I absolutely agree that stricter standards enforcement is a good thing. But with prevailing assertions that the web is the next OS, and browsers being the window to the world of AJAX & XHTML, having a browser that falls so pathetically short of those standards shows lack of foresight. Especially since the N800 is not yet ready for general consumers; it's more for gearheads and powerusers like us who are willing and able to overcome/overlook a lot of technical obstacles for the promise of true, in-your-palm internet capability.

Don't get me wrong; I absolutely love my n800. It's just so tantalisingly close to being perfect. Perhaps now that Flash is finally top notch, Opera's Javascript deficiencies are next in line!