Konqueror: Open Location

[Brad Hards]

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:35 pm, Andras Mantia wrote:
>   I have a mainly usability issue with Konqueror: Open Location and I think
> all the other browsers. I think the dialog shown when you select the Open
> Location is not needed at all and it's redundant. In Konqueror you can open
> a location by entering the location in the Location bar (so the lineedit in
> the dialog is duplicating this functionality), and if you click on the
> select file button, it will bring you up the standard file open dialog. Why
> can't the Open Location menu bring up directly the file open dialog? It
> will save you one click and a mouse move without losing any functionality.
> Just because other browsers have the same way implemented, I don't think
> Konqui should follow them. In Mozilla I see a separate menu for opening
> files, but it's also an overkill. In KDE Open File is the same as Open
> Location, due to the various kioslaves.
For what it is worth, the first time my girlfriend used KDE was on my machine 
to access the web. She picked up the keyboard (its wireless), hit Ctrl+0 and 
entered the address she wanted. If Konqi had shown a file window, that would 
have thrown her.
Now she didn't pick that up from me. I've never used that function. But she is 
really proficient with a keyboard, and the other browsers she's used support 
Ctrl+0.

So I think you should keep it.

Brad

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