open file and close konqueror

[Markus Fischer]

Am Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2006 16:02 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:

> this of course comes at a cost, namely both code complexity as well as the 
> surprise a user would experience when they accidently stumble across such a 
> feature ("Where'd my file manager go?!").

Next time he'll enjoy the feature and won't miss it again... ;-)

> i can also see "fun" edge cases  
> such as when the app fails to load: the file manager will be gone ... where 
> will the failure feedback come from? 
> is having a file manager window around  
> really such a big deal?

Not a big deal, but a smooth way to handle routine action.

> 
> that said, what might be neat is being able to open the filemanager, click 
on 
> a file and have the editor "take over" the file manager window completely 
> (load the appropriate kpart and give the window over to it completely). this 
> would remove the whole "multiple windows" issue and probably be a lot faster 
> than launching the app separately. this could be provided as an "Open File" 
> program that would embed the file manager (or be the file manager running in 
> a special mode?) ... this seems much more natural a concept than autoclosing 
> windows.

That sounds like a very good concept!

> 
> the downside is that it would only work with embedable components, kparts in 
> particular. or perhaps we could get -really- fugly and xembed the app if it 
> doesn't provide a kpart ;-P (yeah, i'm kidding.)

What wouldn't be so nice is, if the new app gets embedded in the browser. 
Emedded apps miss the "real" gui, are smaller in the display size and 
sometimes miss functionality.
But if the window is taken over completely, that would be a nice way realizing 
this feature.

One should still have the choice of letting the window be taken over or 
letting the Konqueror window in the background.

Markus Fischer

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