Opera is no doubt one of the fastest, and most powerful web browser available. Of course, Firefox is still my favourite browser, but we can’t put Opera behind. It uses only 20MB of memory as compared to Firefox’s 60MB memory consumption. One of the best features and first of its kind in Opera is the Speed Dial feature. It was introduced back in April 2007, in Opera 9.2. It lets you visit your favourite and most-visited sites quickly with a mouse-click.

In earlier versions of Opera, it wasn’t possible to edit the number of slots but with the latest release, it is now possible using a very simple hack, thanks to Opera Watch.

How To Add More Slots In Opera Speed Dial

Follow the instructions below to add more slots in your Opera speed dial. Make sure you have at least one site already added in your speed dial.

1. Note the path to your Opera Preferences (type about:opera into the address bar).

2. Close Opera now. This is important to prevent Opera from modifying the configuration file we’re about to edit.

3. Now go to your Opera Preferences directory, and open speedial.ini in any text editor.

4. Add the following lines and adjust number of rows & columns to your requirement.

[Size]
Rows=4
Columns=4

If you use widescreen monitor, increase number of columns.

5. Start Opera.

The number of rows and columns depends on your screen size, so you’ll have to play to find out what will suit you. I hope you have enjoyed this trick and will come back for more.

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