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Subject: [Bug 134932] New: Revamp konqueror interface and use less screen
From: "Charles A.Landemaine" <landemaine () gmail ! com>
Date: 2006-09-30 23:07:58
Message-ID: 20061001010757.134932.landemaine () gmail ! com
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134932
Summary: Revamp konqueror interface and use less screen space
Product: konqueror
Version: unspecified
Platform: FreeBSD Ports
OS/Version: FreeBSD
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: konq-bugs kde org
ReportedBy: landemaine gmail com
Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from: FreeBSD Ports
OS: FreeBSD
KDE is the most widely used Desktop Environment on Unix systems, and Konqueror comes with every KDE \
system, still Konqueror has close to zero usage in browser statistics.
While Konqueror renders poorly IE-only web sites, this is not the only reason. Konqueror's user interface \
is terrible. I have a suggestion to enhance its interface to waste less screen space, to remove useless \
buttons/handlers and to place stuff where newcomers expect it to be. Opera and Firefox are similar in \
terms of GUI, which helps newcomers, and they don't have to think or look for the buttons they're looking \
for. These are crucial usability aspects of a web browser. On Konqueror, nothing is obvious. Konqueror is \
quite different and after 4 years using Konqueror, I'm still uncomfortable using it. I thought it would \
be better over time, but it hasn't improved.
Here are my suggestions to revamp Konqueror's UI. These changes are not based particularly on what I like \
but rather on trends, common sense and on what I think people would like:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7977/konquerorguiww7.png
This screenshot was taken on a PC-BSD computer. There are subtil changes. Please have a look at it \
seriously and carefully, discuss it with other developers, analyze all changes, and see if this makes \
sense to you. I hope this helps and I hope more and more people enjoy Konqueror.
Thank you.
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