My OperaDiscovering Nicknames in Opera Bookmarks
Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:10:43 AM
If you haven't discovered or used bookmark nicknames yet in Opera, don't wait!!
It's one of the fastest, easiest things you can do to speed up your browsing. It literally lets you rename the web to your own whims and habits. If you want to go to your own blog by typing in "b" this is how you do it. Or "n" for your favorite news site.
Any string of letters and numbers is at your disposal. Simply add a site as a bookmark and click on the "details" button and you'll see a nicknames field.
Given Opera's (new in v9.2, aka Merlin) Speed Dial™ feature, the numbers one through nine are assigned your Speed Dial sites, but beyond that, it's up to you. Also, shift-F2 opens a "turbo" nicknames field. This saves the <enter> keystroke for you, so even faster. (Note that I changed this to simply F2 in the keyboard manager in Opera.)
Even though Opera gives you a dizzying number of ways to accelerate your browsing, this will make your head spin given its simplicity.
We hope to see a Nicknames manager in Kestrel (aka Opera v9.5) maybe, to help handle all the nicknames that pile up quickly in your bookmarks file. (hint, hint, ODT)
It's one of the fastest, easiest things you can do to speed up your browsing. It literally lets you rename the web to your own whims and habits. If you want to go to your own blog by typing in "b" this is how you do it. Or "n" for your favorite news site.
Any string of letters and numbers is at your disposal. Simply add a site as a bookmark and click on the "details" button and you'll see a nicknames field.
Given Opera's (new in v9.2, aka Merlin) Speed Dial™ feature, the numbers one through nine are assigned your Speed Dial sites, but beyond that, it's up to you. Also, shift-F2 opens a "turbo" nicknames field. This saves the <enter> keystroke for you, so even faster. (Note that I changed this to simply F2 in the keyboard manager in Opera.)
Even though Opera gives you a dizzying number of ways to accelerate your browsing, this will make your head spin given its simplicity.
- Speed Dial (from a new tab)
- Auto-complete in the address bar
- Nicknames (1-chars or more & without <enter> key using <shift+F2>)
- Trditional Bookmarks (in the Personal Bar or from the Bookmarks menu or from the Panel)
We hope to see a Nicknames manager in Kestrel (aka Opera v9.5) maybe, to help handle all the nicknames that pile up quickly in your bookmarks file. (hint, hint, ODT)
Berttreb # Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:16:32 AM
Charles SchlossChas4 # Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:45:41 AM