On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 05:14:58PM -0500, Ian Zepp wrote:
> > > > > I suggest the default behavior be some different please..
> > > > Do you suggest to partially read a tar file from a remove host ?
> > > > No offense intended, but this is nonsense.
> > > > There is no "index" in a tar file, you see. The files are
> > > > put one after the other.
> > > 
> > > I don't mean that either, It would just be nice if when clicking on a tar
> > > or gz file, a popup popped up asking whether to display in kfm or download
> > > and save.
> > Download and save is implemented by drag and drop.
> > Not sure it's a good idea to change that.
> 
> >From what I understand, the tar/gz file has to be downloaded anyways just
> to view it in the browser window; 
Yes.

> it wouldn't be hard to have a:
> 	Do you want to save locally?
> with a checkbox asking
> 	Always ask this question
This makes me think of another OS... :)

Aand in case of yes, you'll open a filedialog ? That's not the way it's meant
to be in kfm/konqueror. You don't "click a file, ask for download, pickup
a save location". You copy from a directory to another, both of them
being either local or remote.

> For people whose desktop is covered by maximized windows, moving
> everything around just so they can download a file is a pain. 
You don't sound like you have tried konqueror ! :)

konqueror allows to split the window (as much as you want).
No need to move any window around.

> On top of that the file goes not into you home directory but into your Desktop
> directory, where it's not always clear to look for it. "which <file>" sure
> won't find it there. 
Sure. That's meant to be hidden.
Once again, so that the local and the remote case are treated the same way.
I agree, when remote = slow, it means one has to be carefule (here download
the file first), but in some cases (local LAN) it's very handy that
this is hidden.

> I'm not trying to troll/flame here; these are just some issues I have with
> kfm. :)
kfm is dead. Long live konqueror. :-)

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