On Thursday 15 January 2004 05:11 pm, Leo Savernik wrote:
>
> Why should a single program behave like two completely different programs?

1.To maintain the status quo (read: user's expectation). Microsoft started 
this with IE 4.

2. The functionality of a file manager and web browser are very similar in 
principle.  They are both browsers implementing trail navigation functions. 
Thus they can share code, which they do.

3. A single 'viewer' programs is less confusing to the end-user. 

> What's the advantage of it? I can tell you a disadvantage: It's a mess to
> maintain. 

Actually, no. KHTML is implemented as a KPart, meaning it is decoupled from 
the kfm base.

> As I already mentionened elsewhere, 
> if there is the need for a distinct web browser in KDE, 

There is.

> it must be an 
> application of its own.Everything else leads to an incoherent patchwork 
> that will make neither side happy. 

I am quite happy with Konqueror, as are many folks, including Linus Torvalds.

Sincerely,
Luke Sandell
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