Google-chrome – text-only bookmark bar in Chrome or Opera

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The only reason why I'm still using the old Opera 12 is that it allows text-only bookmarks and folders on the bookmarks-bar:

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But there are already a bunch of websites out there, which are not supported anymore by Opera 12, so I need Chrome additionally. But for most of my work I still use the old Opera as it so much more convenient. The new Opera 19/20 is very similar and I'd like to change to Chrome or Opera 20 completely.

Is there a way to customize the appearance of the favicons to text-only, like in the screenshot above, for these two browsers? Any changes in the registry? themes? add-ins? an option I have overseen?

Best Answer

I suggest returning to Firefox, which you say have used before but abandoned because the add-on that you used was depreciated.

First, I think that Firefox can be customized to do what you want without any add-on.

Second, even an outdated add-on can be rendered usable by changing its compatibility. I'm currently using several outdated add-ons with the latest version of Firefox. Mozilla has also stopped enforcing version compatibility for recent-enough add-ons.