WISH:
Implement an operator that can return the Area, Vertex and Face count of a specified Mesh Element.
OVERVIEW:
In the current Beta, it is possible to select faces of a specific element by getting the Element index, but there is no way to get additional data about that Element to select for example elements with less than N faces or elements with surface area less than N units.
BONUS:
Having access to the Volume would be nice, but usually not really necessary as a test by area would produce very similar filtering.
STATUS:
IMPLEMENTED in Beta 4 as of March 29th, 2012.