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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: simpler UI for konqy
From:       "Max O'Shea" <maxo_lists () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-01-17 13:34:23
Message-ID: 200401171334.59210.maxo_lists () yahoo ! co ! uk
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> I do want another browser. I stated why. Just look Konqueror menus and
> configurations to see why a new browser is needed. It is _hard_  to find
> your way around that jungle. Konqueror is a powerful tool and I love it,
> don't get me wrong. It is extremely useful as a general browser to a power
> user,and that is why it is important to keep this "general browser" form
> too.

I think the moment you start having two browsers both using KHTML, things are 
going to start getting confusing.

To look at the main competition (and let's be honest, it is the main 
competition with 90 something percent), in Microsoft Windows, if you're file 
browsing and you then type a web address into the address box, it'll convert 
itself into a complete web browser. Then if you type in the path to some 
folder, it'll convert itself back into a file manager. I think Konqueror 
already does this, but it doesn't do it enough. When you're using it as a web 
browser, there are too many features still there that are more for file 
managing than web browsing, and when you're using it as a file manager, there 
are still too many buttons that might be better just for when it's a web 
browser. I know Internet Explorer is rubbish, but in visual terms, it isn't 
so bad.
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