Opera web browser speed comparisons

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016, I installed Opera developer edition.

http://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2016/03/native-ad-blocking-feature-opera-for-computers/

https://www.opera.com/developer

https://www.opera.com/download/get/?partner=www&arch=i386&opsys=Linux&product=Opera%20Developer&package=RPM

About the browser installed on my Linux computer:

38.0.2205.0 - Opera is up to date
Update stream: developer
System: Ubuntu 13.10 (x86; default)

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2687.0 Safari/537.36 OPR/38.0.2205.0 (Edition developer)

I also have the "normal" or stable version of Opera installed.

The developer version contains ad-blocking built into the browser. No need for plug-ins or add-ons.

The browser offers a speed comparison test. With and without ads.

This morning, I ran this test for toledoblade.com.

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Load times:

• page with ads: 24.72 seconds
• page without ads: 9.58 seconds

But with JavaScript disabled or with using the NoScripts add-on in Firefox, the page loads in under 5 seconds.

Blocking ads is a start, but surfing with JavaScript disabled speeds up website viewing even more.

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