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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: konqueror - "Split view"
From:       Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-06-27 6:09:56
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On Tuesday 26 June 2001 14:42, Dawnrider wrote:
> Okay, I'm leaping in here fairly blind, but it's fairly important to me in
> my work, so I think it needs saying. ::smiles:: Please bear with me and
> ignore me if I'm saying something moronic....
>
> Is there no way of adding an option for the user to choose their own
> method? Either a default changable in the menus or an ability to have two
> menu options for the operation, like "New window" with sub options "Here"
> and "Home". Not given users 'power' options is exactly what makes Micro$oft
> such a mess, like the inability to change IE from the default renderer for
> certain parts of the OS and Outlook forcing HTML mail render. It would have
> been better, if we had the choice.
>
> I mean, I can see where some people are coming from when Netscape has been
> reopening the homepage in every new window for years. It suits some people
> and the way they work.
>
> Personally, I like having the current view being replicated. Usually, I
> like to be browsing a site or directory and keep what I have in a window,
> while opening another one to explore around it. Having to copy the URL
> across and reload that page/directory all over again is a pain like nothing
> else.

Did you try MMB ? Thats what I am using in this case.

>
> I can understand the problems of additional bandwidth use, but is there any
> way we can simply duplicate the content of the existing browser to the new
> window? That is, from the looks of it, how IE does it so quick... We could
> then just do a reload of the home page/directory as needed for the other
> option. That would then be the only way that consumed bandwidth. If we
> could cache that from browser startup, then we would be onto a winner :)
> Obviously, I don't know what is really happening at the low levels of the
> browser, so maybe I'm saying something silly :)
>
> Neway, I would definitely like to cast a vote for the merits of browsers
> opening new windows at the same place, rather than homepages, etc.
>
> -Dawnrider
>
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