@Stamga - Spent this morning looking at the other Speed Dial options in a little more detail

Did you look at Speedymarks in any great detail, if so what did you think?

Yes I did. I find it nice and useful because you can move the favs around but I still rather Safari Dial due to the simplicity of the page (White and empty)

I'm a bit different to you, in that I like things to look really cool and shiny so the fact that you can customise the background was a big plus and also just the number of thumbnails you can have (don't think there's a limit, within reason).

The other big plus point for me is that it will open the web site in a new tab (customisable).

Down side I suppose is that the Google search is that Ad based one (Uck)

As with all things it's down to personal preference :-D