...because we're most critical of those we love

This is a series of small, seemingly innocuous changes that could be made to the Opera user interface that would really improve the user experience.

First off- don't get overly defensive, I'll say up front, that I love Opera for many reasons, most notably is the ability to customize the holy heck out of it. My menus, toolbars, searches and especially mouse/keyboard shortcuts are all tailored to how I approach "browsing." In other words, I'm not unhappy with Opera in any way.

Some things to note:

1) You might think I'm making too big of a deal about minor things, like for example when you read the "Clearing the quick find" part. Yeah, that's true, I'm a glutton for details when it comes to user experience. I've collected a series of quotes that might help to illustrate where I'm coming from.

2) I also realize that all of these have probably been requested or noted in the Opera forums and are nothing new. But a short walk through the wish-list, and you'll find a vast array of requests. These ten items are all centered around the existing dialogs (or bugs?) and don't stray too far from what we're using today.

3) Of course, not being an Opera developer, I have no idea if these are feasible at all, and that's fine. For all I know, they may in fact require a rewrite of some major backend code and are cast off by those familiar with the inner workings just as quickly as they are read. This is just a handful of things I think could fit in with the existing user interface fairly well while polishing off the user experience. In other words, I don't think I'm suggesting major UI overhauls... just proposing little details.

So.. now with all those caveats out of the way... click on to read:


Read: 10 Small Improvements for the Opera UI