First impressions of dolphin

[Derek Broughton]

Juan Carlos Torres wrote:

> On Monday 08 October 2007 9:07:07 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Yeah, me too.  Konqueror with 5 http tabs, a split file manager/sftp tab,
>> and one or two file manager tabs is pretty much normal.
> 
> Yep. Power user. Exactly what Konqueror is for. Not everyone does that
> tough.
> 
Absolutely - I'm not anti-dolphin, just anti-dolphin as a default :-)

>> I'm sure the idea is that some people want a simpler file manager, but
>> imo that's easier handled by doing what they tried a release or two ago,
>> where
>> konqueror started with a simpler view.  Of course, that wasn't handled
>> well and a lot of upgraders suddenly found much reduced functionality!
> 
> Hm... you seem to be confusing Kubuntu's changes to KDE's defaults. In the
> course of KDE 3.5's lifetime, there was no big change to Konqueror at all.
> No removed menus, no hidden / folders.

I'd say _you_ seem to be confusing Kubuntu's changes with KDE's.  This is
the kubuntu list, so we're talking about the changes we're about to see in
Kubuntu.  It's reasonable to assume that anybody who's been on this list
long enough saw that (kubuntu change) happen.  It confused a lot of fairly
long-time users.

>> Both could be done - the file manager is just another kpart.  I imagine
>> it's even possible to make dolphin the konqueror file manager!
>>
>> I don't see that as likely.  konqueror still has to be the web browser,
>> and I'd be really surprised if dolphin isn't a kpart, so all
>> functionality should be available to konqueror.
> 
> It already is, and Konqueror uses it now. Actually there's no other choice
> at all. Konqueror uses the dolphin kpart for file management. But I'm not
> exactly happy with the way it's integrated right now...

That's about what I expected.
-- 
derek