Build a Graphical Speed Dial for Seamonkey (and others)

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DaveS · #21 Post by **DaveS** » Wed 10 Nov 2010, 17:36

trapster wrote: You will now have speed dial in the monkey

But not one that can be used by ANY browser on your system

trapster · #22 Post by **trapster** » Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:42

This is true! Just letting some know that the speed dial for firefox works in seamonkey.You did a great job setting this up and I didn't mean to hijack your thread.

DaveS · #23 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:34

trapster wrote:This is true! Just letting some know that the speed dial for firefox works in seamonkey.You did a great job setting this up and I didn't mean to hijack your thread.

No problem. Its great to know we are moving toward being able to use Firefox extensions in Seamonkey.

Magruder · #24 Post by **Magruder** » Thu 25 Nov 2010, 02:31

This seemed like a really good idea, since I use Firefox and Opera on both Puppy and Windows on my main computer. I've used Speed Dial on both browsers for a long time, and I've always wanted to be able to keep them in sync. So I followed the instructions and built a nice Speed Dial page, with a background image. Nice idea, DaveS!

Unfortunately I have one problem that is a deal-killer.

If I set the Speed Dial page as my home page, it comes up when I start the browser. But I also want the Speed Dial page to load automatically when I open a new blank tab. Is there a way to make that happen?

I've been through all the settings in the menus, and I'm going through the about:config items looking for anything that might do it. But I'm not optimistic. Does anyone have a solution for this?

DaveS · #25 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 25 Nov 2010, 05:53

For Seamonkey, you can set that in the preferences. There is a place in the prefs where you tell Seamonkey to load your home page on startup. If you check, it is actually a drop down list, and one of the options is for opening a new tab at the homepage. For Firefox 3* you need an add on called Newtab Homepage https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/777/. At present there is no similar extension for Firefox 4* (yet), so just click the home button on the toolbar while holding down the Ctrl key.
I dont know about Opera though as I never use it.

#26 Post by **Makoto** » Thu 25 Nov 2010, 07:19

There's also Tab Mix Plus, of course.

It wouldn't surprise me if TMP had a beta/dev version out for FF4, but you'd have to check their forum (I just tried, but it wasn't responding

).

harii4 · #27 Post by **harii4** » Sun 23 Jan 2011, 01:04

found some more how-to's:
A handy Dillo homepage (speed dial)
http://www.jlime.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... &view=next

found an how-to with an google search box:
Speeddial: Easy Access to Bookmarks via HTML
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=16756

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an html speeddial like this would be cool for netbooks:
http://www.symbaloo.com/
one could use the appstarter app and mod it to be an icon/speeddial?
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=59328
or an button bar?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22302

EDIT: someone made one - http://lifehacker.com/5604424/use-the-i ... d-homepage
wow

harii4 · #28 Post by **harii4** » Sun 23 Jan 2011, 02:13

for something simple:
Free Online Web Browser Start Page Generator - Cool Tools
http://www.nifter.com/custom_start_page_generator.htm
its more of an "start home page" with search/bookmarks than an speed dial.

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