Deprecation of KApplication::invokeBrowser()

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Fri June 11 2004 01:28, Matt Rogers wrote:
> On Thursday 10 June 2004 05:27 am, Waldo Bastian wrote:
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> > On Thu June 10 2004 04:57, Matt Rogers wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'd like to suggest the deprecation of the KApplication::invokeBrowser
> > > functions in favor of KRun::runURL since the latter uses the KDE
> > > settings for default browser and such.
> > >
> > > The following patch accomplishes the above. Comments are welcome and
> > > appreciated.
> >
> > I think that's a bad idea, better fix KApplication::invokeBrowser to
> > handle the default browser.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Waldo
> > - --
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> Would you mind explaining why this is a bad idea?

Because KApplication::invokeBrowser is a very simple and easy to use API 
function and deprecating it means extra work for people who write KDE 
applications.

Cheers,
Waldo
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