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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 87180] Konqueror opens external application when typing an
From:       Klaus Voelker <kavaumail-kde () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2004-08-16 19:42:01
Message-ID: 20040816194201.6242.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From kavaumail-kde yahoo com  2004-08-16 21:41 -------
I set the default browser in the component chooser. The file associations don't seem \
to have an effect then.

Inspired by your question, I now chose "based on the contents of URL" in the \
component chooser and set firefox as the default in the file associations. This has \
almost the desired effect: Links opened in Konqueror stay in Konqueror, while \
external links (i.e. in an email) are opened in Firefox. Firefox now integrates \
nicely with KDE.

I still have a gripe with this behavior, however: If Konqueror is started in File \
Manager mode, clicking on an HTML document opens it within Konqueror. It should open \
in Firefox, which is set as the default application. 

Choosing "Show file in separate viewer" in the "Embedding" tab solves this problem, \
but introduces another problem: An HTML URL entered in Konqueror's address bar is \
still opened within Konqueror, but any link clicked on that page now gets opened in a \
new Firefox window.

I have two suggestions:

1) The mime type settings should only apply to HTML documents opened from the file \
manager or via external programs (KMail, ALT-F2, etc). Clicking on a link in a web \
page should load the linked page in the currently used application. I think this is \
what every user would expect.

2) I don't know if the component chooser's behavior makes sense from a developer's \
perspective, but from a user's perspective it seems broken. Maybe all the component \
chooser should do is change the default application for mime type HTML (i.e. have \
exactly the same effect as changing the file association in Konqueror).

After all this "criticism" I just want to add that I'm a big fan of KDE. Keep up the \
good work!

Best,
Klaus


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