(Migrated weblog post from LSR)
I meant to create a weblog entry on this subject a few days ago but I just couldn’t get my hands on it till today, so I thought I would share it over here now. As you well know I have been using Opera for a number of years and to me, without any doubt, it is one of the best Internet experiences around. However, what amazes me the most about using this web browser is not the lovely user interface, nor the speed, nor the security features, not the Internet Suite flavour, etc. etc. It is just that simply there is always something new to learn on a daily basis about what it can do.
I am sure most of us, Opera lovers, have been following up 30 Days to becoming an Opera8 Lover for a number of days already and every time there is something else to learn about our favourite browser. However, I noticed something that I am sure is not new for anybody who has used this browser already but I just thought I would weblog about it because I really like this feature. Have you tried the keystroke combination Ctrl + F?
That keystroke brings you the Find window to search for information while you are on a specific page. And while before it used to be a pop-up window it is now very nicely embedded in the browser itself so that when you press those keys the cursor will jump into the search option on the top right and you can start typing. the great beauty of this feature is that when you start typing it will highlight any text in that specific page and will scroll down for you, if needed. And that is really nice, specially if you need to look for a quick term in a long page with lots of text. Now you would just need to do Ctrl + F and off it goes, and all that without being as intrusive and annoying as it is with Internet Explorer, huh?
Indeed, and by the looks of it FireFox, at least, in version 1.0.3, has incorporate this feature as well, except that it is not embedded in the browser as such as it will eat up some space but it would still highlight the word(s) you may be looking for as you start typing the first character(s). Then you can close the window if you like. However, with Opera it stays there nicely and ready available to continue with some further searches whenever you need them. Pretty neat, eh? I know. And this is one of the things I really like about this web browser. There is always an interesting and innovative way of and finding and digesting through information and the way most things have been put together only contribute to make our Internet experience a lot more enjoyable ! So, way to go, folks !!! (whoever had that brilliant idea of integrating the Ctrl + F search with the browser user interface).
(Update) Thanks to Louis, over at subtitles, who just indicated on the attached set of comments that I should note that this feature is not turned on by default so if you would want to have it up and running in your Opera browser you would need to go to Tools > Preferences, then go to the Advanced tab and click on Search. From there onwards place a tick on the Use inline find in page option and click on Ok. No need to restart the browser, it will work straight out of the box. Thanks again, Louis ! Appreciated the feedback !
