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Decided to install opera, discovered there's no way to disable speed dial and I was out of there. Why would I want a browser I can't control?

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Hmm, kinda odd. Not sure if you are comparing this to Chrome, Safari or Edge but with those you have a lot less control over the start/speed-dial page. Use the gear icon in the upper right to edit nearly everything on the speed dial page including turning speed dial off.

One of the main reasons I switched to Opera was the ability to have more control over the start page.

The biggest reason to switch to Opera now is the ad blocker is much faster than ABP/Ghost/etc and web pages load significantly faster now.

With chrome you have more control over the start page, in that you can change it from the default one to a totally different one, but when comparing opera's speed dial to chrome's default start page Opera's is definitely far superior (and more customizable). The speed dial is the main reason I use opera as well (I like it much better than any speed dial addons for chrome/firefox, and even vivaldi's speed dial)

edit: apparently there are opera addons that allow you to load a custom page instead of the speed dial so that may also be a moot point anyway

Yes. Go to Settings > Browser > Show advanced settings then go to Speed Dial > Cog icon > Disable everything there.

Thanks! Not sure why that's an advanced setting but there we are.

I'm on Developer branch, so maybe it's different in the "normal" version.

When you open the start page, on the upper right corner you have a config button. Among other options there was "Speed Dial" check box. Is that what you wanted?

So I have a dropdown that shows me my open tabs (presumably not what you're talking about) in the upper right corner of the window.

A cog which lets me 'Customise start page' but expanding Navigation and unchecking Speed Dial did not disable speed dial.

On the top left I have a Menu but the only thing I can see to do with speed dial is a button which opens it in a new tab or focuses a tab which already has it open.

I really just want a blank page when I open a new tab.

Opera 37 on Windows.

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