None of these extensions actually recognize the fact that page load speed is relative, what's slow on a 56k modem is fast on a broadband, what's slow on Firefox is fast on Lynx.

It does help to increase productivity at surfing when all ads, flash, commercial images are phased out.

there are unique features/shortcuts in Notepad2 that aren't found elsewhere: such as selecting vertically in addition to horizontally, (Alt + mouse select) , remove blank lines (Alt + R), select to matching brace (Ctrl + Shift + B), always on top (Alt + T).