A look at GNOME 2.14, comparison to KDE

[Iñaki]

El Martes, 21 de Febrero de 2006 01:34, Kurt Pfeifle escribió:
> On Monday 20 February 2006 21:54, Iñaki wrote:
> > El Lunes, 20 de Febrero de 2006 22:21, Aaron J. Seigo escribió:
> > > > and the "Services" tab with
> > > > Fonts and Printers information??
> > >
> > > people actually find this useful.
> >
> > Not the people I know. Konqueror is a web browser and file browser.
>
> No, you are wrong. At least partially wrong. It's what you *think* it
> is. And you think so (only these two roles) because you compare it with
> other apps, which you knew before you came into touch with Konqueror.
>
> And yes, you are also right. At least partially. Konqueror indeed can
> act as a web browser (and a damn good one at that). As well as for a
> file browser/manager.
>
> But you'll be shocked to see what Konqueror shows you if you type into
> its address bar other things. Start simply:
>
>   man:/cupsaddsmb
>
> A man page reader! O my god, bloat!
>
>   info:/ls
>
> A GNU info format browser. Even more bloat!
>
>   fish://kpfeifle@linuxprinting.org
>
> Oh, a graphical remote SSH browser! Why can't we have separate tools
> for each of these tasks??
>
>   webdavs://mediacenter.gmx.net/
>
> A remote WEBDAV file manager that is able to encrypt all traffic.
> B.L.O.A.T!
>
>   smb://workgroup/windows_xp_box/my_share
>
> Uhmm... a client for accessing Windows file shares. What is that good
> for? Out with it from Konqueror, out!
>
> And "settings:/", "applications:/", "help:/konqueror", "help:/konsole",
> and "fonts:/" to name a few more... ?
>
> In reality Konqueror is not bloated at all. Konqueror is very thin, and
> very lean. Konqueror is "only" an empty shell. An empty shell which is
> able to load other programs ("kparts") into itself and into its tabs so
> that the user can access them from one place.
>
> And as such Konqueror is an extremely powerful tool in the hands of the
> knowledgable user. Many users just happen to know about the two profiles
> ("web" and local files) you named (if at all).
>
> Of course, you and everyone is free to only use Konqueror for one of its
> purposes (like web browsing), and ignore or even hide the rest.

In Konqueror I use man:/ fish:/ sftp:/ ftp:/ smb:/ info:/... maybe I've tried 
the most protocols KDE allows.

So Konqueror is an app for showing all kind of documents and files (local, 
remote, http, man...).

Anyway I don't find useful "Fonts" and "Printer" setup in the sidebar of 
Konqueror because they are not documents, no files. IMO they should be just 
in a better Kcontrol.

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