konqueror

[James Richard Tyrer]

Mauricio Bahamonde wrote:
> On Saturday 16 April 2005 19:22, ������ ������� wrote:
> 
>>We realy need port firefox to qt because konqueror is VERY bugly -
>>display html-pages WRONG, crashed... it scare away people who try go
>>from Windows to Linux and difficulty to make html-design.
> 
> 
> I've never had serious problems with Konqueror. 

I have had serious problems with Konqueror (2.<something>) in the past, 
but I still find sites that don't work.  However, in > 90% of the 
instances, it was the web site that was the cause of the problem.

> People who I have showed konqueror, that comers from windows, really love it,

Yes! Konqueror is a brilliant design.  Much better than the 'plain' 
browser: Firefox.  Firefox is very good as a plain browser, but it is 
just that.

> so why are you saying it scares users? Do you have any *valid* arguments for 
> saying this?

I can't imagine why users would be scared. :-\  However, the problem is 
real.  There are a lot of web sites out there with seriously broken (MS 
Polluted) code and the fact is that the Mozilla products do better at 
displaying many of them.

> Also, Konqueror *DOES* adhere to the Web Standards from the W3C, so I don't 
> see your point in that it makes difficult to make html-design... What makes 
> it difficult is IE ;-)

Actually, it is MS polluted web development tools that produce BAD HTML. 
  And, there is the strange idea that web pages are to be designed to 
browsers rather than being designed to the W3C and ECMA standards.

So, yes there is a problem and it appears that the quickest solution 
will be a "Kecko" part for Konqueror.  That way when you encounter 
broken HTML, you can just switch parts and still have most of the 
Konqueror features available.

-- 
JRT