Konqueror in KDE 4.0 RC2
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 03:59.
Konqueror has the distinction of being the default file manager as well as the default web browser of KDE 3.xx. It supports basic file management on local UNIX filesystems, from simple cut/copy and paste operations to advanced remote and local network file browsing. It has support for KIO slaves and has the KParts object through which it can embed components like media player, KWord etc. As a web browser it is HTML 4.01 compliant, supporting Java applets, JavaScript, CSS 1, CSS 2.1, as well as Netscape plugins (for example, Flash or RealVideo plugins).
Konqueror is a also universal viewing application, capable of embedding read-only viewing components in itself to view documents without ever launching another application.
Its like the center of my KDE desktop, hence when KDE devs decided to limit Konqueror as a web browser and introduce Dolphin as the default KDE file manager, I was disappointed. KDE devs, however, had their own reasons and say that what often happens in Konqueror when you are browsing the internet is that Konqueror still wants to behave as a file manager and not a web browser. This split behavior is easily noticed through elements such as toolbar buttons. For example: the "Up" arrow is still available on the toolbar even when browsing Google Maps, but it is totally irrelevant in this context; another is having a web bookmarks toolbar visible while sorting icons in your /home folder.
Here is my take on the new konqueror.
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Plugins for Konqueror ? Natural visual OS(gui) candidate ?
Konqueror developers are not technology savy? Had no idea about architectural structure. No idea how to make expandable architecture to add functionality.
First, all browsers are going with plugins to expand their capabilities. Namely toolbars, taskbars and addressbars, as well as trays(visual operating system gui)?
Plugins are just memory address switching, making sure they are registered addresses(protected). Then modules of new functionalities can be inserted into the browsers at the right layout locations. Video cards are still doing all the rendering for browsers?
Nothing strange about a little architectural planning. But most of us know, open sourced developers had no monetary interests, so they want to limit they workloads(sometimes limited by their knowledge).
Don't work too hard, fellas, you will burn out too soon?
KDE rocks
Konqueror has a bad design.....
I beg to differ on this one but I can't think where to start on this statement.
Plugins in and modules in Konqueror are probably the best feature of the whole KDE design.
KDE allows (even more in KDE4) for the app's to load modules relevant to what they're working on. This allows you to manage a remote ftp server as if it were a local folder with all the work don in the background.
Konqueror allows for plugins and using nspluginwrapper in 64bit or just using the mozilla plugins in i386. This means that flash is available in openSuSE for both 32bit and 64bit distro's.
(provided that nspluginwrapper loads, which I think some recent package update broke in opensuse and I can't seem to fix this one so I'm having a go with gnash cvs again)
Konqueror allows for plugins not to be loaded unless the user wants them to be, and that can simply be done by clicking load on the webpage...
Konqueror may not have as many plugins as a browser such as firefox, however it could benefit from some these being ported to Konqueror or a konqueror equivalent being written.
However does a weather or world clock plugin belong in the browser when there are better ones for the desktop, plasma and ksuperkaramba for instance.
Konqueror has many configurable things and can load most of the web correctly, and it can even identify itself as another browser to get past those annoying checks if the browser is supported.
I don't want to sound like a fan boy too much, even though I am but konqueror is only ever getting better even now that the module for file management is dolphin (doesn't change anything for me in KDE4 I just remove the links to dolphin and carry on as usual
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Must think adding toolbars, anybars plugins ? Not hidden ports ?
When you have bars added, it is adding virtual or visual operating system and applications as well?
Anyone can add *bars in framebufers(page file names)?
Eventually, browsers must take over kernels and installations(based on bios info).
This is architectural planning, not a few random codes added(hidden) in a file system?
Have you thought of using toolbars to call on applications run on other operating systems thru the net(SOA)? Ebay, Yahoo, Google toolbars are just a starter for this kind of thinking? How about a SAP toolbar or an Ulteo toolbar?