Opera Link has also been updated to include password syncing, which is a big step forward.  Sure, this could be a dangerous step if done improperly, though it seems at this point that it’s all done well.  I’m still using LastPass for the time being, though if they were to add the password syncing option into Opera Mobile, it’ll be hard feature to ignore.

I know I write a lot about this browser, and I don’t know that I’ve been able to convert anyone over to it yet.  Even so, I’m a very happy user and I do encourage everyone to at least check it out.

Enough of you who read these pages are probably sick enough of me talking about the Opera browser, though I have herein suckered you into reading yet another post about this system. I’ll keep it short, though.

Opera offers a functionality called Notes, which is built into the browser. There’s not all that much functionality to it; you have notes, which are essentially plain text files. There isn’t any place for a title, etc.; the first line that you type in is shown in the list of notes. More importantly, however, is that the notes can be organized in folders; and folders can contain other folders as well as notes. Ergo, I now have certain main tasks as my primary set of folders, with detailed notes for each sub-part of that system. Most of the time the item is contained in a single line; though for more detailed notes I can just continue typing. Finally, via Opera Link, all changes I make to my notes are automatically synchronized across every Opera instance I open, regardless of the machine. A quick keyboard shortcut (ctrl-6) shows and hides my tasks, regardless of what web page I’m currently viewing. All in all, it’s a very quick yet elegant solution for keeping organized.

What do you use to keep track of your projects?

Even so, I’ve been using Opera in OS X for a few months now, and it continues to get better and better.  Today, I tried out Opera’s 10.50 beta 1, available at opera.com/browser/next/.  The difference from this beta and previous stable version, 10.10, is that it is a) much faster, and b) utilizing the native OS X Cocoa system.  Ergo, re: #2, it’s a lot more integrated and “Mac like” than it was in previous iterations.  Integrated light weight IMAP support is still moving along nicely, too: I’m getting all the features I want, without any of the ones I don’t.  It is, of course, a beta, and I’ve had reason to restart the application a bit more often than normal.  With that said, though, the future of Opera looks to be bright, in my opinion, and I can only hope that they continue with such a well-designed, quality product.