Speed Dial, which is like a visual 3×3 grid of web links, is an extremely useful feature of Opera Web Browser as it lets you open your favorite sites very quickly.
Google Chrome too sports a Speed Dial like start page but unlike Opera, you can’t have custom links in Chrome – the browser creates the grid based on your web history listing just the most frequently visited pages.
Now if you like to have an Opera like Speed Dial home page in IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari or any other web browser, try the 3×3links service – you add links to 9 (or less) web pages in the grid and 3×3 links create a public web page that you may set as home page in any web browser.
These links can either be clicked or you may access them via the Numpad (1-9) keys. 3×3links uses your Google account credentials so you don’t have to remember another user + password combination.
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Reader Comments
WoW, its nice.Its very comfortable while working on a desktop or with external keyboard but its some what difficult while working on laptop.
Written by kishore on 11.03.08
Not sure whether this is related. Firefox has recommended addons for similar function. Speed Dial - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810 ; Fast Dial - link . Both r stored locally, though I am not sure whether either have the Num Pad keys feature.
Written by Arby K on 11.03.08