desktoplinux.com— This short article introduces some interesting features of Konqueror that may have escaped the casual user's notice.
Sep 8, 2006View in Crawl 4
I used Konq 3.3 for about six months on a different unit and liked it. The hitch? I have a huge MyYahoo space and yahoo only tolerates Konq 3.3. A lot of the site/space features and page details were oddly rendered and hinky. If not for that I would still be using it. This has inspired me to look at it again, seeing as it is buried right here in Xandros 4.0. I have to see if it is really faster then Opera 9.01.@btdown "Konqueror is the best of example of why people DONT use KDE." That is about as stupid a statement as me saying "you are the best example of why Windozers will NEVER try Linux". Ignorant slams with no actual data supporting them.
every feature of Konqueror ( for browsing ) that he mentioned is available in Opera too . Split screen , side bar and so on . He simply didn't look well !
Really konqueror is an amazing applications, when I first started using Linux two years ago I wasn't crazy about it, but after reading abit I learned to use it and it fits all my needs. I can listen to music while browsing. I was following some python online tutorials and I just opened another pane with a terminal. I am amazed at what you can do. I can open a pane with I can log in my blog and type on it or save picture on my left had pane and then drop them off on my blog very flock like if you wish to it can even be very simplistic if that is waht you want. I can graphically move thigs from my ftp site to my local drive with drag and drop all in one place. its quiet nice
Am I the only one who cringed as I saw the screenshot on the linked site?I'm not saying Konqueror is bad. (and I love KHTML..) but man does it looks awfully bloated and ugly. Sure you can customize it but s**t-looking-out-of-the-box is not how to attract people.50 toolbars with 275 buttons is so 1997. (and "is so" jokes are so 2002)They should minimize its looks, and let the people add what they want, not enable everything and let people disable what they want... that is just counter-intuitive.
"You've got to be kidding....Konqueror is the best of example of why people DONT use KDE."That's like saying people don't use windows because of Internet Explorer..
I've really got to disagree with this article. Then again, I quit using KDE because of all the stuff that's running, or at least taking up memory, even when it's not being used. Konqueror is a big part of that problem. If I'm not using a program and it's not doing anything useful, I sure as hell don't want it taking up system resources.
subgeniusdSep 9, 2006
I used Konq 3.3 for about six months on a different unit and liked it. The hitch? I have a huge MyYahoo space and yahoo only tolerates Konq 3.3. A lot of the site/space features and page details were oddly rendered and hinky. If not for that I would still be using it. This has inspired me to look at it again, seeing as it is buried right here in Xandros 4.0. I have to see if it is really faster then Opera 9.01.@btdown "Konqueror is the best of example of why people DONT use KDE." That is about as stupid a statement as me saying "you are the best example of why Windozers will NEVER try Linux". Ignorant slams with no actual data supporting them.
mouthsterSep 9, 2006
"Killer Apps" are so late 90's.
billyeveryteenSep 9, 2006
Your Konqueror themed looks nice, but out of the box the program is hideous and very busy looking.
igor2209Sep 9, 2006
every feature of Konqueror ( for browsing ) that he mentioned is available in Opera too . Split screen , side bar and so on . He simply didn't look well !
tikal26Sep 9, 2006
Really konqueror is an amazing applications, when I first started using Linux two years ago I wasn't crazy about it, but after reading abit I learned to use it and it fits all my needs. I can listen to music while browsing. I was following some python online tutorials and I just opened another pane with a terminal. I am amazed at what you can do. I can open a pane with I can log in my blog and type on it or save picture on my left had pane and then drop them off on my blog very flock like if you wish to it can even be very simplistic if that is waht you want. I can graphically move thigs from my ftp site to my local drive with drag and drop all in one place. its quiet nice
felchdonkeySep 9, 2006
dumbkiwi - I think you mean "hear, hear."<a class="user" href="http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhear.html">http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhear.html</a>
macinbestSep 9, 2006
Am I the only one who cringed as I saw the screenshot on the linked site?I'm not saying Konqueror is bad. (and I love KHTML..) but man does it looks awfully bloated and ugly. Sure you can customize it but s**t-looking-out-of-the-box is not how to attract people.50 toolbars with 275 buttons is so 1997. (and "is so" jokes are so 2002)They should minimize its looks, and let the people add what they want, not enable everything and let people disable what they want... that is just counter-intuitive.
energeekSep 10, 2006
Thats the author's fault, he kept such a disgusting brown theme and crowded konqueror. the default konq is cleaner than windows explorer or ie
diffuzeSep 10, 2006
"You've got to be kidding....Konqueror is the best of example of why people DONT use KDE."That's like saying people don't use windows because of Internet Explorer..
sixdaysSep 10, 2006
Thanks, gonna check out aptitude now!
rafgarSep 11, 2006
I've really got to disagree with this article. Then again, I quit using KDE because of all the stuff that's running, or at least taking up memory, even when it's not being used. Konqueror is a big part of that problem. If I'm not using a program and it's not doing anything useful, I sure as hell don't want it taking up system resources.