# Visual Dial 2.0

> Animated visual speed dial for your new tab. Drag-and-drop bookmarks, folder previews, auto-fetched site thumbnails. Local-only — no tracking, no accounts. ! Don't forget to move the icon from extensions to "Pin to toolbar

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/visual-dial-2-0](https://chrome-stats.com/d/visual-dial-2-0)

## Overview

- **ID:** `visual-dial-2-0`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SynexWorkshop
- **Category:** appearance,bookmarks,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 2.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-06
- **First published:** 2026-04-30
- **Size:** 751 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/visual-dial-2-0/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/MemeForgeDev/VisualDial2.0/blob/main/README.md](https://github.com/MemeForgeDev/VisualDial2.0/blob/main/README.md)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/visual-dial-2-0/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/visual-dial-2-0/privacy/)

## Description

Visual Dial 2.0 turns your new tab into a beautiful, animated speed dial.

Features

Drag-and-drop bookmarks and folders with smooth reflow animations
Auto-fetched site previews via Microlink, with Google favicon fallback
Custom thumbnails — paste any image URL or upload your own
Folder previews showing the first four bookmarks inside
Inline edit and delete controls on every card
Syncs with your browser's existing bookmarks
Privacy
All your bookmarks and images are stored locally in your browser (IndexedDB + the built-in Bookmarks API). The extension does not collect, transmit, or share any personal data. The only outbound requests are to public favicon and preview services when you add a new bookmark.

## Rankings

- #67,719 — Overall
- #56 — dial

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`

### Host permissions

- `https://www.google.com/s2/favicons*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/visual-dial-2-0)