Firefox Add-ons
Open the add-on's page and click Add to Firefox. Firefox keeps it up to date from there.
Open on addons.mozilla.orgInstall
Get Quick Dial NG
For Firefox on the desktop, version 140 or later, on Windows, macOS and Linux. Firefox for Android doesn't let extensions replace the new tab page, so it isn't offered there.
GitHub release
Download the latest .xpi. Each one is signed by Mozilla and, from 0.4.1 on, it's the same file as on Firefox Add-ons. In Firefox, open about:addons, click the gear icon and choose Install Add-on From File.
About the home page: Quick Dial NG also sets itself as Firefox's home page, so the dial opens at start and from the Home button. Firefox asks once whether to keep this. To use another home page later, go to Firefox Settings › Home.
Moving from Quick Dial
Bring every tile with you
Quick Dial NG has its own add-on ID, so it starts empty. The import brings over your tiles in their exact grid cells (gaps included), folders, pictures, per-tile options, grid and style settings.
- Install Quick Dial NGKeep the original Quick Dial enabled for now.
- Open the importRight-click the Quick Dial NG page and choose Import from Quick Dial…. The Backup tab opens with these same steps.
- Export from the original
- Open
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox, find the original Quick Dial and click Inspect. - Click Copy export snippet in Quick Dial NG (or copy it below) and paste it into the Console tab. Firefox may ask you to type
allow pastingfirst. It savesquickdial-export.jsonto Downloads.
- Open
- Import the fileClick Import from file… and choose
quickdial-export.json. - Check, then switchLook over your tiles, then disable the original Quick Dial.
(async()=>{const a=(await browser.runtime.getBackgroundPage()).app;const l=document.createElement('a');l.href=URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([JSON.stringify({version:4,settings:a.settings,node:a.node})],{type:'application/json'}));l.download='quickdial-export.json';document.body.appendChild(l);l.click();})()How tiles are matched
Each tile is linked to a bookmark in the Quick Dial folder by its bookmark ID, then by address (folders by name). Tiles without a match get a new bookmark, so an export also works in another Firefox profile or on another computer. Bookmarks already in the folder that the export doesn't mention stay and fill empty cells. Importing the same file twice creates nothing new.
Backups
Settings › Backup › Export backup saves tiles, pictures, settings and themes to one JSON file. Import it in another profile or on another computer the same way.