Add more speed dials and remove search field in Opera 9.50

By default, Opera 9.50 comes with 9 speed dials when you open a new tab. However, you may have a screen size and resolution that would accomodate more speed dials. For example, to get 4 x 3 speed dials, do the following:

1. Go to Help → About Opera and note the path of your main Opera directory (look for the opera6.ini file), usually /home/username/.opera/.
2. Make sure Opera is not running, then open speeddial.ini from this directory and add the following three lines:

   [Size]
   Rows=4
   Columns=3

3. Start Opera and note the change.

You can still open the 9 first speed dials using Ctrl+n, where n=1-9. To add shortcuts to the other speed dials, follow this guide.

To get some extra space, you can turn off the search field the top of the Speed Dial page. Enter opera:config#UserPrefs|SpeedDialSearchType in the address field, hit Enter, and replace the value with 0. Scroll down to the bottom and click Save.  The changes will take effect immediately without restart.