papabaer - 11:43 pm on May 31, 2003 (gmt 0)

Nice add, Tedster. The discussion kind of grew a bit.... ;)

I would like to touch on a point that is often contentious, but almost always misunderstood: "browser speed."

In everyday use, browser speed needs to be measured by more than "rendering quickness." Other factors.. many other factors, are equally, and perhaps even more, important.

Opera's new Notes feature is tremendously useful to me and to my style of surfing. I could list dozens of examples but would still fall far short of describing how this feature has "sped-up" my surfing.

Another less than obvious "speed" enhancement: I keep groups of related sites saved in Hotlist folders. Those most frequently accessed, I keep loaded on the Personal Bar. When I want to read the news at my favorite tech sites, I right click on my Tech News folder, select open, and begin reading as seven tech/news websites are opened simultaneously in seperate panes. Speedy? No.. BLAZING!

If I want to send a article or news "snippet" to friends, I just highlight the text, right-click, and select send by mail. No need to "copy & paste," Opera does it for me. Very sweet, very "speedy."

Sort email every which way but loose.. including threaded converstations. More speed, more convenience.

"Ctrl + Alt + V" - send any page, even local files, to the W3 Html Validator. Very handy... and for my work day, a speed enhancement.

Alternate Style Sheets? Debug with Outline? Show Page Elements? Very "speedy" when debugging a layout.. I've even added my own custom style sheets... including a few designed to flag certain SEO tactics. Speedy? Useful? You bet!