Many users often try to integrate the functionality of one browser into another. If you want add an opera type abbreviated number to the Chrome, Edge or Firefox browser, you can use a browser extension called Toolbar dial which will help you get rid of the traditional bookmarks bar or bookmarks bar and convert it into a nice page.
The speed dialing functionality of the Opera browser is elegant and different from the default bookmarks bar or the “Most visited pages” panel of Google Chrome in the new tabbed page. It displays blocks of pages bookmarked with the domain name so that users can quickly find the desired website. The same is not available in other browsers so far.
Add speed dialing similar to Opera to Chrome, Edge or Firefox
To add an Opera-style speed dial to Chrome, Edge, or Firefox, follow these steps:
- Download and install the Dial toolbar in your browser
- Set the default theme and folder
All you need is to install the extension in your browser and check a few options. To get started, open your preferred browser where you want to install the extension. If you’re using Microsoft Edge, you need to follow this tutorial to install extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
After installation, you need to open the Options window from which you have to select three things:
- Appearance: You can choose light / white or dark themes.
- Default folder: You can choose the default folder from which it will retrieve all speed dialing blocks. You can select the bookmarks bar, other bookmarks, the favorites bar, etc. These options depend on the browser.
- records: You can choose between these two options – Open bookmarks in the current tab and Open bookmarks in a new tab. This option will decide whether you want to open the bookmark page in a new tab or the existing tab.
After that, if you open a new tab, it will display all the bookmarks like this-
To delete a page from this speed dial number, you must delete the bookmark and the process is the same as before.
I hope this extension will help you get an opera speed dial in your favorite browser.
If desired, you can download this extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge from Chrome Store and for Mozilla Firefox from Mozilla extensions.
