Is it possible?

Tamil Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:12:54 PM

See my answer above.

Anonymous Monday, June 22, 2009 10:01:12 PM

Kulchick writes: When I click your "here" link it gives me C:\Documents and Settings\Kulchick\Application Data\Opera\Opera 10 Preview\ but my "Thumbnails" folder is actually located in C:\Documents and Settings\Kulchick\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera 10 Preview\ I believe it is because I install Opera 10 over Opera 9 and settings are saved from Opera 9. P.S. It would be awesome if I will be able to drag&drop picture (like site logo) directly to thumbnail in some of next builds.

Tamil Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:11:47 AM

Thanks.

Anonymous Friday, July 10, 2009 7:11:06 PM

Anonymous writes: For me it was in: C:\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera 10 Beta\thumbnails Hope that helps if anyone else had problems finding it, as I did :)

Anonymous Friday, July 10, 2009 7:14:04 PM

Sheff writes: I messsed that post up, it should be: C:\Documents and Settings\"userprofile"\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera 10 Beta\thumbnails

KryptoKnightAleksOD Monday, August 3, 2009 9:33:16 PM

Do you know any good website with tons of logos so I can use them in my thumbnails?

Tamil Tuesday, August 4, 2009 3:25:10 AM

Nope.

KryptoKnightAleksOD Tuesday, August 4, 2009 8:51:37 PM

Oh, OK sad

Doliprane'Doliprane Thursday, August 6, 2009 12:36:00 PM

Thank you very much indeed cool

boywithbag Monday, August 10, 2009 10:51:00 PM

Ah sorry, I can't find the thumbnails directory, too. It's Opera 10, beta 2 on a mac. Anyone an idea?

Tamil Monday, August 10, 2009 11:05:13 PM

Search for thumbnails directory.

Anonymous Friday, August 14, 2009 2:38:12 PM

Kobe24life writes: Where is beta 3 directory?

Tamil Friday, August 14, 2009 2:43:28 PM

See step 2.

Anonymous Friday, August 14, 2009 2:59:17 PM

Kobe24life writes: All it does is bring me here [IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/Untitled-25.png[/IMG] Where can I find the thumbnails there? what is it called?

Tamil Friday, August 14, 2009 3:04:51 PM

Did you see next line?

Okay, press Win+R and paste the following. 
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera 10 Beta\thumbnails

Anonymous Friday, August 14, 2009 3:07:57 PM

Kobe writes: Thanks!!!

Hélder Matosyamato74 Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:36:16 PM

Hello, Tamil. I want to remove the white square when the dial is selected (see pic below). It's something on the skin but I can't figure out.

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